Car Wash Concentrate: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $18.00 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $8.00 at volume, on a typical 21-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $18.00 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $15.00 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $13.00 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $11.00 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $10.00 |
| 100,000+ units | $8.00 |
What moves the price
For car wash concentrate, the drivers are detergent package, gasoline vs diesel compatibility, deposit removal performance, treat rate, pack size, leak-sealing chemistry, compatibility with aluminum radiators, compatibility with coolant types — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing pricing shows small-pack car wash concentrate at about $173.79 for a 5-gallon pack from Wurth USA, while bulk drums from MA5X are priced around $297.99-$349.99 for 55 gallons, which supports a mid-range wholesale band rather than a low-cost commodity chemical. The biggest price drivers are formulation and performance targets: wax or gloss additives, foam profile, dilution ratio, and cleaning aggressiveness all affect cost-per-gallon more than packaging alone, and suppliers like Car Dealer Depot and MA5X show that larger pack sizes materially improve unit economics. Realistic supplier routes are domestic industrial/automotive distributors for 5-gallon and drum quantities, or private-label/custom-blend manufacturers for higher tiers; very large volumes are usually quoted case-by-case rather than posted publicly.
Paying more than the median?
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