What United Repair Centre does

United Repair Centre (URC) is a Dutch social enterprise founded in 2022 that operates an industrial-scale B2B repair, renew, and remake service for fashion and outdoor apparel brands across European hubs in Amsterdam, London, and Paris (launching February 2026). The company was co-founded with outdoor brand Patagonia and textile-based social company Makers Unite, with support from the Amsterdam Economic Board, and serves 25+ enterprise brand partners including The North Face, lululemon, Arc'teryx, Levi's, Decathlon, Salomon, Rapha, Kathmandu, and Cortazu. URC's repair operations are powered by a workforce of approximately 50 skilled tailors across Amsterdam and London hubs, with most technicians being refugees and newcomers trained through the United Repair Academy.

URC's core technology is a proprietary digital platform that centralises aftercare management for fashion brands through a B2B portal for repair, warranty claims, and take-back programs, a white-label D2C registration form that preserves brand tone, a semi-automated warranty decision system, and a real-time data and insights dashboard covering engagement and conversion analytics. The platform is positioned as the integration layer between fragmented brand operations and centralised physical repair hubs, enabling the company to manage repair, renew (resale preparation), and remake (creative redesign of faulty/excess products) services at scale.

The business model is transaction-based B2B services with quote-based, multi-year contracts; brands pay per-item repair fees (e.g., customers pay for repairs in the Salomon arrangement while Salomon covers shipping). Revenue streams include Repair, Renew, Remake, and Repair Workshops for businesses and schools. Geographic expansion is funded by a €3.2M seed round (December 2025) led by Phitrust with participation from makesense, ROM InWest, DOEN Ventures, Parrot Eyes, and Generous Minds, with two additional European hubs planned within two years. The company has repaired 75,000 garments cumulatively and reduced 397,500 kg of CO2, and serves as a social-inclusion vehicle employing people distanced from the labour market.

Name

United Repair Centre

Legal name

United Repair Centre

Website

https://unitedrepaircentre.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

United Repair Centre is a Dutch social enterprise providing industrial-scale B2B repair, renew, and remake services for fashion and outdoor apparel brands across European hubs in Amsterdam, London, and Paris, combining skilled tailoring with a proprietary digital aftercare platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Apparel Repair Services

NAICS

Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance (8114), Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance (811490)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Repair Services (7600), Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Apparel Alterations, Repair & Circular Manufacturing (Remake/Upcycle) (CRAAAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Seam, Tear & Rip Repair / Reinforcement (HSAJAFAG), Patchwork, Mending & Darning (Knitwear/Denim) (HSAJAFAI), Button, Snap & Hook Replacement (HSAJAFAF), Beaded/Sequined/Embellished Garment Cleaning & Repair (HSAJAGAG)

Keywords

• Clothing repair services
• Circular fashion solutions
• Apparel aftercare management
• Garment renewal services
• Sustainable fashion technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. B2B Repair Services: Brands pay for repair services for their garments. Salomon covers shipping costs while customers pay for repairs. Revenue based on per-item repair pricing.
2. B2B Renew Services: Assessment, cleaning, repair and preparation of returned/unsold garments for resale at scale for brand partners.
3. B2B Remake Services: Creative redesign or bulk repair initiatives transforming faulty, outdated or excess products into new valuable items.
4. Workshop Services: Hands-on repair workshops for businesses and schools covering clothing repair and circular business models.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

United Repair Centre provides industrial-scale garment repair, renew, and remake services for fashion and outdoor apparel brands, delivered through a network of repair hubs in Amsterdam, London, and Paris. The company combines skilled tailor craftsmanship with a proprietary digital platform that centralises aftercare operations, warranty claim management, white-label D2C registration, and take-back programmes for brand partners including Patagonia, The North Face, lululemon, Arc'teryx, Levi's, and Decathlon.

