BEX Components AG

What BEX Components AG does

BEX Components AG is a privately held German software company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Aalen, Germany. The company specializes in software for export management, customs declarations, sanctions list screening, and preferential origin calculation, serving over 2,500 companies in the European Union and Switzerland. Its three core products cover the full customs workflow: AES3 for electronic ATLAS export declarations to German customs authorities, SANSCREEN for automated sanctions list and embargo screening of business partners, and GENESYS for origin of goods and preferential calculation across EU and Swiss trade agreements. BEX holds ISO 27001:2024 certification and positions itself as a 'Made in Germany' niche specialist, with a content-led marketing engine (BEXblog, BEX Academy, free templates) that educates customers on a frequently shifting regulatory landscape including PAN-EURO-MED, AWG amendments, and emerging export control regimes.

The company's technology is built around certified, deep integrations with the dominant German ERP ecosystem — SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business ByDesign, and SAP Business One — plus an open interface for connection to virtually any other ERP system. Software can be deployed as cloud/ASP hosting in the BEX data centre or as in-house installations, giving enterprise customers flexibility. BEX maintains product momentum through regulatory-driven software updates, exemplified by the January 2025 Albania and Montenegro Regional Convention conversion and the January 2026 PAN-EURO-MED reform release in GENESYS. Architecture is explicitly designed around compliance traceability: AES3 manages Movement Reference Number (MRN) assignments and export accompanying documents, SANSCREEN screens against published sanctions lists, and GENESYS handles long-term supplier declarations and preferential origin proof.

BEX operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise sales through its website and sales team with a structured partner network of ERP manufacturers and specialist foreign trade resellers. Revenue is generated through a mix of software licensing, recurring subscription/ASP hosting, maintenance fees, and professional consulting services (with distinct terms and conditions for ASP, consulting, and licensing/maintenance). The customer base spans enterprise references such as Samsung, Volkswagen, Cherry, Bucher Automation, DENAVA, RUD, and Franz Binder, alongside a long tail of mid-market Mittelstand exporters. With 11-50 employees, no disclosed external funding, and founder/management ownership implied, BEX is a bootstrapped, capital-efficient niche software business compounding on regulatory complexity in the DACH export compliance market.

Name

BEX Components AG

Legal name

BEX Components AG

Website

https://bex.ag

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BEX Components AG is a German software company, founded in 2006 in Aalen, that develops customs and foreign trade compliance software — ATLAS export declarations (AES3), sanctions screening (SANSCREEN), and preferential origin calculation (GENESYS) — for more than 2,500 SAP-using exporters across the EU and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Customs and Foreign Trade Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Core ERP Suites (Financials, Procurement, Projects) (HDAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business Rules & Decision Management Platforms (BRMS/DMN) (HDAEAKAG)

Keywords

• Customs declaration software
• Export management software
• Sanctions list screening
• Preferential origin calculation
• SAP ERP integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Aalen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: BEX sells software products (AES3, SANSCREEN, GENESYS) as applications that can be operated either in the BEX data centre (cloud/ASP model) or as in-house installations. The company offers different AGB (terms and conditions) for Application Service Providing (ASP), consulting/support services, and software licensing and maintenance. This implies a recurring subscription/maintenance revenue model alongside one-time or recurring software fees.
2. Professional Services and Consulting: BEX provides consulting and support services for foreign trade processes, evidenced by dedicated AGB for 'Beratungs- und Unterstützungsleistungen' (consulting and support services).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BEX Components AG develops and licenses specialized software for export and customs management, including AES3 for ATLAS electronic export declarations, SANSCREEN for sanctions list screening, and GENESYS for origin of goods and preferential calculation. The software integrates directly with SAP ERP systems and other ERP platforms via open interfaces, and is offered either as in-house installations or via the BEX data centre (ASP/cloud model). The company also provides consulting and support services for foreign trade processes and free online resources such as templates, guides, and training webinars through the BEX Academy.

