According to TMR, the global enterprise mobile development market is anticipated to reach a valuation of US 510.39 bn by the end of 2022 , growing at a CAGR of 24.7%.
Nowadays enterprises are gradually shifting their focus from supporting their legacy systems to transforming and modernizing them. Business process automation and digital transformation are now at the core of almost every company’s digital strategy. This raises the demand towards next-level enterprise mobility solutions for industrial automation, cross-channel collaboration, workflow optimization and more.
A growing number of businesses are seizing the benefits of enterprise development outsourcing, which provides ease of access to cutting-edge technologies and skillful resources. In this respect, Europe remains one of the most attractive IT outsourcing destinations due to its availability of tech talents and high-quality services. With this in mind, we’ve prepared a list of European enterprise mobile development companies helping clients streamline their operations, improve communication, and automate various processes.
By the end of 2017, market demand for mobile app development services will grow at least five times faster than internal IT organizations‘ capacity to deliver them, according to Gartner, Inc.
Criteria for selection
We’ve carried out in-depth research and analyzed the profiles of numerous vendors to define whether their European development centers have enough capacities to deliver scalable mobile solutions to enterprise-level businesses. Thus we’ve selected the strongest enterprise mobile development companies listed in the Top Enterprise App Development Companies on Clutch.co. Clutch Leader Matrix selection methodology is based on service providers areas of focus, their proven ability to deliver, and reviews of their clients.
In addition, we’ve analyzed the company’s websites and enterprise mobility-related case studies to provide essential information about the companies including the number of employees, key clients, years on the market, and their major enterprise mobility projects.
1.N-iX
- Locations: Ukraine, Poland, Sweden, USA
- Clients: Lebara, Currencycloud, Gogo, Anoto, OpenText, Novell, HotSchedules
- Number of employees: 250-999
- Years on the market: 15
N-iX is an established Eastern European IT provider helping midsize and enterprise-level businesses implement technology transformations. The scope of company’s enterprise mobility services ecompasses custom enterprise mobile app development, application integration and enterprise mobility consulting.
N-iX core expertise in enterprise mobility is industrial automation. The company helps companies automate field operations, facilitate communication and increase business productivity. For instance, N-iX engineers developed mobile applications for managing inventory operations and carrying out preventive & reactive maintenance of large plants and airports, used by such global brands as Honda, Toyota UK, Volkswagen, Boston Logan Airport and others.
Moreover, the team developed a labour management solution for HotSchedules, a leading hospitality provider in the US. Firstly, the solution helped the company to reduce operating costs. And secondly, it enabled easy access to data from anywhere ensuring fast support and effective collaboration across different production channels.
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2. Intellectsoft
- Locations: UK, Norway, Belarus, Ukraine, US
- Clients: Cirrus Insight, Eurostar, Shell, Harley-Davidson, Jaguar Talk, Ernst & Young
- Number of employees: 250 – 999
- Years on the market: 10
With development facilities in Eastern & Central Europe and in the US, Intellectsoft builds, maintains and supports business critical applications for enterprise clients. Talking about their enterprise mobility expertise, the company designed a mobile app that facilitates the navigation process of the Shell’s Robert Training and Conference Center. The application uses geolocation to give students detailed directions to each classroom including safety and emergency checkpoints. Moreover, trainees can use this app to find relevant course information like class timetables, instructor biographies, training descriptions, event schedules, and more.
Additionally, Intellectsoft team developed a cross-platform mobile application for enhanced conference experience allowing better collaboration, networking, and exchange of ideas. The app features user preferences and allows to read attendee profiles, facilitate matchmaking and provides real-time updates and reminders.
3. Experion Technologies
- Locations: Germany, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, USA, India, Australia
- Clients: Bacardi, Aegon, Johnson & Johnson, Merck Group, Aditya Birla Group
- Number of employees: 250-999
- Years on the market: 11
The company has developed over 200 custom enterprise and consumer mobile applications over the past decade. Experion cooperated with big corporations and some of the fastest growing early-stage companies. For instance, the development team built a B2B mobile app for a large Swiss watch manufacturer. This app helps manage a big watch retail network and also functions as a digitized catalogue demonstrating the latest product information, images, videos and pricing details to users.
What’s more, Experion specialists developed a mobile solution for patients who underwent critical care at major US hospitals. The solution acts as a virtual health coach and provides assistance during their post hospitalization and rehabilitation period. It also helps patients keep track of medication and monitors their fitness and activity levels.
4. Exadel
- Locations: Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, USA
- Clients: McKesson, UBS, GHX, Verifone, Dun & Bradstreet, Hunter Douglas, Microsoft
- Number of employees: 250 – 999
- Years on the market: 19
With a number of development centers across Eastern Europe and other regions, Exadel provides a variety of enterprise mobility services. The company has built mobile solutions for companies operating in such industries as transportation, technology, finance, retail, e-Commerce, and healthcare.
