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Towel: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $5.00 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $3.20 at volume, on a typical 30-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 | $5.00 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $4.50 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $4.20 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $3.90 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $3.50 |
| 100,000+ units | $3.20 |
What moves the price
For towel, the drivers are material, print method, coating, size, fire rating, table size, shape, fabric stretch — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale towel pricing shows bath towels commonly in the roughly $2.55-$7.50/ea range at smaller bulk quantities, with volume discounts or quote-only pricing at higher case and pallet counts. The biggest cost drivers are towel size/weight (GSM or pounds per dozen), fiber blend, and whether the towel is economy, mid-grade, or premium hotel quality; custom printing, embroidery, or special finishing generally push pricing above the plain-stock ranges shown by suppliers. Realistic supplier routes are hospitality wholesalers and linen distributors for stock towels, or import/contract manufacturing for the highest-volume tiers, where pricing is usually quote-based rather than publicly posted.
Paying more than the median?
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