27 Companies That Use Gimp [2024]

Updated: May 21st, 2022

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We put together a list of the biggest companies that use Gimp, along with some Gimp testimonials and Gimp case studies.

Here's the list:

1. Lazyjack Press

Lazyjack Press is a preppy clothing business started by Miriam Zelinsky in 2012. Lazyjack Press uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$21K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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I Started A Preppy Clothing Brand That Makes $21K/Month

Lazyjack Press, a luxury men's accessories brand, offers high-quality, Italian silk ties, pocket squares, bow ties, and socks with uniquely named designs and a focus on fun, appealing to audiences of all ages, and is primarily sold through trade shows and pop-up shops.

Read by 20,386 founders

2. Candy Japan

Candy Japan is a subscription box business started by Bemmu Sepponen in 2011. Candy Japan uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$6.5K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Tokushima, Japan

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Starting A Japanese Candy Subscription Service

This case study follows Bemmu Sepponen and his business Candy Japan, a service that has shipped over $1M worth of Japanese candy to people all over the world and has paid Bemmu's living expenses in Japan for seven years, however, the company has seen a decline in subscribers due to changes in the industry and in costs.

Read by 10,877 founders

3. DragonTree Publishing

DragonTree Publishing is an author started by Sheila Crosby in 2012. DragonTree Publishing uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$200 / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
El Paso, Spain

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How To Write A Travel Guidebook And Sell Thousands Of Copies

Learn how a writer and tour guide turned her niche knowledge of the Spanish island of La Palma into a successful book business, earning ⅓ of her modest income through sales of her self-published guide book to the island's astronomical observatory and other publications, often selling directly to observatory visitors and other outlets, and how the books promote her income-earning work.

Read by 6,619 founders

4. Compelling Science Press

Compelling Science Press is a niche blog started by Joe Stech in 2016. Compelling Science Press uses Gimp for their business.

Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Louisville, CO, USA

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Turning A Science Fiction Hobby Into A Successful Side Project

A software manager has found success with Compelling Science Fiction, which publishes short stories twice a year, paying authors 6 cents per word with the funds raised from his 1,600 readers on Patreon; revenue from ads and Google and Facebook ads was too high and Kickstarter campaigns have been more successful.

Read by 5,435 founders

5. CRIK Nutrition

CRIK Nutrition is a supplements company started by Alex Drysdale in 2015. CRIK Nutrition uses Gimp for their business.

Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Pennsylvania, USA

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6. TAB Performance

TAB Performance is a motorcycle parts business started by Justin Pflanz in 2004. TAB Performance uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$600K / month
Team
2 founders / 9 employees
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

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How Two Brothers Started A $4.8M/Year Motorcycle Parts Manufacturer

TAB Performance doubles annual sales with introduction of Zombie baffle, from manufacturing Harley-Davidson motorcycle exhausts, with founders attributing growth to constant evolution and listening to customers.

Read by 12,668 founders

7. GEO 101 Design

GEO 101 Design is a cork maps business started by Nick Fortosis in 2017. GEO 101 Design uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$4K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Zeeland, Michigan, USA

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How I Started A Side Project Out Of My Garage Selling Cork Maps

GEO 101 Design founder Nick Fortosis created unique cork maps using a CNC router in his garage workshop, and grew sales to $2,000/month through his website and Etsy shop, with plans to double revenue year over year.

Read by 8,696 founders

8. Leave Me Alone

Leave Me Alone is an email unsubscribing service started by Danielle Johnson in 2018. Leave Me Alone uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Remote, Oregon, USA

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We Built Our App From The Back Of A Bus And Grew It To 10,000 Users

Leave Me Alone, a web service that helps users easily unsubscribe from unwanted emails, launched in January 2019 and made $1,186 in revenue in its first month, with a successful Product Hunt launch and a focus on being an open startup contributing to its success.

Read by 13,351 founders

9. The Vibe Room

The Vibe Room is a niche blog started by Natasha Magino in 2018. The Vibe Room uses Gimp for their business.

Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA

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On Starting An Online Magazine About The Creative Industries

The Vibe Room is a DMV-based quarterly digital magazine run by a team of four women that has had five successful issues and networking events; they have over 1,000 Instagram followers and average 80 attendees per event.

Read by 5,379 founders

10. Write.as

Write.as is a niche blog started by Matt Baer in 2015. Write.as uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$2.9K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA

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How I Built A $2.9K/Month Focused Writing & Blogging Platform

Founder of Write.as, Matt Baer, shares his journey of building a suite of integrated creative tools, including a writing/blogging platform, photo-sharing tool, and submission management system, which host over 75,000 sites and power hundreds of independent WriteFreely sites across the web, with revenue growing by 200% year-over-year since launching paid plans.

Read by 9,103 founders

11. CrankWheel

CrankWheel is a screensharing software started by Jói Sigurdsson in 2015. CrankWheel uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$31.2K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees
Location
Reykjavik, Iceland

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How I Launched A $31K/Month Screensharing For Sales Teams App

CrankWheel is a screen-sharing solution for sales teams, founded by Icelandic entrepreneur Jói Sigurdsson and his co-founder Gilsi, with $370k ARR earned and a "best B2B SaaS startup" pitching win at SaaStock, utilizing "lean startup" methodology and implementing a "land and expand" strategy to attract and retain customers.

Read by 7,677 founders

12. antoniarasheva3614

antoniarasheva3614 is an email hosting service started by Antonia Rasheva in 2015. antoniarasheva3614 uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$100 / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria

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On Selling Custom-Designed Fashion And Home Products Online

This case study follows a Bulgarian artist and designer who sells custom products featuring her hand-painted designs, with an average monthly profit of $100, relying heavily on advertising via social media and offline to grow her business.

Read by 5,266 founders

13. MillionCenters by Better Thought Solutions LLP

MillionCenters by Better Thought Solutions LLP is an online hobby classes started by Shasta Pakdhane in 2019. MillionCenters by Better Thought Solutions LLP uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$1K / month
Team
4 founders / 8 employees
Location
New Delhi, Delhi, India

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How We Developed And Launched A Platform To Find Tutors And Online Classes

MillionCenters is a hyperlocal TUTOR/COACHING-CENTER connecting platform that aims to be the one-stop platform for all learning needs, with 50,000 plus downloads and growing in double digits growth rate month-over-month and a customer acquisition rate of USD 1.

Read by 8,732 founders

14. Brooklyn Butcher Blocks

Brooklyn Butcher Blocks is a furniture business started by Nils Wessell in 2010. Brooklyn Butcher Blocks uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$25K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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How I Started A $300K/Year Business Making Cutting Boards

How Nils Wessell turned his love for woodworking into a profitable business grossing between $220K to $350K annually by making handcrafted cutting boards, and how he expanded his business into other creative projects with NilsWalker Designs.

Read by 18,594 founders

15. Virtual Assistant Services

Virtual Assistant Services is a virtual assistant started by Sunder P in . Virtual Assistant Services uses Gimp for their business.

Team
1 founders / 150 employees

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16. Keyhole Software

Keyhole Software is a software developer started by Chris DeSalvo in 2008. Keyhole Software uses Gimp for their business.

Team
2 founders / 85 employees

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17. EspoCRM

EspoCRM is a CRM business started by Oleksii Avramenko in 2011. EspoCRM uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$30K / month
Team
3 founders / 1 employees

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How We Developed A $30K/Month Open Source CRM

EspoCRM, an open-source CRM application for small and mid-size businesses, has seen an average of over 16,000 downloads per year and makes up to $30k per month, offering efficient tools to systematize customer data, improve sales cycles, and automate routine administrative tasks.

Read by 10,950 founders

18. Miguel de Maria, Elegant Spanish Guitar

Miguel de Maria, Elegant Spanish Guitar is a guitar company started by Miguel de Maria in 2004. Miguel de Maria, Elegant Spanish Guitar uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$3K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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Leaving A Boring Desk Job To Make A Living Playing Spanish Guitar At Events

Miguel de Maria, a former desk worker, built a successful freelance guitar performance company generating $3000 monthly by leveraging personal contacts and creating an online presence that includes a professional website, business cards, and contracts.