Product overview

BEX Components AG offers a suite of three integrated software solutions for customs and foreign trade management: GENESYS for origin of goods and preference calculations, SANSCREEN for sanctions list screening, and AES3 for ATLAS export declarations. The products integrate directly with major ERP systems, particularly SAP solutions, enabling automated customs processes within existing enterprise workflows. The company also provides the BEX Academy for online training and various free templates for supplier declarations, proforma invoices, and tariff classification guides.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AES3: ATLAS export declaration software for electronic customs declarations
• SANSCREEN
• GENESYS
• BEX Academy
• BEX Partnerportal

Products and services

• AES3 AES3 is BEX's ATLAS Ausfuhranmeldung (export declaration) software for electronic customs declarations, automatically generating and submitting export documentation to German customs authorities and managing MRN (Movement Reference Number) assignments. It is targeted at companies that need to file electronic export declarations in Germany and is designed to integrate with SAP and other ERP systems.
• SANSCREEN SANSCREEN is BEX's Sanktionslistenprüfung (sanctions list screening) software that checks business partners against sanctions lists and embargo regulations to minimize business risks in export operations. It is aimed at companies that need to perform business partner screening as part of their export control and compliance processes.
• GENESYS GENESYS is BEX's Warenursprung & Präferenz software for origin of goods and preferential calculation. It enables efficient processing, monitoring, and correct preference calculation for customs benefits in international trade, handling supplier declarations, long-term supplier declarations, and preferential origin proof. It targets export-oriented companies that need preferential origin calculation and supplier declaration management.
• BEX Academy BEX Academy is BEX's online seminar platform providing training for foreign trade professionals, offering accessible introductions to the complex topics of international trade, customs declarations, sanctions screening, and preferential origin calculation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,500 companies in the EU and Switzerland trust BEX software

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SAP (SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business One)coreTechnology or IntegrationBEX has established a dedicated SAP solutions hub with specialized product pages for each SAP system. As an ERP integration partner, BEX offers certified integrations allowing its customs and foreign trade software (AES3, SANSCREEN, GENESYS) to operate within SAP environments. This is a flagship partnership for BEX given the prominence of SAP in the German enterprise market.
• Various ERP System ManufacturerscoreTechnology or IntegrationBEX maintains partnerships with multiple ERP system manufacturers beyond SAP, offering open interfaces that enable integration with virtually any ERP system. The company positions itself as a solution partner of many ERP manufacturers, providing direct integration solutions within customers' ERP systems.
• Vertriebs- und Lösungspartner (Sales and Solution Partners)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBEX maintains a network of sales and solution partners who resell and implement BEX software. These partners are described as foreign trade specialists who simultaneously serve as sales partners. The company actively recruits new partners through its 'BEX Partner werden' program and provides a dedicated partner portal.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Descartes Systems Group: Descartes Visual Compliance and its global trade management suite offer sanctions screening and customs declaration automation to enterprises, representing a larger, broadly scoped competitor in the same compliance category.
• Wolters Kluwer (Trade Compliance): Wolters Kluwer offers trade-compliance and sanctions-screening solutions under its governance, risk & compliance division, addressing the same regulatory-driven software needs as BEX's SANSCREEN and AES3 products.
• E2open: E2open (which absorbed Amber Road) provides global trade management and customs compliance software for large enterprises, serving the same export-control and trade-compliance buyer as BEX but at significantly larger scale.
• Thomson Reuters (ONESOURCE Global Trade): ONESOURCE Global Trade Management offers export classification, denied-party screening, and trade-content workflows serving multinational enterprises with overlapping functionality to BEX's sanctions and origin modules.
• SAP Global Trade Services (SAP GTS): SAP GTS is the incumbent native trade-compliance module within the SAP suite, offering export controls, sanctions screening, and preference processing — directly competing with BEX within the same SAP customer base.

Direct peers

• AEB SE: AEB is a direct German competitor offering customs declaration, sanctions screening, and trade-compliance software across the EU, addressing the same buyer (export managers) with comparable functionality to AES3, SANSCREEN, and GENESYS.
• MIC Customs Solutions: MIC provides customs and trade-compliance software with deep EU focus, including ATLAS/AES export declarations and origin calculation — directly overlapping with BEX's AES3 and GENESYS product lines.

Emerging players

• Integration Objects: Integration Objects provides customs and trade-compliance software, particularly within SAP environments, positioning itself as a niche SAP-integrated competitor overlapping with BEX's integration-led approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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