Akari

What Akari does

Akari AS is a Norwegian creative and digital marketing agency founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, with additional offices in Hønefoss, Notodden, and Numedal covering the Buskerud, Vestfold, and Telemark regions. The firm employs 29 people across a multi-disciplinary team spanning design, photography, video production, web development, marketing, and sales, and reports a customer base of more than 300 clients ranging from regional SMBs to enterprise accounts (including GKN Aerospace, Sector Alarm, and Technip FMC) and Norwegian municipalities.

The company's core service offering bundles creative production with digital execution: website builds (priced NOK 29K-103K per project) on WordPress/Elementor, WooCommerce, and Shopify stacks; performance advertising and marketing retainers (NOK 10K-40K per month); brand and content production (photography, video, design); and a growing line in WCAG/universal-design accessibility compliance and Google Workspace resale and managed services. Hosting and maintenance are offered at NOK 990/month as a sticky recurring layer.

Akari's revenue model is a hybrid of project-based one-time fees, monthly subscription-style retainers, and low-margin hosting pass-through. Go-to-market is primarily regional and relationship-driven, with a recently structured sales function (Salgssjef, Salgsleder) supporting outbound expansion into enterprise and public-sector accounts. Pricing and service tiers — including packaged monthly offerings Synlighet, Vekst, and Markedsleder — indicate an attempt to productize recurring revenue, while long-tenured clients (K-tech since 2017, Ag since 2019, Rentx since 2019) demonstrate retention within the regional SMB core.

Name

Akari

Legal name

Akari AS

Website

https://akari.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Akari AS is a 29-person Norwegian creative and digital marketing agency headquartered in Kongsberg with four regional offices, serving 300+ SMB, enterprise, and municipal clients across Buskerud, Vestfold, and Telemark with web, design, marketing, and Google Workspace services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kongsberg

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-based Services: One-time fees for discrete projects including website development (ranging from 29,000 to 103,000 NOK depending on complexity), graphic design, video production, photography, and recruitment campaigns.
2. Recurring Monthly Retainers: Monthly subscription services for ongoing marketing support including content production and social media management (10,000-40,000 NOK/month), website hosting and maintenance (990 NOK/month), and Google Workspace services.
3. Professional Services: Consulting, workshops, and advisory services for brand strategy, visual identity development, and marketing planning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Akari is a Norwegian creative and digital marketing agency providing end-to-end marketing services including photography, video production, website development (primarily WordPress with Elementor and WooCommerce/Shopify for e-commerce), digital marketing and social media management, graphic design and visual identity, paid performance advertising (Google Ads and social), recruitment marketing campaigns, courses, and creative workshops. The agency also resells and implements Google Workspace. Services are delivered as one-off projects, fixed-price packages (Enkel, Medium, Stor websites; Synlighet, Vekst, Markedsleder marketing retainers), or monthly retainers.

Product overview

Akari is a Norwegian creative and marketing agency offering a comprehensive portfolio of digital services. The core offering consists of photography, video production, website development, digital marketing, graphic design, and performance advertising services. Website services are delivered primarily on WordPress CMS using Elementor page builder, with e-commerce capabilities via WooCommerce and Shopify integrations. Akari also offers fixed-price monthly content production packages (Synlighet, Vekst, Markedsleder) where they act as an external marketing department for clients, handling planning, content creation, and social media publishing. Website packages range from simple one-page solutions (29,000 NOK) to custom-built sites (103,000 NOK), with hosting and maintenance at 990 NOK/month. The agency also operates as a Google Workspace partner and provides WCAG accessibility compliance services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million views for K-tech recruitment campaign in 2026
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 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

Integration12 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ReklamemakerietminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaborated with Akari on the Hjembygda project for Nore og Uvdal Kommune. Reklamemakeriet developed the graphic profile while Akari delivered the website with design, text, photos and stories. This local partnership demonstrates regional collaboration between creative agencies.
• Buskerud NæringshageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Akari Numedal and Uvdal Snekkerverksted on a digital transformation project. Buskerud Næringshage participated as a partner in the initiative supporting local business development.
• Kopisenteret KongsbergminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborated on KIF Fotball vehicle wrapping project where Kopisenteret provided vehicle wrapping and installation services while Akari provided the graphic design.
• Google (Google Workspace)coreTechnology or IntegrationAkari resells and implements Google Workspace to their customers as an integrated productivity and collaboration solution. They provide setup, migration, and ongoing support services for Google Workspace implementations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mindshare: Global media agency with a Norway presence focused on paid media planning and buying. Comparable on the performance/paid-advertising side of Akari's offering but at much larger scale and with a media-buying specialization.
• TRY: Norway's largest advertising agency group offering full-service advertising, media and digital across multiple verticals. A broad incumbent that competes for the same enterprise and public-sector clients but at substantially greater scale.

Direct peers

• Apt: Norwegian creative and advertising agency offering brand strategy, design, film and digital services to a similar SMB and mid-market client base. Comparable in service portfolio and regional Norwegian market positioning.
• Itera: Nordic digital services firm offering web platforms, design and marketing technology across Norway and the broader Nordics. Comparable on digital delivery and recurring platform support, though operating at larger scale.
• Kitchen: Oslo-based creative agency serving Norwegian brands with advertising, design and content production. Directly comparable as a Norwegian full-service creative shop with similar SMB-to-enterprise client mix.
• Netlife: Norwegian digital agency specializing in websites, UX and digital platforms on open-source CMS stacks. Directly comparable on web development, hosting/maintenance retainers and SMB-to-enterprise digital delivery.
• Antidot: Norwegian creative and design agency working with regional brands on identity, web and content. Comparable in scale and service breadth to Akari's creative production offering.

Regional players

• Great Works: Stockholm-based creative agency serving Nordic brands with advertising and brand strategy. Comparable in service model and Nordic regional focus but operating in Sweden rather than Norway.

Others

• HubSpot: Marketing automation and CRM platform that SMBs can adopt directly to handle marketing execution in-house. A platform substitute that competes with the value proposition of Akari's retainer-based outsourced marketing model.
• Wix: DIY website builder platform enabling SMBs to build sites without an agency. Represents the alternative self-serve path that competes with Akari's website packages at the low end of the market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@akarireklame
• Facebookfacebook.com/akarireklame
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/akari-as
• Instagraminstagram.com/akari_reklame

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

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

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