How old is my Gibson?

1. Find the rating label. Where to look on each kind of appliance.
2. Take a photo of the whole label, or note the model and serial numbers.
3. Use the lookup below. It is free, and no account is needed. A date is shown only when the available evidence supports it.

Gibson appliances

How to find the age, the serial number, typical life and parts for each:

• Gibson refrigerator10–15 yrs
• Gibson freezer10–20 yrs

Gibson is mainly remembered for refrigerators and upright freezers, which it credits itself with pioneering; other appliance types were sold under the name at various times, but sources checked did not confirm which.

Gibson is an older North American appliance brand best known for refrigerators and freezers. It has belonged to Sweden's Electrolux Group since 1986 and is listed among Electrolux's brands for the Americas, but it has no dedicated North American consumer website today.

Electrolux Group (earlier units by Gibson, Hupp or White Consolidated Industries)

Owned by

AB Electrolux (Electrolux Group)

Headquarters

Stockholm, Sweden (owner); brand founded in Belding, Michigan, United States

Founded

1877

Sister brands: Frigidaire, Electrolux, Tappan, Kelvinator, White-Westinghouse, AEG, Zanussi.

• 1877: Joshua Hall started the Belding-Hall Company in Belding, Michigan, making ice-box cabinets.
• Early 1900s: Frank Gibson took over the business, which later took the Gibson name.
• 1956: Hupp Corporation bought Gibson.
• 1967: Hupp merged into White Consolidated Industries (WCI).
• 1986: Electrolux bought WCI and kept the Gibson brand.

Every Gibson check is compared with Health Canada, U.S. CPSC and U.S. NHTSA recall notices.