# Best Manufacturing AI Agencies in the Netherlands > 6 agencies. Top-ranked: Clockworks, Xomnia, DEUS. Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/industries/manufacturing/netherlands Generated: 2026-09-28 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold. ## Ranked roster 1. **Clockworks** — Rotterdam, Netherlands · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Development, AI Automation · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/clockworks 2. **Xomnia** — Amsterdam, Netherlands · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2013 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/xomnia 3. **DEUS** — Amsterdam, Netherlands · rate not published · founded 2020 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Agents · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/deus 4. **DataNorth AI** — Groningen, Netherlands · €150/hr · team 10-49 · founded 2022 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation, Generative AI · 9 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-05 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/datanorth 5. **What's Next AI** — Amsterdam, Netherlands · €125-150/hr (agency-confirmed) · team 10-49 · founded 2025 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Agents, AI Development · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/what-s-next-ai 6. **Blackbirds** — Rotterdam, Netherlands · rate not published · team 1-9 · founded 2024 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/blackbirds ## About this market Industrial AI in the Netherlands reaches manufacturing through the utility, the energy grid and the corporate data estate, and only rarely through the machine. Clockworks is the closest to the equipment: a Rotterdam computer-vision company building deep-learning imaging systems for utilities, government and industrial clients since 2017. Xomnia's Enexis excavation-risk model is the most specific engineering on the page, named down to logistic regression, MLflow and Airflow, which tells you it is versioned and scheduled rather than sitting in a notebook. DataNorth AI publishes the most process-shaped builds—a system predicting the exact dyes and quantities needed to hit a target color for a baking-mix manufacturer, and a formulation engine producing more than 150 custom product packs a month. DEUS built Shell's global data marketplace, a data mesh carrying more than seventy new services. Blackbirds shows Rijkswaterstaat and the Dutch Ministry of Defence among its logos, though not attached to published engagements. So the honest read is a planning-and-data market, not a shop-floor one. If you need vision on a production line or a control system, the Munich and Ghent rosters carry more of that work. If your problem is forecasting, formulation, asset risk or a data estate nobody can query, this page is well stocked. Ask any candidate for an engagement where the signal came off a machine rather than out of an ERP, and take a straight no as useful information. Published rates here are too thin to anchor on—get written day rates early, and confirm whether the quote covers the data work that usually turns out to be the actual project. ## Questions buyers ask ### How much do Manufacturing AI agencies in the Netherlands charge? Of the 6 Manufacturing AI agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €125 to €150, with a median around €138. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (150 rated). ### Which are the top-rated Manufacturing AI agencies in the Netherlands? Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked Manufacturing AI agencies in the Netherlands are Clockworks, Xomnia, DEUS. See the full review on each agency's profile. ### What other industries do Netherlands Manufacturing agencies serve? Beyond Manufacturing, the most common cross-industry experience among these agencies is Public Sector (3 of 6 agencies). Notable examples include Clockworks, DataNorth AI, Blackbirds. ### How recent are these Manufacturing AI agency reviews? 5 of the 6 agencies on this page have been editorially reviewed between Aug 4, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026 — the most recent being Clockworks. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated. ### What's the smallest team size available for manufacturing in the Netherlands? Blackbirds is the only boutique (under 10 people) on this page, ideal for projects needing senior-level attention without large-team overhead. --- Source: AIAgencies.eu — the curated register of European AI agencies. Rate provenance: "agency-confirmed" = disclosed via submission or claimed profile; "directory-listed" = Clutch or two agreeing B2B directories (lone unverified sources are never written). Full method: https://www.aiagencies.eu/methodology · Rate index: https://www.aiagencies.eu/rates