What Finalist does

Finalist IT Group BV is a Dutch IT services and consulting firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Rotterdam, with a second office in Maarssen. The company designs and implements digital solutions for organizations in the Dutch public sector and regulated markets, organized around four primary verticals: healthcare (Zorg), government (Overheid), housing corporations (Corporaties), and education (Onderwijs). Its stated mission is to deliver "digital autonomy" — open, standards-based technology that reduces vendor lock-in — and it supports named clients including De Alliantie (55,000+ social homes), Hogeschool Utrecht (37,000 students), Provincie Noord-Holland (100+ municipalities via Plancapaciteit.nl), Modemuze, Zuyd Hogeschool, Aventus, BUas, and Eurocross.

The technical stack centers on open-source enterprise platforms: Drupal CMS and Liferay DXP for web and digital experience; Red Hat Integration (JBoss Fuse, API Management, AMQ Streams/Kafka), Mule, Sopera, and Apache Camel for application integration; and ReactJS, Next.js, PostgreSQL, and Geoserver for front-end and geospatial workloads. Finalist also operates a sub-brand called Dailey, a digital workspace/intranet product. AI capabilities have been layered into recent deliveries, including AI-powered semantic/conversational search on websites, editor-side AI tooling (SEO, accessibility, content recommendations), and the Govey AI conversational agent developed with +Anderen for Dutch municipalities. The firm holds ISO 27001 certification and maintains GDPR and WCAG accessibility expertise as gating capabilities for public-sector work.

Commercially, Finalist operates a professional-services model with three revenue streams: project-based digital solution delivery (strategy, design, build), managed services for ongoing continuity post-launch, and team-extension/detachment staffing. Pricing is fully custom with no public rates. The company employs 80+ highly educated developers and specialists, is privately held with no disclosed external investment, and has maintained a relationship with its first customer since 1988, signaling long-tail account retention.

Name

Finalist

Legal name

Finalist IT Group BV

Website

https://finalist.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Finalist is a Dutch IT services firm (founded 1988, Rotterdam) that designs and builds digital platforms, websites, and enterprise integrations on open-source technologies (Drupal, Liferay, Red Hat) for healthcare, government, housing corporations, and education clients in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Project-based digital solution design, implementation and consultancy services. Deliverables include websites, portals, complex applications and digital platforms.
2. Managed Services: Ongoing management and continuity services for digital solutions post-implementation.
3. Staffing/Detachment: Providing skilled IT professionals to work as extension of client's team.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Finalist is a Dutch IT consultancy that designs and implements digital solutions with societal impact. The firm delivers project-based work — websites, portals, complex applications, and digital platforms — and provides team-extension services to client organizations. Core expertise spans application integration (Red Hat, Mule, Sopera), open-source web platforms (Drupal, Liferay DXP), and AI-enabled digital experiences for healthcare, government, housing corporations, and education sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dailey: Digital work environment/intranet solution that brings together information including emails, appointments, documents, and news.

Products and services

• Dailey Dailey is a digital workspace / intranet solution that consolidates emails, appointments, documents, files, and news in a single environment, designed to improve internal communication and information discovery for organizations such as Bibliotheek Utrecht.
• Project-based Digital Solution Delivery

Quantifiable outcome

• CO2-neutral operations for clients from project start
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• +anderencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2025Advisory bureau partnered with Finalist to develop Govey, an AI employee supporting municipalities with participation and communication. Finalist developed the AI solution, fed by the knowledge of +Anderen.
• CimsolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 April 2024Partnership discussed in Finalist podcast about collaboration and synergy between organizations.
• RigocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRigo acts as coordinator and webmaster for plancapaciteit.nl platform, handling configuration of Drupal aspects, user management, and handling annual regulatory changes.
• LiferaycoreTechnology or IntegrationLiferay is a key technology platform Finalist works extensively with, offering DXP solutions. Finalist received Liferay Customers' Choice 2024 recognition and regularly presents at Liferay DEVCON.
• Drupal CommunitycoreTechnology or IntegrationFinalist is an active Drupal contributor, presenting at Drupaljam and Drupal Developer Days, improving Drupal modules like Geofield, and winning Drupal Splash Awards.
• Red HatcoreTechnology or IntegrationFinalist uses Red Hat Integration products including JBoss Fuse, API Management, and AMQ Streams (Apache Kafka) for enterprise integration solutions.
• Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed (NDE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerModemuze platform developed within the broader Digital Heritage Network framework, using open standards for interoperability.
• SDG NederlandminorOthersFinalist is affiliated with SDG Nederland and complies with SDG goal 8 'Decent Work and Economic Growth' and SDG goal 13 'Climate Action'.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CGI Netherlands: Global IT services firm with a strong Dutch public-sector practice delivering digital, integration, and managed services. Direct competitor for large government and housing-corporation contracts.
• Capgemini (Sogeti): Global systems integrator with significant Dutch public-sector presence (including via Sogeti), offering digital transformation, integration, and managed services. Competes for the same large public-sector frames as Finalist.

Direct peers

• Valori: Dutch mid-sized IT services firm focused on Java, integration, and digital transformation for enterprise and public-sector clients. Comparable to Finalist in size, geography, and technology stack overlap.
• Luminis: Netherlands-based IT consultancy with strong Java/open-source heritage serving enterprise and public-sector clients. Direct overlap with Finalist's technology stack and customer profile.
• QNH Consulting: Dutch IT consultancy focused on Java, integration (JBoss/Fuse), and digital solutions for mid-market and public-sector clients. Closely mirrors Finalist's open-source integration positioning.
• Iquality: Dutch digital agency with deep Drupal and Liferay expertise serving healthcare, government, and education clients. Highly comparable technology stack and vertical mix to Finalist.
• Craftworks: Dutch Drupal-first digital agency delivering websites, platforms, and integrations for public-sector and education clients. Directly comparable Drupal-centric delivery model.
• Incentro: Benelux digital transformation consultancy delivering CMS, integration, and customer experience solutions with strong public-sector references. Overlapping delivery model and customer segments.
• Conclusion Xforce: Dutch IT consultancy under the Conclusion ecosystem providing integration, application development, and digital transformation services to enterprise and government clients. Comparable capability profile.

Regional players

• Trifork: European digital consultancy with comparable open-source, Java, and integration heritage serving public sector and regulated industries. Adjacent geographic footprint with overlapping technology stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCsODjXPODqE6tKZLB7B9pWg
• Facebookfacebook.com/finalist.nl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/finalist
• Xx.com/finalist

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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