European reach.

Local customs expertise.

About us

CSU is a neutral European customs service provider bringing together experienced local customs specialists across Europe.
We combine the proximity and accountability of local businesses with the capabilities and reach of a European group.

Why CSU

Trade is European. Customs is still local.‍

Every market has its own realities. Its own procedures. Its own authorities. Its own way of doing business.

That local knowledge matters.But businesses increasingly operate across multiple markets and need greater coordination, consistency and visibility.

CSU was created to bring both together. Local expertise where it matters. European coordination where it adds value.
Local expertise where it matters.

European coordination
where it adds value.

Our
Purpose

Making complex trade feel manageable.
‍
Our role is to give businesses confidence in an environment that keeps changing.

That means combining customs expertise, personal accountability and coordinated European capabilities to reduce complexity, strengthen control and help businesses keep moving.

European Network

Local where it matters. Connected across Europe.
‍
CSU is building a network of established customs businesses and trusted capabilities across Europe.

Each company brings its own local expertise, relationships and experience.

Together, they create a broader European customs service offering for customers whose trade does not stop at one border.

Our own operations are rooted in Antwerp through Get-2-Customs. Through the European Customs Services Alliance (ECSA), a structured network of independent customs professionals, our reach extends to 19 countries, from Norway to Greece and from Portugal to Ukraine.

Map of Europe highlighting the countries in CSU's network, from Ireland and Portugal to the Nordics, Poland, Romania and Greece

Our values

What drives us

Local entrepreneurship
The best customs businesses are built by people who understand their markets, customers and teams.
Shared strength
Being part of a wider group creates access to knowledge, capabilities, commercial opportunities and support.
Personal accountability
Customers should know who is responsible and who they can call when it matters.
Long-term thinking
We are building a European customs group designed for lasting relationships with customers, entrepreneurs and our people

Our Group

One group. Strong local companies.

CSU brings together customs specialists with strong local identities and deep expertise.
Each member contributes its own capabilities and relationships while benefiting from the strength of the wider group.

Get-2-Customs is the first member of the group: an independent, AEO-certified customs broker in Antwerp, founded by three senior specialists with more than 90 years of combined customs experience. More local specialists will join soon.

More to come

Our Ambition

Building a European customs group.
‍
CSU is building a European group of strong local customs businesses.

Our ambition is to bring together entrepreneurial companies across key European markets, creating broader capabilities for customers while preserving the local expertise and leadership that made each business successful.

The people behind CSU

Portrait of Pieter Bols, Founder & CEO
Pieter Bols
Founder & CEO

Former Partner at Tech Tribes and Investment Director at Bencis Capital, where he led an IT services buy-and-build. Started his career at Bain & Company.

Portrait of Vidar Gundersen, Founder & President
Vidar Gundersen
Founder & President

25+ years in customs. Former CEO/CCO of KGH, which he grew from 10 to over 1,000 FTE before its sale to Maersk. Former CIO of Swedish Customs.

Portrait of Hugo Laenen, Chief Financial Officer
Hugo Laenen
Chief Financial Officer

Co-founder and CFO of Get-2-Customs. 40+ years in finance, around 20 of them in customs, including as Finance Manager at KGH.

Portrait of Joren Thys, M&A Manager
Joren Thys
M&A Manager

Joined from Strada, previously at Strategy&. Supports deal sourcing, execution and group operations.

Noorderlaan 117, 2030 Antwerpen
info@customssolutionsunited.com
+32 490 119 894
HomeAbout usContact
Contact us