The best textile EPR software in 2026

For companies that make or sell clothing, footwear or home textiles, the best textile EPR software in 2026 is Repax, ahead of ecosistant, AlgoREP, ForSURE and Ecosurety. Each one suits a different kind of producer and a different market.

Textile is the newest side of Extended Producer Responsibility, and it is spreading fast. France has run a textile scheme since 2007, the Netherlands since 2023, and the EU has made it mandatory. Most EPR tools were built for packaging, so this guide ranks the ones that genuinely handle textiles.

Where textile EPR already applies and where it is coming next

Textile EPR does not switch on everywhere at once. It has arrived country by country, and a big wave is now on the way, so the map matters when you pick a tool.

The timeline below traces that spread, from France in 2007 through the Netherlands and California to the whole EU by 2028.

Here is where things stand today

• France has had it the longest.

  France introduced textile EPR in 2007, the first country in the world to do so. Producers of clothing, household linen and footwear either run their own approved scheme or pay into the national one run by Refashion, the sector's producer responsibility organisation.

• The Netherlands joined in 2023.

  Since 1 July 2023, companies putting clothing, workwear or household textiles on the Dutch market have to report every year on how much they place on the market and hit rising reuse and recycling targets.

• The EU has made it mandatory everywhere.

  The revised Waste Framework Directive entered into force on 16 October 2025 and requires every member state to set up a textile EPR scheme. Countries have until June 2027 to write it into national law and until April 2028 to have schemes running.

• California passed the first US law.

  California's Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 is the first textile EPR law in the United States. Producers must join a producer responsibility organisation, with the programme ramping up over the following years.

The takeaway for buyers: if you sell textiles across borders, your obligations are about to multiply, so the tool you pick needs to handle more than one market and be ready for schemes that do not exist yet.

How textile EPR differs from packaging and electronics

If you already report packaging or electronics, textile EPR feels familiar but is not the same job. Three differences change what your software has to do.

1. Fees are worked out per item. In France, the eco-contribution is calculated for each product you place on the market, with higher rates for a jacket or a pair of trousers than for socks or a scarf. That means your tool has to hold data at the level of the individual product, not just a bulk tonnage figure.

2. Fees move with the material and the design. Textile schemes use eco-modulation, so what you pay depends on the fibres used and how repairable or recyclable the item is. Getting that right means knowing what each product is actually made of.

3. It has its own registers and deadlines. Textile EPR runs on separate registrations and annual declarations from packaging or electronics. Being set up for one waste stream does not register you for another.

The thread running through all three is product data. Textile obligations are decided at the level of a single garment, by what it is made of, so a tool that already knows your products in that detail has a real head start.

What makes a tool genuinely textile-ready

We build EPR software ourselves, so we ranked on what actually decides whether a textile tool works, not on marketing. These are the things we checked.

• Real textile coverage. Does it genuinely handle textiles, or is it a packaging tool with textiles added to the brochure? We checked each tool's live site and left out platforms that do not offer textiles.

• The markets that matter. Whether it covers France and the Netherlands today, and is set up for the EU-wide rules landing by 2028.

• Per-item product data. Whether it can hold material and weight data per product, since that is how textile fees are calculated.

• Multi-stream fit. Whether it also covers packaging, batteries and electronics, because most textile sellers carry those too.

• Pricing you can see. Whether there is a public price, or you have to book a demo to find out.

• Who it is built for. The size and type of producer it suits.

One note on what we left out. Sphera, Source Intelligence and Staxxer are all capable EPR platforms, but their live sites list packaging, electronics and batteries rather than textiles, so they are not on this list. A textile tool has to actually cover textiles to earn a place.

The best textile EPR software ranked

Here is the ranked list, with who each tool genuinely wins for.

1. Repax

Repax is a product-data platform. You describe each product once, down to its materials and weight, and it works out your obligations and produces the reports across every stream and market you sell in, textiles included.

That fits textiles well, because textile fees are decided per item and by what each item is made of. Spec a garment's fibres and weight once and the same record answers the French eco-contribution, the Dutch declaration and whatever the next market asks for, instead of rebuilding the data each time.

It is also ours, so we lead with it, though we are straight about where each rival wins.

The live products are Core, the product-data and reporting engine that handles the textile data and reports, and Declare, which produces the EU Declaration of Conformity. A third product, Comply, which files and manages registrations for you, is on the way.

• Best for: producers who sell textiles alongside packaging, batteries or electronics and want one workflow they control.

• Strengths: one product record feeds every stream and market; built around the per-item material data textile fees need; self-serve; public pricing with a free tier.

• Textile markets and streams: global, wherever you sell; packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles from the same data.

• Pricing: public. Core and Declare each start free at €0/mo, with paid plans from €29/mo and custom enterprise pricing for high volume (as of July 2026).

• Watch-out: Repax keeps your textile data and reporting in order and produces the filings, but the product that submits and manages registrations for you, Comply, is not live yet, so today you file from the data it prepares.

2. ecosistant

ecosistant pairs software with consultancy and prices per country, which makes it easy for a European SME to switch on textiles only in the markets it sells in.

They cover textiles alongside packaging, electronics, batteries and even furniture and mattresses, across up to 30 European countries, with guides written for textile, furniture and mattress sellers. The per-country model keeps the entry cost low while textile rules roll out market by market.

• Best for: European SMEs that want to add textiles country by country without a big platform commitment.

• Strengths: genuine textile coverage with written guidance; per-country pricing; wide stream and market spread across Europe.

