Back Market
Marketplace for premium refurbished electronics that keeps devices in use.
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- Thibaud Hug de Larauze, Quentin Le Brouster, Vianney Vaute
Back Market is the leading global marketplace for professionally refurbished electronics, founded in Paris in 2014 to make renewed tech the mainstream choice. The platform connects shoppers with verified refurbishers who restore phones, laptops, tablets, and appliances to like-new condition, offering quality comparable to new devices at a lower price while keeping products out of landfills.
Instead of treating electronics as disposable, Back Market extends product life cycles through a curated network of specialist refurbishers, standardized quality grades, and a buyer promise that covers returns and warranties. The company operates across Europe, North America, and Asia, with offices including Paris, New York, Berlin, and Bordeaux.
By normalizing refurbished as a first purchase, not a last resort, Back Market challenges throwaway culture in consumer tech and builds a circular alternative to constant new-device manufacturing.
Key benefits
Refurbished First
Professionally renewed devices that perform like new at a lower price — without buying into disposable tech culture.
Quality Promise
Standardized condition grades, verified refurbishers, and buyer protections make refurbished a confident mainstream choice.
Circular by Design
Keeps electronics in use longer and reduces demand for virgin manufacturing and mining.
Global Marketplace
Scaled across 16+ countries so shoppers can choose circular tech wherever they buy.
Latest News and Funding Rounds
Back Market’s impact comes from circular commerce: every refurbished device sold displaces demand for a newly manufactured product and keeps materials in use longer. The marketplace model scales impact by aggregating thousands of professional refurbishers under shared quality standards, while trade-in and buyback flows pull used devices back into the system instead of the waste stream.
Raised over $1B in funding since founding; Series E valued the company at $5.7B (2022). Operates in 16+ countries as a dedicated refurbished-tech marketplace, with hundreds of employees across major offices including Paris, New York, Berlin, and Bordeaux.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Back Market do?
- Back Market is the leading global marketplace for professionally refurbished electronics, founded in Paris in 2014 to make renewed tech the mainstream choice. The platform connects shoppers with verified refurbishers who restore phones, laptops, tablets, and appliances to like-new condition, offering quality comparable to new devices at a lower price while keeping products out of landfills. In…
- Where is Back Market based?
- Back Market is based in France.
- What sector does Back Market operate in?
- Back Market operates in the AI & Technology sector.
- Who founded Back Market?
- Thibaud Hug de Larauze, Quentin Le Brouster, Vianney Vaute
