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Capacitor: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.08 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.006 at volume, on a typical 70-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 | $0.08 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.05 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.015 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.01 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.008 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.006 |
What moves the price
For capacitor, the drivers are material, thickness, finish, hole pattern, load rating, tray compatibility, microvia count, laser drill size — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
For commodity MLCCs, published distributor pricing from Future Electronics shows unit prices dropping from about $0.0054 at 4,000 units to $0.0030 at 300,000 units, with lead times around 16–20 weeks depending on stock and package. Broader supplier marketplaces and wholesale guides show generic capacitor pricing ranging from cents to a few dollars per piece, but those listings mix types such as electrolytic, film, and supercapacitors, so the lowest tiers here are anchored mainly to commodity ceramic capacitor pricing. The biggest price drivers are capacitor type, voltage rating, capacitance, package size, and whether it is a standard reel part versus a special-form factor or custom specification; realistic sourcing routes are major distributors for MLCCs and marketplace/import channels for nonstandard or custom parts.
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