• Textile markets and streams: up to 30 European countries; packaging, WEEE, batteries, textiles, furniture and mattresses.

• Pricing: public, from €24.90 per country.

• Watch-out: the consultant-plus-software model is lighter-touch than a full enterprise platform, which suits smaller producers more than complex ones.

3. AlgoREP

AlgoREP is the pick if most of your textile obligation sits in France, the oldest and most developed textile EPR market.

The tool covers all of France's EPR schemes, and textiles (the TLC filière run by Refashion) is one of them.

You upload your product catalogue and it calculates the eco-contributions in seconds, with an API for teams that want to wire it into their own systems. Because France charges per item by material, an AI classification tool built for that market is a natural fit.

• Best for: brands whose textile obligation is mainly French and who want a native, low-cost tool.

• Strengths: covers every French filière including textiles; AI product classification; cheapest entry point; API-first.

• Textile markets and streams: France, all French EPR schemes including the TLC textile filière.

• Pricing: public, from €15/mo.

• Watch-out: AlgoREP is France-focused, so a producer selling textiles across several countries still needs something for the other markets.

4. ForSURE

ForSURE is the cheapest way in, a lightweight EU tool that handles textiles alongside WEEE, batteries and packaging and offers a free plan.

They aim it at smaller sellers who want to start reporting without a budget conversation, and textiles are named as one of the streams they cover. The free plan makes it a sensible first step before scaling up to something heavier.

• Best for: small EU sellers who want to start textile reporting for free.

• Strengths: free plan; covers textiles, WEEE, batteries and packaging; simple to start.

• Textile markets and streams: EU, multi-country; textiles, WEEE, batteries, packaging.

• Pricing: free plan available, with paid tiers (paid prices not published).

• Watch-out: ForSURE is built for simpler needs, so larger producers with many markets will likely outgrow it.

5. Ecosurety

Ecosurety is the one to look at if you are a UK-based brand that wants a managed compliance partner as UK and EU textile rules arrive.

They are a UK compliance scheme with more than 20 years behind them, and they list textiles among the regulations they support internationally, alongside packaging, batteries and WEEE.

Their model leans toward managed service rather than software you run yourself, which suits larger brands that would rather hand the work over.

• Best for: UK-based brands that want a managed partner spanning UK obligations and international textile rules.

• Strengths: long-established UK scheme; international support including textiles; handles packaging, batteries and WEEE too.

• Textile markets and streams: UK-first with international support; packaging, plastic packaging tax, batteries, WEEE, textiles.

• Pricing: sales-led, no public price.

• Watch-out: UK textile EPR is not live yet, so their textile support is forward-looking, and the managed model is less hands-on than self-serve software.

Matching a tool to where you sell

Textile EPR is decided market by market, so match the tool to where your obligations actually are rather than to the brochure.

• You sell textiles across several streams and markets and want one workflow you control. Repax. One product record covers the garment, its packaging and any batteries or electronics in the box.

• You are a European SME rolling out textiles country by country. ecosistant, which lets you pay per country and add markets as the rules land.

• Your textile obligation is mainly in France. AlgoREP, built for the French schemes and the cheapest way to cover them.

• You want to start for free. ForSURE's free plan, or Repax's free tier if you want a multi-stream workflow from the start.

• You are a UK brand that wants the work handled for you. Ecosurety, a managed partner set up for UK and international textile rules.

The five tools side by side

Here is the whole list in one view.

Textile EPR software questions answered

Short, plain answers to the questions producers ask most about textile EPR software.

What is the best textile EPR software?

Repax is our overall pick for producers who sell textiles alongside packaging, batteries or electronics, because one product record holds the per-item material data textile fees need and feeds every market.

ecosistant suits European SMEs paying per country, AlgoREP is the French-market specialist, ForSURE has a free plan, and Ecosurety is the managed option for UK brands.

What is textile EPR?

Textile EPR makes the companies that put clothing, footwear and home textiles on the market responsible for what happens to those products at the end of their life.

In practice that means registering as a producer, declaring how much you place on the market, and paying a fee that funds collection, reuse and recycling. France, the Netherlands and (from 2024) California already run schemes, and the EU is making it mandatory in every member state.

Which countries have textile EPR?

France has had textile EPR since 2007 and the Netherlands since 2023. The EU's revised Waste Framework Directive, in force since October 2025, requires all 27 member states to set up textile schemes, with most rules landing by 2027 and 2028.

Outside the EU, California passed the first US textile EPR law in 2024.

Is there free textile EPR software?

Yes. ForSURE offers a free plan and Repax has a free tier at €0/mo, so you can start reporting textiles without a budget conversation. Larger producers with many markets usually move to a paid plan as their volumes grow.

Do I need textile EPR software if I already report packaging?

Usually yes, unless your tool genuinely covers textiles. Textile EPR has its own registers and its own per-item, material-based fees, so a packaging-only platform will not cover it. A multi-stream tool like Repax handles both from the same product data.

How are textile EPR fees calculated?

In the schemes running today, fees are worked out per item and adjusted for the materials used and how repairable or recyclable the product is.

A heavier garment made from harder-to-recycle fibres costs more than a simple, recyclable one. That is why tools that hold detailed per-product data have an advantage.

How much does textile EPR software cost?

It ranges from free (ForSURE's free plan and Repax's free tier) to public paid plans (AlgoREP from €15/mo, ecosistant from €24.90 per country, Repax from €29/mo) to sales-led pricing (Ecosurety), where you request a quote, as of July 2026.