Fairphone

Netherlands Electronics & hardware

Dutch social enterprise making modular, repairable smartphones with ethical supply chains. Founded in Amsterdam in 2013. Fairphone 5 supports 8–10 years of software updates. Certified B Corp, carbon neutral, Fairtrade gold. The European answer to planned obsolescence.

Quick facts

Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Company Fairphone B.V.
Founded 2013
Ownership Independent
Hosting 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Infrastructure Own infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source Partial
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Paid · from €649
Free tier No
Platforms Android
Languages
ENNLDEFRESIT
100 · Certified European

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Why does it score 100?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
Why this score?

Fairphone is based in Amsterdam and legally domiciled in the Netherlands.

30/30
Ownership & control
Independent ownership
Why this score?

Fairphone is an independent social enterprise with no outside corporate parent.

25/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure
Why this score?

Fairphone's own infrastructure is based in the Netherlands.

30/30
Accountability & trust
Partially open source + GDPR
Why this score?

Fairphone's software is only partially open source. It's a certified B Corp promising 8 to 10 years of OS updates on its latest devices.

10/15
Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors
+5
EuroPoints total
100/100
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Fairphone
EuroPoints
100 Certified European
65 Mostly European
65 Mostly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
Ownership & control
Independent ownership25/25
Publicly traded, EU/EFTA HQ15/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure30/30
Mixed infrastructure12/30
Mixed infrastructure12/30
Accountability & trust
Partially open source + GDPR10/15
GDPR compliant8/15
GDPR compliant8/15
Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
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Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stockholm, Sweden
Founded
2013
1991
2005
Open source
Partial
No
No
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
GDPR
✓
✓
✓
Free tier
✗
✗
✗
Pricing
Paid · from €649
One-time · from €149
One-time · from €79
Platforms
Android
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS
Languages
en, nl, de, fr, es, it
en, nl, de, fr, es, it
en, sv