How Much Do Activewear Lots Cost Wholesale in 2026?

What Wholesale Activewear Lots Actually Cost in 2026

Last updated: September 2026

Bottom line: wholesale activewear lots on Closo Wholesale run $26 to $3,740 a lot, or $2.75 to $37.40 per unit, across 49 live lots shipping from California and the District of Columbia. See the live shelf: Activewear lots for resale.

That range covers everything from a small case of leggings to a full pallet of mixed leggings, sports bras and jackets. All 49 lots on the live shelf are unmanifested assortment, so the price reflects category, weight and brand mix rather than an itemized packing list.

A $3,740 lot is not automatically the better deal — per-unit cost is what decides that.

Suppliers such as TAGCO - THE AMERICAN GIFT COMPANY, Chase (USA) International and NWOT Outlet post most of the current inventory. Buying wholesale activewear without checking per-unit price against lot size is the fastest way to overpay on this shelf.

Why the $2.75-$37.40 per-unit spread happens

A $26 lot at 20 units is $1.30 a piece before shrink; a $3,740 lot at 250 units is closer to $15 a piece. Brand mix, garment type and condition all move that number more than the lot's sticker price does.

49 Live Lots, $26 to $3,740: What Each Dollar Buys

Bottom line: a wholesale activewear order breaks into lot price, freight, sorting labor and shrink — and the lot price alone spans $26 to $3,740 on the current shelf. Freight and labor typically add another 10-20% on top; shrink is the wildcard that decides whether the deal actually works.

Worked example: a $600 lot at 80 units

Take a mid-range lot priced at $600 with 80 units, inside the $2.75-$37.40 per-unit band on the current shelf. Landed cost after ~$60 freight is $660, or $8.25 a unit before shrink. Assume 18% shrink (14 units unsellable) — sellable units drop to 66, pushing true per-piece cost to about $10.

If those pieces resell at an average $22, gross revenue is $1,452 against a $660 landed cost, a roughly 2.2x return before platform fees and time. TAGCO - THE AMERICAN GIFT COMPANY and Chase (USA) International both list lots in this size range; NWOT Outlet skews toward smaller cases where the same math applies at smaller numbers.

What drives the $26-to-$3,740 spread is mostly two variables: lot size and brand mix. Every one of the 49 live activewear lots is unmanifested assortment — 0 manifested, 48 tracked by rough assortment count — so a case of unbranded leggings prices very differently from a pallet carrying recognizable athletic brands, even at similar unit counts.

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Quick tangent — the live shelf on Closo Wholesale shows what is actually listed and priced right now; worth a look before your next order.

3 Places Margin Disappears Before an Activewear Lot Sells

Bottom line: the gap between a wholesale activewear lot's sticker price and its real return is rarely the lot price itself — it is shrink, sizing mismatch and freight assumed to be flat. On an unmanifested assortment shelf like the one on Closo Wholesale, where all 49 current lots are bought sight-unseen at the SKU level, these three costs are where a reseller's model and a reseller's bank account stop agreeing.

Shrink runs higher than buyers expect

A reseller budgeting 10% shrink on an 80-unit lot plans to write off 8 pieces. Assortment activewear commonly runs 18-25% shrink — stretched waistbands, missing size tags, pilling that photographs poorly — which on that same lot is 14-20 unsellable units, roughly double the naive estimate.

That difference alone can turn a modeled $1,452 in revenue into closer to $1,150, before a single platform fee is paid.

Size distribution is the hidden risk

Activewear lots skew toward whatever sizes the donating retailer had left over, and that is rarely a balanced curve. A pallet heavy in size XS and XXL sells slower than one centered on M-L, even at an identical $15-a-unit landed cost.

Buyers who anchor on per-unit price instead of checking size mix routinely end up with 20-30% of units aging past 90 days unsold.

Freight is the third leak. Parcel-shipped case packs are easy to estimate; LTL freight on a full pallet is not, and quotes can swing 20-30% based on pickup location and dock access. A buyer who prices freight at a flat $80 and gets billed $150 has quietly cut margin by several points on a mid-size lot before any product sells.

Suppliers such as Chase (USA) International ship larger pallets where this swing matters most; smaller NWOT Outlet case packs carry less freight risk in dollar terms.

Sell-through timing is the fourth leak

Wholesale activewear moves seasonally: leggings and jackets clear faster in fall, while shorts and tanks sell better bought ahead of spring. Operators who buy a mixed pallet in September and expect uniform 90-day sell-through often see the off-season half of the lot sit for 4-6 months instead.

On the $600 worked example, stretching sell-through from 90 to 180 days on a third of the units delays roughly $480 of revenue by a full extra quarter, which matters more for cash-flow than for total profit.

7 Checks Before You Buy a Wholesale Activewear Lot

With 49 live lots ranging $26 to $3,740 on the current shelf, the checklist below is what separates a 2x-plus return from a lot that ages past 90 days unsold.

Before you click buy

1. Divide lot price by stated unit count first — a $600 lot at 80 units is $7.50 a unit before shrink, not $600 of "value."
2. Confirm the lot is unmanifested assortment, as all 49 activewear lots on the current shelf are; budget sorting and tagging labor, not just a resale price.
3. Ask about size distribution before buying — a pallet skewed to XS or XXL sells slower than one centered on M-L, even at the same per-unit cost.
4. Get a firm freight quote rather than estimating — LTL quotes on full pallets swing 20-30% based on pickup location.
5. Model shrink at 18-25% for activewear, higher than the 10% a basics case might justify.
6. Check the supplier's typical lot size against your storage: Chase (USA) International lists larger pallets than a small NWOT Outlet case pack.
7. Set a sell-through target that accounts for season — leggings and jackets clear faster in fall, shorts and tanks sell better bought ahead of spring.

Run the Numbers on a $600 Lot Before You Buy

With 49 live activewear lots priced $26 to $3,740 and $2.75 to $37.40 per unit, the next step is running your own landed-cost math against a specific lot on the live shelf on Closo Wholesale today. Pick one lot, divide its price by its stated unit count, add 10% for freight, and subtract 18-25% for shrink before deciding whether the margin works for you.

Match the lot to your budget and season

A buyer with $200 to spend should look toward a small NWOT Outlet case pack rather than a full pallet; a buyer with $1,500 or more can evaluate larger assortment loads from suppliers like Chase (USA) International, where per-unit cost drops toward $2.75-$4.

Either way, wholesale activewear rewards buyers who check size mix and season fit before checking out, not after.