# AI Agencies in Belfast, United Kingdom

> 3 agencies in Belfast, ranked by published evidence — portfolio quality, credibility, and profile completeness.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/location/belfast
Generated: 2026-09-21 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

Listed hourly rates in United Kingdom: €65–110/hr (25th–75th percentile of 27 listed agency rate ranges — the Belfast cell publishes at 8+ rated agencies).

## Ranked roster
1. **Kainos** — Belfast, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 1000+ · founded 1986 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/kainos
2. **Analytics Engines** — Belfast, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2008 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/analytics-engines
3. **Sonrai Analytics** — Belfast, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/sonrai-analytics


## About this market
Belfast has the deepest software-engineering base of any city its size in these islands, built over three decades of financial-services and government delivery rather than on a startup wave. Queen's University and Ulster supply the talent, and the city's larger firms sell into Whitehall and the City as readily as locally—which is why public-sector and regulated-finance delivery, not consumer AI, is what the market is known for. Costs run below Dublin and well below London for comparable engineering, and the UK regulatory perimeter applies rather than the EU's.

## Questions buyers ask

### How much do AI agencies in Belfast charge?
The gap reflects local cost rather than capability—the larger Belfast firms staff UK government and financial-services programs from here, and their clients are paying London prices for the output.

### Why hire an AI agency in Belfast?
Hire here for delivery scale and public-sector experience at a lower rate than either Dublin or London. The city's firms have decades of central-government and regulated-finance work behind them, so documentation, security clearance and procurement are familiar ground rather than a first attempt. It is a less obvious market for research-adjacent or frontier work, which concentrates in Dublin and London.

### Belfast or Dublin for an AI project?
Belfast if you are buying UK-regulated delivery or want engineering scale for the budget; Dublin if your project sits under EU law, needs the multinational data-and-AI cluster, or must be delivered by an Irish entity. The practical difference is the regulatory perimeter, not the talent—the two cities recruit from overlapping pools and are two hours apart.

### Do Belfast agencies work with clients outside Northern Ireland?
Routinely. The larger firms here deliver across Great Britain and internationally, and much of their published work is for clients with no Northern Ireland presence at all. Ask where your delivery team would sit rather than where the contract is signed, since several operate across Belfast, London and Dublin.

### What's the rate distribution across AI agencies in Belfast?
Of the 3 AI agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €45 to €85, with a median around €65. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (146 rated). 1 agency operates under €100/hr: Analytics Engines.

### Which are the top-rated AI agencies in Belfast?
Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI agencies in Belfast are Kainos, Analytics Engines, Sonrai Analytics. See the full review on each agency's profile.

### Which industries are best represented among Belfast AI agencies?
Healthcare is the most represented industry among Belfast AI agencies — 3 of 3 disclose Healthcare experience. Examples include Kainos, Analytics Engines, Sonrai Analytics.

### How recent are these AI agency reviews?
All 3 agencies on this page were editorially reviewed on Sep 8, 2026. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.

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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