NextSDS

Overview

NextSDS sells software for chemical safety and compliance management. The platform reads Safety Data Sheets, extracts the data they contain, and uses it to track chemical inventories, score chemical risk, generate CLP labels and safety instructions, and check obligations under REACH, CLP, OSHA and EPA TSCA. Higher subscription tiers add email-based document intake, risk assessments for inhalation, skin, eye, fire and storage exposure, procurement validation, regulatory change alerts, ECETOC TRA and OEL/DNEL assessment, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 frameworks, automated mixture CLP calculation, environmental reporting, API integrations and single sign-on. Plans run from 249 EUR per month for up to 500 products to 799 EUR per month, with custom pricing for enterprise deployments. Company data is hosted in Europe. The operating entity is Franz BV, a private limited company registered on 6 November 2024 at Gaston Crommenlaan 8 in Ghent. Fritz Hoste is CEO and HSE expert, Jan Verdonck is CPO and regulatory expert, and Frank Baele is COO and technology lead. Hoste and Baele have been directors since November 2024, and Verdonck was appointed in October 2025. The company is supported by Start it @KBC and appears in the imec.istart portfolio. Open roles cover a Belgian account executive and freelance prevention advisers in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Germany.

Stated facts & numbers

• Founded: 2024
• Headquarters: Ghent
• Legal entity: Franz BV (BE1015.936.824), incorporated 6 November 2024
• Registered address: Gaston Crommenlaan 8, 9050 Ghent
• CEO: Fritz Hoste
• CPO: Jan Verdonck
• COO: Frank Baele
• Employees: 2-10
• Product: SDS extraction, chemical inventory, risk assessment, CLP labelling, compliance reporting
• Regulatory scope: REACH, CLP, GHS, OSHA, EPA TSCA, VLAREM
• Pricing: 249 EUR to 799 EUR per month, custom for enterprise
• Customers: Honda, Mars, SPIE, Envalior, Dumaplast, Coatinc, Gedimat, CSP Terminal, Plopsa, AZ Alma, Vitaz, Noorderhart, Stad Genk, Stad Oostende, Zutendaal
• Accelerators: Start it @KBC, imec.istart
• Markets: Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany