Owners

As of January 2018, SIQ – The Swedish Institute for Quality is the sole owner of market research firm EPSI Rating Group.

EPSI Rating Group measures and analyses customer experiences in the European private and public sectors. In Sweden it operates under the well known Svenskt Kvalitetsindex (SKI) brand. The acquisition of EPSI Rating Group is a part of SIQ’s new research and development activities in customer satisfaction, business benefits and sustainable development.

“Clarity and transparency on how different players in a particular sector of society are perceived by the key stakeholders is essential to innovation and sustainable development. Together with EPSI Rating Group, we will become a unifying national force in this field,” Mats Deleryd, CEO of SIQ, says. “The unique expertise of Svenskt Kvalitetsindex and EPSI Rating Group will enable us to not just create and spread knowledge but also to measure much more effectively the effects of quality improvement activities and sustainable development in the private and public sectors.”

Research-based method provides unique basis for credibility

EPSI Rating Group grew out of a research project at the Stockholm School of Economics in the 1980s and has been measuring customer-perceived quality in many different industries since 1989. In addition to Sweden, the group now also has a presence in Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Baltic States and the UK.

“Understanding how different players in an industry are perceived by their customers is becoming increasingly important in our fast changing world. That is where our measurements and analyses can provide important data for strategic decisions. Our research-based method gives us a unique basis for our impartiality and credibility, and with SIQ as a strong owner that position has been further strengthened,” Jacob Hallencreutz, CEO of EPSI Rating Group, says.

“We are living in an increasingly globalised world where our common challenge is to drive sustainable development. It is therefore more critical than ever that we really understand what drives customer satisfaction and loyalty. Through EPSI Rating Group we can measure and drive that development, and we therefore see many synergies between SIQ’s and EPSI’s businesses,” Jan Sundling, Chairman of SIQ, concludes.

SIQ – The Swedish Institute for Quality was established by the Swedish government with the mission of acting as a unifying, driving and resource-generating centre of excellence for national development in the area of quality, and thereby also supporting international cooperation. SIQ stimulates and contributes to quality improvements in all areas of Swedish society by creating, gathering and spreading knowledge for long-term sustainable development. SIQ is backed by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth as well as our member organisations in the private and public sectors.

EPSI Rating Group measures, analyses and provides advice on customer experiences in the European private and public sectors. The company grew out of a research project at the Stockholm School of Economics and has been measuring customer-perceived quality in many different industries since 1989. In addition to Sweden, the EPSI Group now also has a presence in Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Baltic States and the UK. On an annualised basis, EPSI and SKI conduct nearly 500,000 stakeholder interviews across 20 industries.