Stureplanskliniken elected Gazelle Company 2010 by business paper Dagens Industri

Sweden needs growth, and the entrepeneurs of Sweden need inspiring role models. This is why Dagens Industri since year 2000 elects the fastest growing companies in the country, Gazelle companies, and Stureplanskliniken is one of them. Of the 350 000 companies in Sweden, 695 were Gazelles, which is less than half of last year´s number. The share of companies with a female CEO, among them Stureplanskliniken, exceeded 10% for the first time.

Criteria to become a Gazelle:

• turn-over exceeding 10 MSEK
• at least 10 employees
• published at least four annual reports
• steady increase in sales the last three years
• at least doubled its turnover during the period
• favorable overall operating results for the four financial years
• primarily organic growth, not acquisitions or mergers
• sound finances

The American researcher David Birch developed the term “Gazelles” already 20 years ago. He showed that it´s in the small, fast-growing businesses the new jobs are created, in contrast to both the major companies and the really small companies that renounce expansion. Gazelles are therefore the dynamic middle section of the industry, but less than one percent of all firms meet the requirements for the designation as a Gazelle.

Stureplanskliniken is the leader in Scandinavia for aesthetic laser surgery and non-surgical aesthetic treatments, so-called minimally invasive procedures, and has clinics in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Malmö and Copenhagen. The company was founded in 2002 by Dr. Pyra Haglund, who is also CEO of the company. Stureplanskliniken has grown every year since the start and has been unaffected by the recession. The medical aesthetic market is increasing throughout the developed world, particularly the minimally invasive segment that Stureplanskliniken is profiled within.

Stureplanskliniken has also been named Super Company of 2010.

For more information, contact:
Marketing assistant Susanne Eriksson, +46 8 52 24 57 52, susanne.eriksson@stureplanskliniken.se