Dishwashers

Best Dishwasher Brands of 2026

We evaluated 12 dishwasher brands, including Bosch, Frigidaire, GE, and Whirlpool, to determine which manufacturers make the best-performing and most reliable models at an budget-friendly price

By Pang-Chieh Ho
Senior Home & Appliances Writer

Data analysis by Kristen Dorrell

Updated February 10, 2026

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woman getting a clean dish from a Bosch SHP78CM5N dishwasher in kitchen with grey cabinets and open shelving — CR ratings, based on proprietary lab and survey data, cover more than 100 of today's dishwashers. The same data helps us pick the best overall dishwasher brands.

If you’re in the market for a new dishwasher, you might want to research every feature and detail—or you might be the type to gravitate toward familiar brand names. But is a dishwasher’s brand a good indicator of how well it will perform or how reliably it will work?

We test the performance of individual dishwashers in our labs, and the results are reflected in our dishwasher ratings of more than 130 models. But with so many choices on the market, you might be interested in a dishwasher we haven’t tested. That’s why we use our lab results and survey data to determine which brands consistently produce the best dishwashers.

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Best Dishwasher Brands
How to Use Consumer Reports to Find the Perfect Dishwasher
How CR Tests Dishwashers

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Pang-Chieh Ho

Pang-Chieh Ho is a senior content creator at Consumer Reports who writes about the intersections of home products and health. She has been working in the media industry for almost 10 years. Books are her first love, but movies come a close second. You can send tips to her at pangchieh.ho@consumer.org.