RepairMonitor

RepairMonitor is an online tool run by the Repair Café International Foundation that enables Repair Cafés worldwide to collect and share repair data (products, brands, common faults and repair outcomes). The collected data is used to assess product durability and reparability and to inform manufacturers, policymakers and the public.

Circularity Relevance

Core

Tool is explicitly designed to collect repair data to improve product reparability and support repair activities, making it directly core to circular repair activities. [Source: RepairMonitor About page] (https://www.repairmonitor.org/en/node/537)

Circular Role

SupportEnabler

The platform provides tools and data for Repair Cafés to monitor and share repair activity rather than directly performing repairs itself.

Circular Type

Informational

• Data Resources

RepairMonitor is an online data collection and dashboard tool (data resource) that aggregates repair records and provides dashboards and downloadable forms. [Source: RepairMonitor site and dashboard] (https://www.repairmonitor.org/, https://dashboard.repairmonitor.org/)

R Strategy

R4 - Repair, R2 - Reduce, R1 - Rethink

Primary: R4 (Repair) is explicitly supported - the platform logs repair events and outcomes. Secondary: site states data helps assess durability and inform manufacturers/policy to lead to better products (supporting R2 Reduce and R1 Rethink). Secondary assignments are inferential from stated aims.

Circular Business Model

Repair

Primary function is to enable and document repair activity carried out by Repair Cafés; categorised under 'Repair'.

Organisational Type

NonProfit

RepairMonitor.org is run by the Repair Café International Foundation (a foundation based in Amsterdam), indicating a non-profit organisational type. [Source: RepairMonitor About page] (https://www.repairmonitor.org/en/node/537)

Sector

All / Any

Platform is used by Repair Cafés across many product categories and countries; site refers to 'products in our daily lives' and Repair Cafés worldwide rather than a single industry, so we classify it as cross-sector.

Geographical Reach

Global

• Netherlands

Site and affiliated Repair Café pages describe the tool as used by Repair Cafés worldwide and in dozens of countries. [Source: RepairMonitor About; RepairCafé pages] (https://www.repairmonitor.org/en/node/537)

Hardware Component

None

RepairMonitor is a web platform/dashboard and provides downloadable/printable forms; there is no evidence that specialised physical hardware is supplied or required to use the service.

Tech Map Relevance

RepairMonitor is explicitly a tool to collect and share repair data for Repair Cafés worldwide and directly supports circular repair activities - meets inclusion criteria for the Circular Tech Map. [Source: RepairMonitor About page] (https://www.repairmonitor.org/en/node/537)

Enablers are initially categorised by an AI agent, then verified by a real human.
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Added: 31 Dec 2024

Updated: 21 Sept 2025