Price guide · Industrial Safety
Industrial Bottle: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.99 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $1.24 at volume. 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 | $1.99 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.82 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $1.58 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $1.49 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $1.36 |
| 100,000+ units | $1.24 |
What moves the price
For industrial bottle, the drivers are non-spill closure design, venting, capacity, material, chemical compatibility, certification, shoulder geometry, neck finish — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US wholesale listings for 1-gallon HDPE round jugs cluster around $1.40-$2.16 each at low carton quantities, with Basco showing $1.40, BottleStore showing $1.59-$2.16, and The Cary Company showing $1.62-$2.82 depending on packaging and UN/reshipper options. The price moves most with resin weight/wall thickness, whether the bottle is UN-rated or heavy-duty, and whether it includes a shipping box, label panel, or custom decoration. For true custom-printed or custom-molded volume, realistic routes are US stock-packagers/distributors for 500-5,000 units and overseas OEM/contract molding for 10,000+ units, but the latter usually requires separate tooling and freight assumptions not visible in the quoted stock prices.
Paying more than the median?
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