Price guide · Industrial Safety
Plastic Carboy: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $12.00 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $5.00 at volume, on a typical 45-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point, not a binding quote. Your spec and quantity set the final price.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $12.00 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $10.00 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $9.00 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $8.00 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $7.00 |
| 100,000+ units | $5.00 |
What moves the price
For plastic carboy, the drivers are non-spill closure design, venting, capacity, material, chemical compatibility, certification, shoulder geometry, neck finish — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale evidence for plastic carboys is sparse, so the ladder is anchored mainly on trade-market estimates for standard 20 L HDPE/PP carboys and on supplier list pricing for smaller wholesale packs. The main price drivers are resin choice (PP vs HDPE vs PET), capacity, neck/closure compatibility, chemical-resistance requirements, and validation steps such as UN rating or sterilization; those features push pricing toward the upper end of the band. Realistic supply routes are direct OEM/custom import from China for custom-printed or private-label volumes, or U.S. industrial/lab distributors for smaller wholesale buys, with much higher prices on catalog lab-grade, sterile, or certified versions
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder plastic carboy regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
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