Peerby is a peer-to-peer sharing marketplace that lets neighbours borrow, lend and rent household items - tools, party gear and electronics - to reduce waste, save money and increase reuse within local communities.
Circularity Relevance
Core
Explicitly designed to enable reuse and sharing of physical goods among neighbours, directly reducing the need for new purchases and preventing waste. Source: Peerby, 2025
Circular Role
DirectEnabler
Peerby directly facilitates exchanges of physical goods between users (hosts the marketplace and user transactions), rather than only providing a backend tool.
Circular Type
Marketplace
• Products
• C2C
Peerby is a consumer-facing peer-to-peer marketplace matching neighbours to borrow, lend or rent physical products (C2C). Source: Peerby, 2025
R Strategy
R3 - Reuse, R1 - Rethink, R2 - Reduce
Primary: Reuse (peer-to-peer borrowing/lending). Secondary: Rethink (access-based/sharing model) and Reduce (avoiding new purchases reduces material use). Evidence from platform description and promotional materials. Source: Peerby, 2025
Circular Business Model
Sharing / Collaborative Use, Rental / Leasing
Peerby enables sharing and peer-to-peer rental/leasing of household items as its main value proposition. Source: Peerby, 2025
Organisational Type
ForProfit
Peerby is a VC-backed startup that has raised funding and operates as a commercial platform (press release on fundraising). Source: Peerby press, 2022.
Sector
Retail & Consumer Goods
Platform focuses on borrowing and renting household and consumer goods within local communities (tools, party equipment, electronics) Source: Peerby, 2025.
Geographical Reach
International
• Netherlands
Site provides language/market variants (en-us, en-nl) and the platform has operated in multiple countries historically, indicating multi-country reach though not necessarily global coverage. Source: Peerby, 2025
Hardware Component
None
Service is a software marketplace for peer-to-peer transactions; no evidence that Peerby supplies or requires specialised hardware to deliver its service.
Tech Map Relevance
Peerby is an explicit peer-to-peer sharing marketplace that enables reuse of physical goods, directly supporting circular economy outcomes (borrowing, lending, renting). Source: Peerby, 2025
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