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Repair Data

Welcome to the Repair database, an initiative from FPS health.

You want to make more sustainable choices and extend the lifespan of your products?

The Repair database is here to help you! On this website, you can find the repair index of various products along with more detailed information.

The repair index is a mandatory mark displayed on products at the time of purchase, both in-store and online. A link or QR code must also be provided, leading to more details on how the repairability index is calculated. A set of consumer product categories are covered: dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, pressure cleaners, lawnmowers and laptops (without touch screens).

The repairability index was introduced by Belgian law as from May 2, 2025 to promote the repairability and lifespan of goods. It aims to provide reliable information on the repairability, lifespan, and repair options of goods.

Need more information? Visit the FPS Health website.

Find additional information:

Choose category

Choose category

The consumer product categories as covered are shown. For vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers a break down by type (robot, cordless/battery, cable) is provided.

For a series of product categories, an overview of the most common issues and the chance of a successful repair is shown. These insights have been derived from the data published by the Open Repair Alliance. They reflect insights from voluntary repairers, worldwide and for all ages of products.)

Choose brand

Choose brand

Find out more about the repairability of products from your favourite brands, by selecting one or multiple brands, and/or by using the search-functionality.

Choose model

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Choose model

Find the repairability index and a link or QR code that provides details of the sub-scores and the calculation of the repairability index for a range of models of the brand and product category of your choice. The list ranks the highest-scoring models at the top by default. You can select a specific model using the search function.

Repair index?

Manufacturers and importers are responsible for determining the repairability index of their products, based on the technical standards provided. A score is calculated for each criterion, based on rating grids defined by the Law. The final score of the reparability index is an average of the criteria. The repairability index provides a score from 1 to 10, based on the following criteria:

  • Availability of technical repair information and manuals;
  • Ease of disassembly and tools required to carry out a repair;
  • Availability of spare parts and delivery times;
  • Relationship between the price for spare parts and the price of the new product;
  • Other specific criteria according to the specific product category.

The index will be displayed next to the price, along with a link or QR code providing the details of the subscores and the calculation of the repairability index. The index will be displayed using an icon and a colour code, ranging from red for the lowest level of repairability to dark green for the highest level.

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Find more information on the FPS Health website.

For the product categories that must comply with the new legislation, we show insights from a historical series from (actual) repairs. The underlying data has been collected by voluntary community repairers’ initiatives such as repair cafés worldwide adhering to the Open Repair Data Standard. (source: The Open Repair Alliance, https://openrepair.org/ , license: CC BY-SA 4.0).

Repair index

Manufacturers and importers will be responsible for determining the repairability index of their products, based on the technical standards provided. A score is calculated for each criterion, based on rating grids defined by the Law. The final score of the reparability index is an average of the criteria. The repairability index provides a score from 1 to 10.

The criteria are:

  • Availability of technical repair information and manuals;
  • Ease of disassembly and tools required to carry out a repair;
  • Availability of spare parts and delivery times;
  • Relationship between the price for spare parts and the price of the new product;
  • Other specific criteria according to the specific product category.

The score will be displayed next to the price, along with a url or QR code for more explanation on the calculation of the repairability index. The index will be displayed using an icon and a colour code, ranging from red for the lowest level of repairability to dark green for the highest level.

Find more information:

How to?

  1. 1. Select the product category of your interest.

    Want to discover the chances of successfully repairing products and common failures from different brands and categories? Please select the product category of your interest. The Repair database provides repair success rates for a few product categories based on historical data collected by voluntary community repair initiatives. This gives you an idea of which products are more likely to be fixed successfully. You'll also find a list and count of the most common failures, based on AI-driven analysis of failure descriptions from the same data collected by voluntary repairers. Please note that not all descriptions are easy to interpret, so some inaccuracies may still exist.

  2. 2. Select the brand you are interested in.

    A list of brands for which we have sufficient information is shown. You can select one or more brands directly. or use the search functionality.

  3. 3. Find the repair index for models on the market.

    The scores are assessed by manufacturers based on the technical standards provided by the legislation. Alongside the repair index score, you will find a link or QR code providing the details of the calculation of the repairability.