Product overview

United Repair Centre offers a platform-plus-services model combining a proprietary digital Technology Platform with three core circular services: Repair (garment restoration), Renew (resale of pre-loved items), and Remake (creative redesign of faulty/excess products). The platform centralises aftercare management through a B2B portal for brands and white-label D2C forms for customers, while the services are delivered by skilled tailors at repair hubs in Amsterdam, London, and Paris. Additional offerings include the United Repair Academy (training program with guaranteed employment) and Repair Workshops (educational events for businesses and schools). The company has over 25 brand partners and has repaired 75,000 garments, reducing 397,500 kg of CO2.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• United Repair Academy: Training program that trains anyone with an interest in clothing repair, guaranteeing employment upon completion. Targets individuals without formal education and employment, with special focus on language development and personal skills.
• Makers Unite Foundation

Products and services

• Repair Service Core repair service combining skilled tailor craftsmanship with the URC platform, enabling brands to manage paid repairs and warranty claims at scale while delivering a consistent, branded customer experience for outdoor gear, fashion apparel, accessories, bags, and technical equipment.
• Renew Service Service that gives pre-loved clothing a second life by assessing, cleaning, repairing, and preparing unsold or returned garments with minimal wear for resale at scale, creating employment for people distanced from the labour market.
• Remake Service Service that transforms faulty, outdated, or excess products into new, valuable items through creative redesign or bulk repair initiatives, helping brands comply with the EU ban on destroying unsold goods while leveraging nearly a decade of textile repurposing expertise.
• Technology Platform
• United Repair Academy
• Repair Workshops

Quantifiable outcome

• 75,000 garments repaired, reducing 397,500 kg CO2
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SalomoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2026Outdoor apparel and equipment brand launching product repair service with URC in France (April 2026) expanding to EMEA countries in summer 2026. Supports Salomon's sustainability goals of reducing product carbon footprints.
• City of PariscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 December 2025Supporting URC's Paris hub launch in 13th arrondissement as part of city's circularity and social inclusion initiatives.
• Amsterdam Economic BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Supported founding of URC in Amsterdam in 2022. Regional economic development board supporting sustainable and circular economy initiatives in Amsterdam.
• Makers Unite FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Founding partner alongside Patagonia with support from Amsterdam Economic Board. Textile-based social company central to URC's mission of promoting social inclusion through creativity. Operates Makers Unite Foundation workshops on garment longevity.
• PatagoniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Founding partner of United Repair Centre alongside Makers Unite with support from Amsterdam Economic Board. Major brand partner using URC repair services for their products. Core to URC's origin and mission.
• Ellen MacArthur FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerURC is part of Ellen MacArthur Foundation Community, supporting circular economy transformation.
• ROC AmsterdamminorOthersDutch vocational education institution providing theoretical teachers for United Repair Academy courses alongside URC's practical training.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Nudie Jeans: Swedish denim brand offering free lifetime repairs across its own retail network. Comparable apparel-repair-led value proposition and customer loyalty mechanic, but delivered in-house rather than through a B2B services model.
• Eileen Fisher Renew: Take-back and resale programme from US womenswear brand Eileen Fisher. Operates at the same intersection of renew, repair and remake that defines URC's Renew/Remake services, illustrating the in-house alternative URC competes against for brand budgets.
• Patagonia Worn Wear: Patagonia's own in-house repair, trade-in and resale program. As URC's founding partner and largest customer, Worn Wear represents both a major demand source and the canonical example of a brand running its own circular service rather than outsourcing to URC.

Emerging players

• Recurate: US-based peer-to-peer recommerce platform enabling brands to offer branded resale. Compares to URC's Renew service as a complementary take-back and resale infrastructure layer for fashion brands targeting circularity.
• Reflaunt: Singapore-headquartered B2B resale-as-a-service platform powering brand take-back and recommerce programs. Adjacent technology layer in the circular stack URC serves, with overlap on D2C white-label integration and analytics.
• Atelier des Récupérables: French circular fashion atelier offering repair, upcycling and bespoke services in Paris. Comparable craft-led, social-inclusion model with overlapping target customers (Paris-based brands and conscious consumers).

Others

• Reskinned: UK-based circular refurbishment business focused on consumer electronics, with a comparable "social enterprise + circular model + B2B brand partnerships" thesis. Useful peer for benchmarking social-enterprise scaling dynamics, though vertical is electronics rather than apparel.

Direct peers

• The Renewal Workshop: US-based B2B apparel renewal and repair service for fashion brands, operating a comparable circular model (assessment, cleaning, repair and resale of returned garments) with brand partners such as Patagonia, Eileen Fisher and Allbirds. Most direct structural analogue to URC.
• Circloop: Netherlands-based circular textile platform collecting, sorting and reselling used clothing from brands and retailers. Most direct Dutch competitor with comparable geographic footprint and circular-services positioning.

Regional players

• Trewu: Spanish cooperative network providing clothing repair services for brands and consumers, with a social-inclusion workforce model analogous to URC's Academy. Comparable European regional circular-repair peer with similar mission-driven positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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