Repair bonus 2025: up to 200 euros for your defective devices!

Repair bonus 2025: up to 200 euros for your defective devices!

In Austria, citizens can again apply for the popular repair bonus of up to 200 euros this year to promote the repair of electrical and electronic devices and bicycles. This initiative is supported by the Ministry of Climate and has a budget of a total of 230 million euros for 2023, of which 130 million euros come from an EU funding program. In addition, there are 124 million euros that the federal government has provided to maintain the funding by the end of 2025. Currently, around 100 million euros are still in the pot, so that the bonus is expected to remain available until next year, as Kosmo reports .

The repair bonus is very popular, especially for the repair of smartphones, with 210,000 BONS so far approved. This is followed by household appliances such as dishwasher and washing machines, the repairs of which are also highly in demand. There was an important expansion of the program in September 2024 when the bonus was also released for ordinary bicycles. This adaptation led to longer waiting times in workshops last autumn due to the high demand, as Finanz.at reports .

application procedures and withdrawals

The application process for the repair bonus is simple: Interested parties can apply for the bonus online via a special portal and redeem it in a partner company. The amount, which covers 50 percent of the repair costs up to a maximum of 200 euros, is transferred directly to the specified bank account. In order to prevent abuse, the procedure has been clearly reformed in recent years. Another application can be made after a period of three weeks, so that several bonus per person is available. However, the continuation of the repair bonus after 2025 is uncertain due to the tense budget and the high demand.