As of July 2026, Florida Pallet Supply pays about $6.50 to $9.00 per Grade A 48x40, $3 to $6 per Grade B, and $1 to $3 for damaged core, with by-spec quotes for non-standard sizes. Florida runs at or slightly above the national average (~$7 Grade A). Minimum 250 pallets per load, single size, statewide pickup on our routes.
If you run a Florida warehouse, distribution center, packhouse, or manufacturing line, your surplus pallets have real cash value. The trouble is that no buyer publishes a single flat rate, because pallet value is set per load and moves with the lumber market. The tables below are our current Florida buy-back ranges, so you can estimate your payout within a dollar before you request a quote.
What We Pay by Grade (Florida, 2026)
Grade is the biggest driver of what a used pallet is worth. The table below is our per-pallet buy-back range for the standard 48x40 footprint in Florida, as of July 2026. These are current ranges and move with the lumber market.
Table 1 - Florida 48x40 buy-back by grade, as of July 2026
| Grade | Condition | FPS pays (per pallet) | National avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade A (#1) | Sound, reusable, clean, no major repair | $6.50 to $9.00 | ~$7.00 |
| Grade B (#2) | Repaired / companion stringer, usable wear | $3.00 to $6.00 | ~$4.75 |
| Grade C / Core | Damaged; for repair or dismantle | $1.00 to $3.00 | ~$2.00 |
| ISPM-15 heat-treated, reusable | Stamped, export-grade, sound | $9.00 to $11.00 | Not separately published |
Sources: UsedPalletRecycling.com state price data 2026; Repackify buy/sell market data 2026; 48forty recycled-pallet benchmarks. National averages: Grade A ~$7, Grade B ~$4.75.
What We Pay by Pallet Type
The 48x40 GMA pallet is the most liquid and sets the reference price. Other sizes pay relative to how easily they resell in the Florida market.
Table 2 - Buy-back by type, Grade A, Florida, as of July 2026
| Pallet type | Footprint | FPS pays (Grade A) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMA 48x40 | 48 x 40 | $6.50 to $9.00 | Most in demand; sets the market |
| 48x48 | 48 x 48 | $5.00 to $8.00 | Drum / chemical handling |
| 42x42 | 42 x 42 | $4.00 to $7.00 | Beverage, telecom, paint |
| Block pallet (4-way) | varies | $5.00 to $9.00 | Premium for true 4-way entry |
| Odd / custom size | non-standard | $1.00 to $4.00 | Quoted by spec; harder to resell |
Source: FPS buy-back desk, July 2026. Standard 48x40 GMA is the reference; other sizes priced on resale liquidity.
What Load Size Gets You: Buy-Back Payout by Volume (as of July 2026)
Grade sets the base rate; how you present the load moves you inside the range. Clean, single-size truckloads earn the top of each grade band because they resell fastest; small mixed lots cost us more to sort and pay less.
| Load size | Typical pickup | Effect on per-pallet payout | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 250, mixed | Local drop-off or route pickup when available | Lowest end of the grade range; heavy mixing can drop stock a grade | Occasional surplus, one-time cleanouts |
| 250 to 500, partial | Scheduled on an outbound backhaul, freight near zero | Mid-range payout; single-size loads hold their grade | Steady mid-size warehouses and distributors |
| Full truckload, 500 to 560 single-size Grade A | Dedicated or backhaul pickup, 53-ft van | Top of the Grade A range; best per-pallet rate | High-volume DCs, manufacturers, 3PLs |
| Standing weekly or monthly program | Recurring scheduled pickup, priority routing | Best blended rate plus predictable cash flow | Continuous pallet generators |
FPS buy-back desk, July 2026. Payout ranges move with the lumber market and load quality; a full single-size Grade A truckload always earns more per pallet than the same count in small mixed lots. Figures are current ranges, not a locked quote.
Why Florida Rates Hold Up
Pallet buy-back prices are regional, and Florida is a steady, slightly-above-average market. Three things keep Florida demand firm year-round:
- Produce and citrus packing pull heavy pallet volume through the winter and spring seasons.
- Port export traffic through Port Miami, Port Everglades, and JAXPORT keeps demand for reusable ISPM-15 heat-treated pallets high.
- Hurricane-season distribution spikes pallet movement for water, supplies, and building materials.
How Selling to Florida Pallet Supply Works
- Minimum: 250 pallets per load, single size only.
- Best rate: full single-size truckloads (~500 to 560 stacked 48x40 in a 53-ft van).
- Pickup: statewide, lowest cost when it rides a backhaul on an outbound delivery.
- Payment: fast, against the confirmed graded count. No listing fees or commissions.
- Quote speed: tell us what you have and we return a firm per-pallet rate.
Do You Have Enough Pallets to Sell? What Buyers Require Before a Truck Rolls
For most national buyers the threshold is a full truckload, and Kamps states it plainly: it buys "by the truckload," which it defines as "400 or more at one time," with a lower bar of at least 100 for large custom-sized pallets. Our own minimum, stated further up this page, is 250 per load, single size. That gap is the useful part. A minimum is not a judgment about your pallets; it is arithmetic about a truck. The table below sets out what the national buyers publish, why each requirement exists, and what to do when your stack is under it.
