# The State of the EPA-Registered Repellent Aisle

> Original statistics computed from all 631 EPA-registered skin-applied insect repellents. EPA database mirrored 2026-08-18.

Source: https://longsleeve.com/repellent-index/statistics

## Key numbers

- **4 of 631** products reach a 14-hour mosquito protection figure in EPA’s data. All four are 20% picaridin lotions.
- **294 of 631** products (47%) list no mosquito protection time at all in EPA’s consumer search tool.
- **293 of 505** DEET products (58%) show no mosquito protection time in EPA’s data.
- **505 of 631** products (80%) use DEET as the active ingredient. Picaridin: 56. IR3535: 41. Oil of lemon eucalyptus / PMD: 21. Other: 8.
- **8 hours** is the median mosquito protection time among the 337 products that state one.
- **345 of 631** products (55%) are supplemental distributions: the same registered formula sold under another name. They trace back to 59 parent registrations.
- **81** different product names share one registration (44446-30), the largest formula family in the database.
- **379 of 384** federal labels with an ingredient statement (99%) name only the active ingredient. Federal rules require nothing more.
- **169 of 631** products (27%) state a tick protection time. The median is 5 hours.
- **22.6%** is the median DEET concentration; the highest on file is 98.3%.
- **47 of 631** labels carry a stated protection time against no-see-ums (biting midges).
- **1973** is the year of the oldest federal label still on file (Insect Repellent 119).

## Stated mosquito protection times

- 1 hours: 2 products (1%)
- 2 hours: 47 products (14%)
- 3 hours: 13 products (4%)
- 4 hours: 23 products (7%)
- 5 hours: 7 products (2%)
- 6 hours: 32 products (9%)
- 7 hours: 12 products (4%)
- 8 hours: 129 products (38%)
- 9 hours: 1 products (0%)
- 10 hours: 48 products (14%)
- 11 hours: 12 products (4%)
- 12 hours: 7 products (2%)
- 14 hours: 4 products (1%)

## Data
- JSON: https://longsleeve.com/repellent-index.json
- CSV: https://longsleeve.com/repellent-index.csv

Published by Longsleeve (EPA Reg. No. 101457-1), one of the 631 products in the dataset. Corrections: hello@longsleeve.com