IKEA opens second-hand marketplace to buyers and sellers in the UK and Ireland

IKEA opened its second-hand marketplace to IKEA Family members in the UK and Ireland on 7 October 2026, allowing them to buy and sell used IKEA products directly with one another. The launch gives customers another route to find or pass on furniture and homewares, alongside the retailer’s existing in-store resale programme.

Ingka Group, IKEA’s largest retailer, said members can list products free of charge. Sellers whose items sell can take payment by bank transfer or choose an IKEA digital refund card worth 15% more. The marketplace is now available in eight European countries, according to Ingka, following earlier launches in Spain, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Sweden and Belgium.

How IKEA’s second-hand marketplace works

Sellers can scan an eligible item to start a listing, Checkout reported. The platform helps identify the product and supplies information, images, measurements and a suggested price. Listings also carry product descriptions, assembly instructions and care information, giving prospective buyers details about the item before they contact a seller.

Checkout reported that mattresses, appliances and food cannot be listed. The exclusions also cover modified or recalled products and items that are not from IKEA. Those limits matter to anyone looking to use the service for household goods beyond the furniture and homewares covered by the marketplace.

The terms of a purchase remain an important point for buyers. PA reported that IKEA’s Buyers Protection Fee would be free at launch and quoted the company saying it would make any later charge clear. Ingka’s launch announcement did not specify when a buyer fee might apply in the UK or Ireland or describe transaction protections for users there.

What IKEA says about prices and demand

Ingka said pre-owned IKEA products listed on the marketplace can cost 60% less on average than new equivalents. That is the company’s comparison of listed prices; it does not show what items ultimately sell for or how much an individual buyer saves. Sellers receive a suggested price when preparing a listing, while PA reported that they can set their own asking amount.

The marketplace began with tests in Madrid and Oslo in June 2024. Across its first six markets, it recorded 15 million visits and 95,700 listings through 31 August 2026, Ingka said. The company also reported that 25.5% of marketplace users were new or reactivated IKEA Family members. Those figures describe activity across the earlier markets, rather than demand in the newly added UK and Irish markets.

Ingka said it sourced almost 686,500 used IKEA products through Buyback for resale in its 2025 financial year. That figure concerns the existing programme, not sales completed through the new marketplace. The company also estimated that IKEA products account for 9% of the second-hand home-furnishing market, citing 2024 Statista research; the underlying material was not available in the published announcement.

Greg Lucas, IKEA’s UK and Ireland sustainability manager, told Checkout that more customers are considering pre-owned furniture when moving, redecorating or searching for a particular piece. Checkout also reported IKEA survey findings about second-hand shopping and household budgets, but did not give the survey’s sample or method. Those findings are the retailer’s account of consumer interest, rather than a measure of how the new marketplace will perform.

Where the marketplace expands next

Ingka said Germany is scheduled to join the marketplace on 14 October. It also plans to test connecting Buyback to the marketplace in Portugal and Spain by the end of December 2026. Under that test, someone listing an eligible product could receive an offer directly from IKEA while the listing remains active, then choose between another customer and the retailer. A seller accepting IKEA’s offer would still need to take the item to a store to complete the Buyback sale.

Ingka is separately testing ways to help people transport purchases, particularly larger furniture. It said a TippTapp trial is already running in Portugal and Sweden, connecting customers who need an item moved with people who can transport it. The company has not said that this service is available to UK or Irish marketplace users. Nor has it reported how many people in either newly added market have listed or bought an item since launch.