Regarding enterprise mobile development, Exadel team created a user-friendly B-cycle mobile app which acts as a bike-sharing brainchild of Trek Bicycle, Humana, and Crispin Porter + Bogusky powerhouses. The development team utilized technologies such as .NET/Transbank to process credit card payments (and accommodate B-cycle’s first international kiosk), Sitefinity – to allow B-cycle administrators in every city to customize the city’s page with news and photographs and RFID Tracking technology- enabling users to easily release and rent a bike. In addition, the company developed a mobile app for NCP that allows their clients to easily and conveniently scan purchases in real-time and communicate with users based on their behaviors.
5. Codete
- Location: Poland
- Clients: Hilti Group, Home24.de, Wells Fargo, Total, Fyber, KIA Motors, Language International
- Number of employees: 50-249
- Years on the market: 7
At the enterprise development level, the company provides mobile solutions which facilitate automation of complex processes for enterprises and more. For instance, the company developed an AR-based mobile solution for sales presentation for a leading Korean car manufacturer KIA. This application is targeted at car retailers that want to showcase the possibilities of Kia cars and their services. This marketing solution allows Kia resellers to present galleries, 3D models, movies and additional information invisible to the naked eye.
Additionally, Codete development team partnered with GFI (enterprise-level data management solution provider) to develop the iOS version of Flow Gate data management application. This tailor-made application enables users to control and keep their mailbox, journal, and contact data safe. Moreover, the solution supports multiple data systems and technologies, e.g. IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Dynamics, MySQL, Oracle, SAP, and features an advanced encryption module to the user’s database.
6. Mubaloo
- Location: UK, Germany, US
- Clients: MTR Crossrail, London’s Air Ambulance, Aviva, Bang & Olufsen, Intelliflo, Unipart, Cisco
- Number of employees: 50-249
- Years on the market: 8
The company’s core expertise is developing enterprise mobility roadmaps and bespoke mobile apps. Mubaloo provides business transformation consultancy, design, integration, development, and testing of mobile apps. For instance, the company designed an IOS app for a number of Cisco’s EBC centers across the world. This mobile solution showcases the benefits of CMX system to businesses interested in implementing it and brings up important information as visitors move around the EBC. The app is deployed across a number of Cisco’s EBC centres across the world and demonstrates how CMX can be utilised for indoor navigation guiding the users around a route. Utilising Mubaloo’s MiBeacons hardware, it is also able to display other product information or videos, based on the user’s micro-location.
7. MentorMate
- Locations: Bulgaria, Sweden, US
- Clients: AstraZeneca, Thomson Reuters, Foss Swim School, Fluke, Staywell, Questar, Trane, NASA
- Number of employees: 250-999
- Years on the market: 16
The company provides a variety of software development services with a special focus on healthcare technology development. For instance, Kaviva cooperated with MentorMate on the development of a mobile solution for an administrative portal. It improves health management and enrollment by connecting insurance companies, providers, and employers with members. This solution allows key stakeholders to run a variety of campaigns from marketing new services to alerting users about enrollment periods or wellness testing dates through push notifications, banner ads, SMS or email.
8. Softteco
- Locations: Belarus, Lithuania
- Clients: Raiffeisen Bank, SADAD, The World Bank, Evernote, Barns & Noble, Samsung
- Number of employees: 50-249
- Years on the market: 9
The company specializes in business application development services, technology consulting and custom mobile development. For instance, their development team worked on a SADAD Wallet mobile app for bill payments and money transfers. The application features a two-step security system, an intuitive interface and lets users top up the e-wallet.
Additionally, the company created an enterprise mobile app for the World Bank for evaluating road pavement quality. The solution is integrated with accelerometers, gyroscopes and GPS to autonomously measure and evaluate road roughness on IRI scale (International Roughness Index).Then it sends the information to local road maintenance organizations via cellular network or Wi-Fi. See also: FIX framework of digital transformation in banking.
9. TechMagic
- Location: Ukraine
- Clients: Good.co, Elements.Cloud, Sqord, motiflow, Forq, Hagtap, Mention My Biz
- Number of employees: 50-249
- Years on the market: 3
This development studio is located in Lviv, Ukraine and primarily focuses on mobile app development. TechMagic advocates Lean Startup Methodology in their work. The company has experience in native iOS and Android application development with complex Back-End (Node.js). For instance, TechMagic developed a workplace culture fit app for Good&Co which raised $10M+ in funding. Since then, Good&Co received a 5-star rating on App Store and Google Play with more than 170 000 new downloads.
Afterword
On the whole, the above-mentioned enterprise mobile development companies help global leaders efficiently automate complex processes, reduce overhead, inhibit innovation, and satisfy dynamic consumer demands. The main challenge rests in selecting the best one. We advise you to consider a company with a solid IT market experience and a decent portfolio of enterprise mobility projects. We hope, that our list will help you find a reliable partner to meet your specific demands and expectations.
