Art Consultants

What Art Consultants does

Art Consultants (legal name ARTE CONSULTORES TECNOLÓGICOS, S.L., operating as "arte") is a privately held Spanish software development firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, with an additional presence in Gran Canaria. The company delivers four interrelated professional services: Team Enlargement (staff augmentation into client development teams), Custom Software Development (bespoke applications built to client specifications), IT Department (dedicated expert teams embedded into client operations), and Support and Maintenance (system monitoring and ongoing management). Technology delivery is grounded in Java/Spring, microservices, distributed systems, and CI/CD pipelines.

The firm's customer base is concentrated in the Canary Islands and Spain, spanning regional government institutions (Cabildo de Tenerife, ISTAC) and private enterprises (Porcentual, EVM), with multiple relationships exceeding five years and one (ISTAC) exceeding ten years. Art Consultants is GDPR and Spanish LOPDGDD compliant, positioning it for EU public-sector work. The company employs over 60 people, approximately 60% of whom are senior developers, and is actively hiring across engineering and consulting roles.

Commercially, Art Consultants operates a sales-led, direct B2B model with quote-based, project and retainer-style contracts; no pricing tiers are disclosed publicly. The firm is bootstrapped, with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or external investors, and revenue is not publicly reported. Its value proposition centers on EU-based delivery from the Canary Islands (with timezone alignment to the UK and Portugal), battle-tested engineering quality, and the integration of stable senior teams into long-term client engagements.

Name

Art Consultants

Legal name

ARTE CONSULTORES TECNOLÓGICOS, S.L.

Website

https://arte.dev

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Art Consultants is a privately held Spanish software development firm founded in 2005, headquartered in the Canary Islands, that delivers team augmentation, custom software, embedded IT department, and support/maintenance services to Canary Islands government institutions and private enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Services / Custom Software Development

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

IT & Software Engineering Staffing (BPACADAA)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Team augmentation services
• IT department outsourcing
• Software support maintenance
• Enterprise application development

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Cruz De Tenerife

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Software Development: B2B software development services including custom software development, team augmentation, dedicated IT department services, and ongoing support/maintenance. Revenue generated through project-based contracts and potentially retainer arrangements with long-term clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Art Consultants is a B2B software services firm that provides four core offerings to government institutions and private enterprises: (1) Team Enlargement (developer augmentation integrated into client teams), (2) Custom Software Development (bespoke application design and build), (3) IT Department (outsourced dedicated technical teams embedded in client operations), and (4) Support and Maintenance (ongoing system monitoring and management). All services are delivered by in-house teams based in the Canary Islands, with primary technology stack based on Java/Spring, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines.

Product overview

Art Consultants (ARTE CONSULTORES TECNOLÓGICOS) is a software design and development company founded in 2005, headquartered in the Canary Islands, Spain. The company offers a portfolio of four interconnected professional services: Team Enlargement (for augmenting client development teams), Custom Software Development (bespoke solutions), IT Department (dedicated expert teams), and Support and Maintenance (system monitoring and management). These services work together to provide end-to-end software development capabilities for enterprise clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Team Enlargement Transparent and flexible integration with the client's development team to accelerate project delivery at the pace the client requires. Targeted at organizations that need additional software development capacity or specialized skills embedded into their existing teams.
• Custom Software Development Design and development of bespoke software solutions tailored to client specifications for timeline and functionality requirements. Targeted at organizations that need a specific piece of software but lack sufficient in-house people or time to invest in it.
• IT Department Dedicated team of expert developers seamlessly integrated into the client's company operations to provide the necessary technological tools and infrastructure. Functions as a fully embedded outsourced IT department.
• Support and Maintenance Comprehensive monitoring, maintenance, and integral management of client systems to ensure smooth and continuous operations. Targeted at organizations running production systems that need ongoing operational support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5+ years of partnership with Porcentual
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy specializing in custom software engineering, team augmentation, and modernization — a comparable professional services model with a focus on quality engineering and complex enterprise delivery.
• BairesDev: Large Latin American nearshore software development firm providing staff augmentation and dedicated development teams to US and European clients. Competes with Arte for outsourced development work, often at lower blended rates.
• Sngular: Spain-headquartered custom software development and IT services firm offering team augmentation, custom development, and managed services to enterprise and government clients — directly comparable in service mix and Iberian geographic focus.
• Plain Concepts: Spanish custom software development and technology consultancy delivering bespoke solutions, team augmentation, and digital transformation — closely aligned with Arte's portfolio of professional services and European enterprise/government clientele.
• Globant: Large global IT services and digital transformation firm with extensive team augmentation and custom software offerings. Compares as a scaled, internationally distributed version of Arte's core service model.

Broad incumbents

• Everis (NTT Data): Major Spanish-origin IT consulting and systems integration firm (now part of NTT Data) with deep public-sector relationships across Spain — competes for the same government digitalization contracts Arte serves, but at significantly larger scale.
• Indra: Spain's largest IT services and defense technology company with substantial public-sector and electronic administration work. Represents the dominant incumbent competing for the same Canary Islands and Spanish government modernization budgets.
• Sopra Steria: European IT services group with strong presence in Spain, France, and the UK offering custom development, systems integration, and managed services — comparable EU-based nearshore alternative for UK and Iberian enterprise clients.
• Deloitte Technology Consulting: Global professional services firm's technology consulting practice offers custom development and systems integration — a broad incumbent competing for the same enterprise and government transformation engagements.

Regional players

• IECISA: Spanish IT services and consulting subsidiary serving public administration and large enterprises in Spain — competes for the same regional government contracts but operates at a different (larger) scale than Arte.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/arte_dev
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/artedev

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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