Deque Systems
American digital accessibility company
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Deque Systems (/ˈdiːkjuː/ DEE-kew) is a digital accessibility company based in Herndon, Virginia with additional offices in Kavuri Hills Madhapur, Hyderabad India and Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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| Company type | Private Company |
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| Industry | Web Accessibility |
| Headquarters | Herndon, VA |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | www |
History
The CEO of Deque Systems is Preety Kumar.[1]
The company was started in 1999 and produces accessibility testing software in addition to offering accessibility consulting services and training.[2]
In June, 2015 Deque open-sourced the accessibility rules engine Axe-core.[3]
In May 2020, the WorldSpace brand name was retired and replaced by Axe for each of Deque's products.[4]
In September 2020, Deque found that the majority of vote by mail applications were inaccessible, and fixed them for the 2020 Presidential Election.[5][6][7][8]
In 2025, Deque was listed in the Leader category, first position, by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave: Digital Accessibility Platforms, Q4 2025 report.[9]
Products
Deque tools, services and training are used to achieve compliance in support of the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines,[10] the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508, the European Accessibility Act, and EN 301 549.[11]
Deque University is a collection of online accessibility training courses covering a range of topics from introductory level to expert-level International Association of Accessibility Professionals CPACC.[12]
Axe Tools
Axe is a suite of accessibility testing tools for HTML, Android, and iOS applications. Each product in the Axe toolkit is powered by the open source rules engine Axe-core.[13][14]
Products within the Axe suite include: Axe DevTools, Axe Monitor and Axe Auditor.