Ready, Set, Go
We go all in, but never headless. We make a plan and we run it. A decision made today beats a perfect one made next month. And we keep our focus on the few things that actually make the difference.
We're a team of shift workers, builders and problem-solvers spread across Europe, united by one idea: work should work for everyone on the floor.
250,000+
users
90+
employees
8,000+
customers
We bring the Spark back by taking admin out of shift work.
Our vision
Every shift-based business starts with a Spark: the drive to build something worth showing up for. Admin buries that Spark under schedules, contracts, and paperwork. We dig it back out.
Our mission
We remove workforce admin from shift-based businesses across Europe, step by step, until there's nothing left between teams and the work they actually love.
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Built for and by people who worked the shifts.
We're not consultants who read about shift work in a report. Our team has closed kitchens, run tills, and covered last-minute no-shows. Every decision we make starts from that lived experience, which is why the product feels built for the floor, not the boardroom.
Stronger Together
From the floor, for the floor. We build shoulder to shoulder with colleagues and customers, because nobody beats admin on their own. We share what we learn, the wins and the losses. We win as a team or we don't win at all.
Say It Straight
We say what we mean, and we say it early. Telling you the awkward thing today beats letting you find it out in a month. We say it plainly, we say it kindly, and we never dress it up.
Raise the Bar
Good enough is the start, not the finish line. We pick up our own work, we don't wait for permission, and we don't throw it over the fence. And once something is done, we go looking for how it can be a little better.
Scheduling with Shiftbase actually works.
Don't just take our word for it. Customers across Europe are already seeing the results.
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“We used to spend two hours per week per location on schedules. Now it takes 30 minutes.”
Roy Leuverink
Franchise owner, New York Pizza
“Shiftbase is a tool everyone should have. It gives you insights you'd never get from written schedules or even Excel.”
Gerben van Kempen
Franchise consultant, Spare Rib Express
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Our story
Born in a Haarlem pizzeria.
If you've worked in hospitality, you know the drill: hours that don't add up, shifts scribbled on beer mats, payslips that raise more questions than answers. That chaos is where Shiftbase started.
2010
The first lines of code.
Three years after Jurrien built the first version for Ristorante Novecento in Haarlem, he and Kars decided it was time to go bigger. The plan? A workforce management platform that could work for every restaurant in the Netherlands.
2011
Horecava and the first customers.
Jurrien and Kars spent a year coding in the evenings and weekends, both holding down day jobs. They launched at the Horecava trade show under the name Horecasysteem: a digital scheduling and time tracking system that actually did what it promised. The pitch worked. They left the show with dozens of paying customers.
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2012
Earning trust with bigger customers.
The first major clients came on board. That trust felt different. These businesses got closely involved in shaping the platform's development, a collaborative approach that became one of Shiftbase's core principles.
2015
“Gas is alles” (full throttle).
Kars and Jurrien quit their day jobs and went all-in. With their first employee Tim, they laid the groundwork for a clean, focused product. The phrase “gas is alles” (roughly: pedal to the metal) became a regular refrain around the office, capturing the pragmatic, action-first mentality that still defines Shiftbase today.
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2018
Rebrand to Shiftbase.
The product finally felt mature. Time to scale. A Dutch sales team was built (Olivier, Tom, and Thomas), and opportunities emerged beyond hospitality in other shift-based sectors. The rebrand to Shiftbase followed: broader, sharper, and clear about what came next.
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2019
Beyond Dutch borders.
Shiftbase was growing fast and thinking bigger. Shift-based businesses outside the Netherlands faced the same scheduling and time tracking headaches. Germany became the next market, a real test that quickly taught Jurrien and Kars the critical differences between the two.
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2020-2021
Strategic growth during Covid.
Much of the customer base struggled through lockdowns. Shiftbase's growth stayed stable. Investment went into strengthening the sales team, bringing on partner managers for better integrations, and ramping up online visibility.
2022-2024
The team keeps growing.
Shiftbase expanded to a 60-person team. The management layer grew too: Frédéric and Ivo joined to lead specific domains. The shift from founders-doing-everything to specialists-leading-their-areas began. Maturing without losing the startup drive.
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2025-2026
Expanding our offering.
With a clearer vision, Shiftbase pushes development in targeted directions: features that actually move the needle for business owners. The first add-ons launch, including Performance, a module giving real-time visibility into revenue and labour costs. HR Pro is taking shape too. Research shows many businesses haven't properly structured their HR processes. That's exactly where Shiftbase can make a difference.
2026
Shiftbase gets a new brand.
Same mission, sharper story: Zero Admin, Full Spark.
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