Soprodis

What Soprodis does

Soprodis is a privately held French industrial manufacturer founded in 1996 and headquartered in Lézignan-Corbières, Occitanie. The company designs, formulates, and produces liquid detergents and disinfectants for professional buyers in three core end-markets: food service and food processing (CHR, food trades, agro-food), accommodation (hotels, campsites, nurseries, schools, retirement homes), and medical environments, including disinfecting products for Class I medical devices. The product portfolio is organized across five hygiene categories — alimentaire, linge, corporelle, hébergement, and médical — plus three specialty sub-ranges: the European Eco-Label range (obtained 2007), the Responsible Care user-safety range (2016), and the ECOCERT-certified eco-designed range (2018).

Production is centralized at the Lézignan-Corbières facility, which was substantially modernized in 2020-2021 with four automated stainless-steel formulation tanks connected to a load-cell-controlled automaton for fluid transfer and cleaning, plus high-speed packaging lines (jerrican throughput increased from 350 to 650 containers/hour; flacon throughput from 600 to 950 containers/hour). Annual production capacity stands at approximately 7,000 tonnes. The in-house R&D laboratory maintains an estimated ~200 formulas, and the company holds ISO 9001 (2008), ISO 14001 (2012), European Eco-Label, and ECOCERT certifications.

Soprodis operates a B2B industrial go-to-market anchored on hygiene product distributors, providing private label manufacturing, custom formula development, and contract manufacturing alongside its own branded range. The company supports distributor clients with HACCP plan methodology, training, and marketing tools. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Geographic scope is domestic (France), with no international expansion signals; the company is independent and family-/founder-operated, with no external institutional investors disclosed.

Name

Soprodis

Legal name

Soprodis

Website

https://soprodis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Soprodis is a privately held French industrial manufacturer (founded 1996, Lézignan-Corbières) that designs, formulates, and produces liquid detergents and disinfectants for professional buyers in the food service, accommodation, and medical sectors, selling primarily through hygiene product distributors via private label and contract manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lézignan-corbières

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Private label manufacturing: Manufacturing products under distributor brands (marque distributeur). Production capacity of 7000 tonnes annually with 4 packaging lines offering various formats (5L containers, 20L jerricans, drums, dosing bottles, etc.).
2. Custom formula development: Developing specific products according to client specifications. Creating distributor brands, elaborating client products, and developing custom formulas for precise requirements.
3. Formulation portfolio licensing: Making the company's formula portfolio available to respond to distributor requests, offering rapid access to established product lines.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Soprodis manufactures liquid detergents and disinfectants for professional and industrial clients, acting as an industrial partner for hygiene product distributors. The company offers private label manufacturing, custom formulation, and contract manufacturing services across the food, accommodation, and medical sectors. With approximately 200 formulas and roughly 7,000 tonnes of annual production capacity, Soprodis operates from Lézignan-Corbières, France, and supports distributors with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ECOCERT, and European Eco-label certified ranges.

Product overview

Soprodis is a French industrial company that designs and manufactures liquid detergent and disinfectant products. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Lézignan Corbières, Occitanie, the company serves three core sectors: food hygiene (CHR, food trades, agro-food industry), accommodation hygiene (hotels, campsites, nurseries, schools, retirement homes), and medical hygiene (Class I medical devices). The product portfolio is organized across five hygiene categories (hygiene alimentaire, hygiene du linge, hygiene corporelle, hygiene hebergement, hygiene medical) plus three specialized sub-brands: the ECOCERT eco-certified range (launched 2018), the Responsible Care user-safety range (2016), and the European Eco-labels range (2007). Products are manufactured at the company's own production facility in France and distributed to professional distributors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gamme Hygiène alimentaire

Quantifiable outcome

• Production capacity increased to 7000 tonnes annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Responsible Care (UIC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015SOPRODIS has been a member of Responsible Care initiative by UIC (French chemical industries association) since 2015, demonstrating commitment to continuous improvement in environmental, health, safety, and security performance.
• ECO EMBALLAGESminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for recycling of packaging waste. SOPRODIS is committed to recycling packaging waste through ECO EMBALLAGES program.
• AFNOR CertificationcoreOthersAFNOR provides ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification audits for SOPRODIS quality and environmental management systems.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ecolab: Ecolab is a global leader in water, hygiene, and infection prevention, selling cleaning and disinfecting solutions across food service, hospitality, and healthcare. It competes with Soprodis across all three verticals but at vastly larger scale and via direct multinational sales rather than distributor-led private label.
• Reckitt Benckiser Professional: Reckitt's professional hygiene division (e.g., Dettol Pro, Finish Pro) supplies disinfectants and cleaning products to hospitality, food service, and healthcare. It competes with Soprodis in the same customer verticals but as a large global brand portfolio rather than a private label manufacturer.
• Procter & Gamble Professional: P&G Professional sells cleaning products (e.g., Fairy, Mr. Proper Professional) into food service, lodging, and healthcare channels. It targets the same end-users as Soprodis but operates at consumer-brand scale, complemented by global distribution partnerships similar to Soprodis's distributor model.
• Diversey (Solenis): Diversey, now part of Solenis, supplies hygiene, cleaning, and infection prevention products across food service, lodging, and healthcare globally. It overlaps with Soprodis's full product set but operates as a broad incumbent with multinational clients and private label offerings through partners.
• Henkel: Henkel's laundry & home care and adhesive technologies divisions include professional cleaning and sanitation products for institutional and industrial buyers. It is a broad incumbent whose eco-positioned brands overlap with Soprodis's certified range at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Christeyns: Christeyns is a Belgian-founded, Europe-headquartered manufacturer of professional detergents, disinfectants, and hygiene chemicals, with strong private label and eco-certified offerings. It directly competes with Soprodis in B2B professional cleaning and disinfection across food, hospitality, and healthcare.
• Dr. Weigert: Dr. Weigert is a German family-owned manufacturer of professional cleaning and disinfection products for food service, healthcare, and industry. Its mid-sized, private-company profile, eco-certified range, and focus on machine warewashing and surface disinfection mirror Soprodis's positioning.
• Laboratoires Anios: Anios (now part of Ecolab) is a French specialist in professional disinfection and hygiene products for healthcare, food, and accommodation. Like Soprodis it serves CHR and medical verticals with branded and private label liquid disinfectants and offers a comparable regulatory-driven portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soprodis

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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