Table 3 - Published buyer requirements for a pallet load, and what to do when you are under them, verified 2 September 2026
| Requirement | What the buyers publish | Why it exists | What to do if you are under it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truckload minimum | Kamps: "We buy pallets by the truckload. Typically, this means 400 or more at one time." | One truck costs a buyer the same to dispatch for 200 pallets as for 500, so the minimum is where the round trip starts paying for itself. | Our stated minimum on this page is 250 per load, single size. If you are under it, the answer is usually a schedule, not a no. |
| Odd-size exception | Kamps: interested "if you have at least 100 large, custom-sized pallets". | Non-standard footprints are scarce, so a much smaller quantity still clears the freight math. | Count your odd sizes as their own load before you conclude you are short. A 120-pallet stack of 48x48 is not the same offer as 120 mixed 48x40. |
| Single-size sorting | Our own requirement on this page: single size only, per load. | A mixed trailer has to be broken down and re-sorted at the yard before anything can be graded, and that labour comes out of the per-pallet rate. | Sort at your stack while the pallets are already being handled. Sorting is nearly free where they sit and expensive after they move. |
| Sizes actually bought | Kamps lists 36x36 2-way, 48x40 4-way, 48x45 4-way and 48x48 in 2-way and 4-way as the sizes it especially seeks, and also purchases 30x30, 32x30, 42x42, 42x48, 48x42 and 48x44. | Demand follows what the buyer can resell, not what is stacked in your yard. | Measure the footprint and check the entry type rather than judging by eye. A 48x45 and a 48x40 look alike across a yard and do not price alike. |
| Materials that are not bought | Kamps will not buy, or charges disposal fees for: "Plywood, Laminate, Particle Board, Inca / Pressboard Pallets, Medium Density Fiberboard, Luan (Lauan), Oriented Strand Board (OSB), Paper, Plastic, Cardboard, or any painted, stained, or pressure-treated wood." | These have no resale market and cost the buyer money to dispose of, so they arrive as a deduction rather than as volume. | Pull them before the truck comes. Adding them to make a count is the one move that reliably lowers a settlement instead of raising it. |
| How the load gets collected | Kamps runs three published routes: a scheduled pallet pickup program, drop-off at a local plant, and drop trailers placed at high-volume sites. 48forty likewise places on-site trailers and swaps them when full. | The collection mode, not the stack size on any given day, is what decides whether a slow generator can sell at all. | If you produce steadily but slowly, a parked trailer converts weeks of under-minimum stacking into one qualifying load. |
| Whether a buyer can economically reach you | 48forty publishes 45 company-owned and operated facilities plus over 180 affiliates, running a fleet of 4,500 trailers and nearing 300 power units. | Network density decides the freight leg, and the freight leg decides whether a small load is worth quoting at all. | Distance from the nearest yard moves your realistic rate more than the headline per-pallet number does. Ask where the truck is coming from. |
| Delivering instead of waiting | Kamps publishes yard drop-off as a standing option: scheduled drops at local plants. | Delivering removes the collection cost that makes a small load uneconomic for the buyer. | If you have a trailer or a flatbed and a yard within reach, hauling 200 pallets in can beat waiting three months to reach a pickup minimum. |
Sources: Kamps Pallets, "We Buy Pallets" buying page (truckload definition, custom-size threshold, purchased sizes, excluded materials, pickup and drop-trailer programs); 48forty Solutions, national pallet recycling company page (facility, affiliate and fleet counts). Both retrieved and quoted 2 September 2026. Kamps and 48forty are named because they publish their requirements, not because their requirements are unusual; most regional buyers apply comparable thresholds without posting them.
The load-bearing point is that a published minimum is a freight statement, and sellers read it as a rejection. The cost of sending a tractor and a 53-foot trailer to your dock is almost identical whether it leaves with 200 pallets or 500. Everything the buyer pays you comes out of what is left after that fixed cost, which is why the per-pallet rate and the load size are not two separate questions. Below a certain count the round trip stops covering itself and no rate fixes it. A seller who understands that stops asking whether their pallets are good enough and starts asking how to present a qualifying load: consolidate across sites, hold a drop trailer, combine with a neighbouring tenant, or deliver.
The argument against reading the table too literally is worth stating, because count is not always the binding constraint. A business two miles from a yard with 150 clean, single-size Grade A 48x40 pallets is often an easier load to buy than one 180 miles out with 400 mixed cores, half of them painted. Distance, sort quality and size consistency each move the economics as hard as raw count does, which is precisely why every buyer in the table publishes a number and then invites contact anyway. Do not self-disqualify on the count alone. Tell a buyer what you actually have, in one line: how many, what size, what grade, whether they are sorted, and where they are. Those five facts are enough for anyone in this business to tell you within a day whether a truck is worth sending. You can send exactly that through the Florida Pallet Supply intake form, and it is also worth reading live load versus drop trailer first if your stack builds slowly.
Frequently Asked Questions
As of July 2026 we pay about $6.50 to $9.00 for a sound Grade A 48x40 in Florida, $3 to $6 for Grade B, and $1 to $3 for damaged core. Florida sits at or slightly above the national average. Exact rate depends on grade, size uniformity, volume, and pickup location.
Yes, across Florida, from Miami and Orlando to Tampa, Jacksonville, and the Panhandle. Pickup is lowest cost when it rides a backhaul on one of our delivery routes. Submit location, size, grade mix, and quantity and we route the pickup.
48x40 GMA (most in demand), 48x48, 42x42, block pallets, and select custom sizes by spec. Reusable ISPM-15 heat-treated pallets earn a premium, which matters for Florida exporters. We prioritize single-size, sorted loads; mixed or contaminated loads are quoted separately.
250 pallets per load, single size only. A full single-size truckload (~500 to 560 stacked 48x40 in a 53-ft van) earns the best per-pallet rate.
We confirm a rate before pickup, grade the load on arrival, and pay against the confirmed count. No listing fees or commissions; the quoted rate is what you receive per qualifying pallet.