SHD

What SHD does

SHD is a Dutch social enterprise ("maatschappelijk sociaal ondernemen") established in 2000 and headquartered at Molenweg 81A-B in Oss, Netherlands. The company operates three interconnected service lines. SHD Productie provides co-packing services to businesses using in-house packaging machinery and production lines, functioning as a social employer. SHD Re-integratie is a work-company and "ketenpartner" (chain partner) to municipalities and government agencies, helping unemployed individuals return to the workforce. Dessohouse, a sub-brand, rents representative meeting rooms and group workspaces to professionals such as coaches, trainers, therapists, and mediators on a half-day or fixed-workspace basis.

The underlying technology is operational rather than digital: packaging machines, production lines, and in-house technical staff (a current 2024 vacancy for a Monteur Verpakkingsmachines covers installation, mechanical/electrical/controls maintenance, and operator training). The company has no disclosed software platforms, AI/ML components, apps, APIs, or proprietary IP — the company's differentiator is its labor model and physical facility rather than technology.

SHD's revenue mechanics are a mix of government contract-based professional services fees (reintegration), transactional B2B fees for co-packing work, and per-half-day workspace rental. Customer acquisition is sales-led, direct, and regional — phone, email, and website-driven — targeting municipalities, businesses needing packaging support, and individual professionals. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; quotes are obtained via direct email contact. Geographic scope is regional, concentrated in Oss and the surrounding Dutch market.

Name

SHD

Legal name

SHD

Website

https://shd.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SHD is a Dutch social enterprise (est. 2000, Oss, Netherlands) operating three service lines: co-packing for businesses, workforce reintegration programs for municipalities and government agencies, and Dessohouse meeting-space rental for coaches, trainers, therapists, and mediators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Packaging and Social Employment Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Government & Public Sector Temp Staffing (BPACACAL)

Keywords

• Co-packing services
• Workforce reintegration
• Social enterprise employment
• Contract packaging solutions
• Meeting room rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Oss

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Co-packing services: SHD provides co-packing (inpakken) services to businesses, handling packaging and production work.
2. Reintegration services: Social reintegration services helping people return to the workforce, likely funded by municipalities and government contracts.
3. Dessohouse venue rental: Rental of meeting rooms and group spaces to professionals including coaches, trainers, therapists, and mediators, available per half-day or fixed workspace.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SHD is a Dutch social enterprise that delivers co-packing (contract packaging) services to businesses using in-house packaging machines and production lines. It also operates a reintegration work company (SHD Re-integratie) that serves as a chain partner for municipalities and government agencies helping unemployed individuals return to the workforce. Through its Dessohouse sub-brand, it rents representative meeting rooms and group workspaces to professionals such as coaches, trainers, therapists, and mediators.

Product overview

SHD is a social enterprise offering two core service lines: SHD Productie (co-packing services) and SHD Re-integratie (reintegration programs for the unemployed). The company also operates Dessohouse, a sub-brand providing meeting and conference room rental. Together, these offerings enable SHD to serve as a chain partner for municipalities and government agencies while providing packaging solutions to businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dessohouse: A facility offering representative meeting rooms and group spaces for coaches, trainers, therapists, mediators, and other professionals. Located in Oss, Netherlands.

Products and services

• SHD Productie (Co-packing) Contract co-packing and packaging production service for businesses needing outsourced packaging capacity; operates as a social employer using in-house packaging machinery and production lines.
• SHD Re-integratie (Werkbedrijf) Workforce reintegration service that operates as a chain partner (ketenpartner) for municipalities and government agencies, helping unemployed individuals return to the workforce through supervised work placements.
• Dessohouse Meeting and conference room rental facility offering representative spreekkamers and groepsruimtes for coaches, trainers, therapists, mediators, and other professionals; available per half-day or as a fixed workspace at an attractive rate.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Brent: Amsterdam social enterprise focused on labor-market reintegration through work-experience placements, with a comparable municipal-contract-driven operating model to SHD's Re-integratie arm.
• Dacam: Netherlands-based contract packaging and co-packing provider; representative of the pure-commercial benchmark against which SHD Productie's socially-employer-driven packaging operations must compete on price and capacity.
• Weener XL: 's-Hertogenbosch-based social enterprise operating under the Participatiewet, providing reintegration pathways and sheltered work activities including packaging — geographically adjacent and functionally analogous to SHD.
• Pantar: Amsterdam-based social employer (werkbedrijf) that places reintegration candidates into productive work including packaging and assembly, directly mirroring SHD's combined reintegration-plus-co-packing model.
• Risse Groep: Dutch social enterprise group operating multiple werkbedrijven that combine sheltered employment with commercial production activities such as packaging and assembly — a direct functional comparison point for SHD Productie.
• WSD Haaglanden: Regional social enterprise in The Hague providing reintegration services and sheltered employment under municipal contracts, structurally comparable to SHD's ketenpartner role with Dutch municipalities.
• MidZuid: Brabant-region social employer offering reintegration and work-activity programs for people distant from the labor market, serving the same Dutch municipal reintegration ecosystem as SHD.

Broad incumbents

• UWV: Dutch national employee insurance agency that administers sickness, disability, and unemployment benefits and oversees much of the reintegration policy framework in which SHD operates as a municipal chain partner.

Emerging players

• Philadelphia Zorg: Dutch care organization that runs 'Philadelphia Werk' social-employment programs for clients with care needs, partially overlapping SHD's reintegration-of-vulnerable-populations mission but with a healthcare rather than packaging anchor.

Others

• VNO-NCW: Confederation of Dutch employers and industry association that shapes social-employment policy and represents social enterprises; relevant ecosystem counterpart for SHD's market positioning rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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