Read by 3,962 founders

19. Parseur

Parseur is an email automation platform started by Sylvestre Dupont in 2017. Parseur uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$40K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees

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How We Developed A $40K/Month Email Parser Application

Parseur, the data extraction tool, helps businesses automate their data entry process, catering to multiple industries such as food delivery, real estate and marketing, and has grown to over $40k in revenue per month since its launch in 2017.

Read by 10,483 founders

20. eMoods

eMoods is an iPhone app started by Jon Stavis in . eMoods uses Gimp for their business.

Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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21. Exapro

Exapro is a machinery exports business started by Thomas Bordier in 2004. Exapro uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$142K / month
Team
5 founders / 21 employees

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I Bought A Dying Used Machinery Marketplace And Grew It To 1.7M$/Year

French entrepreneur Thomas Bordier took over a failing B2B marketplace in 2003 which now grows the industrial machinery resale market with 300 yearly auctions and an annual $1.7 million turnover from over 25 million worldwide assets promoting offers for over 600 transactions yearly and now launching a new project, Valorexo to create better pricing for used machinery.

Read by 5,098 founders

22. FindPeopleFast

FindPeopleFast is a search platform started by Daniela Sawyer in 2020. FindPeopleFast uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$200K / month
Team
4 founders / 86 employees

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I Started A $2.4M/Year SaaS Company That Gathers People's Personal Information

Find People Fast is a Saas product that pulls out detailed information about any person including social media profiles, public records, address, pictures, property holdings, etc, generating upwards of an estimated revenue of $500,000 per month and employing a team of 60 employees since launch eight months ago.

Read by 5,375 founders

23. Cinquanta Cox-Smith

Cinquanta Cox-Smith is a youtube channel started by Cinquanta Cox-Smith in 2009. Cinquanta Cox-Smith uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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I Make $120K/Year With My Print On Demand T-Shirt Side Hustle

A multipreneur shares how she built a successful print on demand side hustle, generating $120,000 per year through multiple brands spread over various platforms.

Read by 12,026 founders

24. Kopf Consulting

Kopf Consulting is a tech support business started by LaKenya Kopf in 2007. Kopf Consulting uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$3K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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How I Created A Six-Figure Virtual Tech Support Company

Kopf Consulting is a six-figure virtual tech-support company that has provided affordable and professional virtual technical support to all levels of entrepreneurship for over 14 years and has expanded to providing training, consulting, and hiring services without a particular niche or location, serving clients worldwide.

Read by 4,228 founders

25. Live helper chat

Live helper chat is a chatbot development business started by Remigijus in 2009. Live helper chat uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$7.5K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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I Built A Live Chat Tool In My Spare Time And Now Make $90K/Year

Lithuanian developer turned open-source guru builds and grows Live Helper Chat, attracting thousands of clients, and generates $90k/year, all in his spare time, without any marketing or investors.

Read by 3,715 founders

26. Baboo Travel

Baboo Travel is a travel company started by Paul Sarfati in 2021. Baboo Travel uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$300K / month
Team
2 founders / 15 employees

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My Travel Hobby Fueled Me To Build A $600K/Year Custom Trips Platform

Baboo Travel's CEO Paul Sarfati successfully launched an easy-to-use travel platform that connects customers with local in-destination travel experts, reaching $180,000 in sales in the first four months of launching through targeted marketing strategies, incorporating growth hacking techniques, and prioritizing content marketing and search engine optimization for long-term success.

Read by 5,542 founders

27. Room2work

Room2work is an office space rental started by Alan Crowe in 2020. Room2work uses Gimp for their business.

Revenue
$15K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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I Launched A $180K/Year Niche Coworking Space [Atlanta]

Founder Alan Crowe launched Room2work, a niche coworking space for small businesses in 2020, generating $14K a month with plans to reach $100K in gross profit, by combining the coworking model with the self-storage model to offer a flexible office space optimized for local SEO, virtual offices, and meeting rooms designed for virtual teams.

Read by 3,828 founders

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Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.