Aranea

What Aranea does

Aranea Consult B.V. is a Dutch professional services firm founded in 1991 and headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. The company operates as a "trusted advisor" consulting practice delivering digital transformation, information security, and organizational change services to organizations primarily in the Netherlands. Its service portfolio is organized around six expertise areas: AI implementation and data modernization, information security and compliance, sovereign cloud, digital renewal, capacity augmentation, and human-centered change. Delivery is framed through three methodology pillars — Samen (Together), Veilig (Safe), and Passend (Fit) — emphasizing end-to-end engagement from exploration through implementation.

The firm has no proprietary software products, platforms, or APIs; all offerings are advisory and consulting engagements billed on a time-and-materials basis (monthly invoicing per general terms). Go-to-market is direct and sales-led, with no formal resellers or channel partners. The firm also operates a sub-brand called Aranea Academy, offering business games, training/workshops, guest speakers, and guest lectures. Primary customer verticals are Dutch municipalities/government and healthcare institutions, with secondary exposure to business service providers and growth-stage companies. Two named reference customers appear in available data: Rijndam Revalidatie (healthcare) and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (education), engaged in a multi-year healthcare pathway redesign research project.

Aranea is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Simac, a Dutch family-owned technology conglomerate founded in 1971. Simac is described as a "digital accelerator" providing IT services and business process optimization. The percentage ownership is not disclosed. Aranea maintains a "100% independent" advisory positioning despite the Simac affiliation, positioning itself as unbiased relative to vendor partners. In 2024, leadership transitioned from Aad van den Boogaart to Daniëlle Dielemans as Managing Director. The firm reports having served 250+ unique customers over its 35+ year history. Headcount is disclosed as 11-50 employees. No revenue figures, funding history, or financial statements are publicly available.

Name

Aranea

Legal name

Aranea Consult B.V.

Website

https://aranea.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aranea is a Dutch digital transformation and information security consultancy founded in 1991, serving Dutch municipalities, healthcare institutions, business service providers, and growing companies through six expertise areas spanning AI implementation, compliance, sovereign cloud, and change management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

's-hertogenbosch

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Time-based consulting engagements for digital transformation, information security, and organizational change. Services are delivered through professional engagements starting from ambition, specific questions, or concrete problems, with three core service components: Samen (Together/Strategy), Veilig (Safe/Security), and Passend (Fitting/Implementation).
2. Aranea Academy Services: Additional services including business games, training sessions, workshops, guest speakers, and guest lecturers. These services complement core consulting engagements and help ensure knowledge transfer and adoption.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Aranea is a Dutch consulting firm that delivers professional advisory and implementation services across six expertise areas: AI implementation and data modernization, information security and compliance, sovereign cloud, digital renewal, capacity augmentation, and human-centered change. Services are anchored in three promises — Samen (Together), Veilig (Safe) and Passend (Fitting) — and are complemented by the Aranea Academy sub-brand offering business games, training/workshops, guest speaking, and guest lecturing.

Product overview

Aranea is a consulting firm (Trusted Advisor) founded in 1991, operating as a unified professional services practice rather than a software product company. Its service portfolio is organized around six core expertise areas (AI-implementatie en datamodernisatie, Informatiebeveiliging en compliance, Soevereine Cloud, Digitale vernieuwing, Capaciteitsaanvulling, and Mensgerichte verandering), delivered through a methodology centered on three pillars: Samen (Together), Veilig (Safe), and Passend (Fit). The six expertise areas are the primary service offerings. Supporting these is the Aranea Academy, a sub-brand offering complementary learning services: Business Games, Trainingen en workshops, Gastspreker, and Gastdocent. No software products, platforms, or APIs are offered — all offerings are consulting and advisory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aranea Academy: Training, workshops, business games, guest speakers and guest lecturers for organizational learning and development.

Products and services

• AI Implementation and Data Modernization

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SimaccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAranea is a part of Simac, a family business that has believed in the power of technology and people since 1971. Simac acts as a 'digital accelerator' managing and optimizing IT services and business processes for clients. Simac integrates technology, services, and suppliers and has control over IT ecosystems. Simac's role extends beyond delivering IT services to analyzing and improving processes, providing appropriate advice, and ensuring continuity and security.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• PwC Netherlands: PwC Netherlands provides management consulting, technology, and risk assurance including NIS2 and ISO27001 advisory. It competes with Aranea's information-security and digital-transformation practice, particularly for tenders where public-sector clients prefer Big 4 suppliers.
• KPMG Netherlands: KPMG's Dutch practice delivers management consulting, technology, and risk/compliance advisory including cyber and digital transformation. As a Big 4 firm, it serves Aranea's same Dutch enterprise, public-sector, and healthcare clients but at substantially larger scale and broader portfolio scope.
• EY Netherlands: EY Netherlands delivers consulting, people & workforce, and technology transformation services including cyber, risk, and data/AI advisory. It addresses the same Dutch enterprise and regulated-industry buyer set as Aranea's NIS2-, ISO27001-, and AI-implementation engagements.
• McKinsey & Company (Netherlands): McKinsey's Amsterdam office serves Dutch corporate, financial services, and public-sector clients on strategy, organization, and large-scale transformation. While more strategy-led than Aranea's execution focus, it competes for the same top-of-house transformation mandates in Dutch enterprises.
• Capgemini Netherlands: Capgemini Invent and the broader Dutch Capgemini practice deliver digital transformation, cloud, data/AI, and engineering services. It is a broad global incumbent that competes for the larger end of Aranea's Dutch enterprise and public-sector pipeline.
• Accenture Netherlands: Accenture's Dutch practice delivers strategy, technology, and operations consulting with deep expertise in cloud, data, and cybersecurity transformations. It is a global incumbent that competes for the same large Dutch enterprise and government programmes that Aranea's larger mid-market clients also evaluate.
• Deloitte Netherlands: Deloitte Netherlands offers consulting, audit, tax, and digital/cyber advisory services across the same municipalities, healthcare, and corporate segments Aranea targets. Its scale and cross-border delivery capability make it a frequent incumbent competitor for larger Dutch transformation mandates.

Direct peers

• Conclusion: Conclusion is a Dutch multi-brand IT services and consultancy group headquartered in Utrecht, with practices spanning digital transformation, managed services, and security. It is the closest Dutch-scale peer to Aranea, competing for the same municipalities, healthcare, and mid-market engagements.
• Northwave: Northwave is a Dutch cybersecurity specialist firm focused on managed detection & response, security consulting, and NIS2/ISO27001 compliance support. It directly competes with Aranea's 'Informatiebeveiliging en compliance' expertise area for Dutch enterprise and public-sector security mandates.
• iO (formerly known as iO / Intracto): iO is a Benelux digital agency and consultancy delivering digital transformation, customer experience, and technology platforms. It overlaps with Aranea's 'Digitale vernieuwing' and change management offerings for Dutch and Belgian mid-market and enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/araneanl
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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