Shop Towel: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.25 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.65 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 | $1.25 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.10 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.95 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.85 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.74 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.65 |
What moves the price
For shop towel, the drivers are denier, tenacity, heat resistance, seam strength, coating, thermal conductivity, density, thickness — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale pricing for shop towels and adjacent automotive wiping towels clusters around roughly $0.74/unit for simple vending-style microfiber pieces, $1.00-$2.08/unit for mid-range microfiber towels, and about $1.00+ for branded shop-towel packs; these figures are from US-facing wholesalers and automotive towel suppliers. The biggest price drivers are GSM, fiber blend, towel size, and whether the item is a basic bulk wipe versus a branded or packaged retail-ready product. Realistic sourcing routes are US wholesale towel distributors, car-wash/detailing suppliers, and import/private-label programs; custom printing or embroidery generally pushes pricing toward the top of each band.
Paying more than the median?
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