Soup Cup: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.18 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.022 at volume, on a typical 30-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 | $0.18 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.11 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.05 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.035 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.028 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.022 |
What moves the price
For soup cup, the drivers are capacity, wall type, lining, lid compatibility, print coverage — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published supplier prices show a wide spread by material and build: U.S.-facing distributors sell case-packed paper soup cups around the equivalent of roughly $0.12-$0.25 per unit at lower case quantities, while China marketplace listings for custom/printed paper soup cups show FOB-style prices around $0.02-$0.06 per unit at 10k+ and down toward the low-$0.02s at 100k+. The main price drivers are capacity, single-wall versus double-wall construction, lid compatibility, and whether printing is plain stock or custom coverage; print-heavy or double-wall setups push toward the high end, while plain kraft or white single-wall cups sit at the low end. Realistic supplier routes are U.S. distributors for fast replenishment and import/contract-manufacturing channels on Alibaba/Made-in-China or similar for true bulk pricing, with landed cost rising after freight, duty, defects, and any domestic warehousing
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder soup cup 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.
Related prices
12 Ounce Compostable Cup wholesale price
12 Ounce Paper Cup wholesale price
16 Ounce Paper Cup wholesale price
2 Ounce Portion Cup wholesale price
2 Ounce Sample Cup wholesale price