Price guide · Household Cleaning
5gal Pail: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $9.99 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $2.37 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 | $9.99 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $2.56 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $2.47 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $2.37 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $2.37 |
| 100,000+ units | $2.37 |
What moves the price
For 5gal pail, the drivers are capacity, material, handle type, UN rating — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Mid-range pricing for 5-gallon custom-printed pails is driven most by material (plastic vs steel), wall thickness/mil, handle style, and whether the pail is UN-rated or food-grade; steel lined/UN-rated pails run materially higher than basic plastic pails. For realistic US-facing sourcing, industrial distributors and packaging specialists are the most credible routes for custom/wholesale pricing, while pallet/truckload import-equivalent pricing is the best proxy for very large orders. The strongest published pricing signals here are from bulk plastic-pail distributors and industrial suppliers, but they are not all strictly custom-printed, so the ladder should be treated as a blended market proxy rather than a quote for one exact spec.
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