Home Depot Moving Boxes and What Each Size Costs
Home Depot moving boxes cost $1.28 to $3.48 each in the five standard sizes, from extra small to extra large, at homedepot.com list prices from 2025 and 2026.
Wardrobe boxes with a hanging bar start at $10.98. Delivered moving kits run from $65.98 for a closet kit to $534.98 for a 4+ bedroom house.
Your store’s shelf price can differ. Unused boxes go back to any Home Depot store with the receipt, within 90 days.
Moving Box Sizes and Prices
The Home Depot sells its own brand of boxes in five standard sizes. The price climbs 50 cents with each step up, until extra large adds 70 cents over large.
| Box | Size (inches) | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Extra small | 10 x 8 x 10 | $1.28 |
| Small | 17 x 11 x 11 | $1.78 |
| Medium | 20 x 16 x 15 | $2.28 |
| Large | 27 x 15 x 16 | $2.78 |
| Extra large | 24 x 20 x 20 | $3.48 |
| Wardrobe with metal bar | 24 x 24 x 34 | $10.98 |
| Tall eco wardrobe | 20 x 20 x 39 | $23.48 |
Those are the single-box prices homedepot.com showed from February to June 2026, in copies saved by the Internet Archive. The small box’s latest saved price is from August 2025.
The listings round sizes differently by about an inch. The small box is titled 16 x 10 x 12 inches but specced at 17 x 11 x 11, so measure anything that has to fit snugly.
The standard boxes share one pool of more than 22,000 reviews, averaging about 4.6 stars, and Home Depot tags the medium as its best seller in moving boxes. Heavy-duty and specialty boxes are on the moving box collection page.
Cost per Cubic Foot by Box Size
Bigger boxes cost far less for the space they hold. Working from Home Depot’s listed price and capacity, a cubic foot of extra-small box costs $2.76, while the same space in an extra large costs 60 cents.
The medium and large land 4 cents apart, at 78 and 74 cents a cubic foot. Choose between them on shape, since the large is a long 27-inch box and the medium is closer to a cube.
Weight Limits and Heavy-Duty Boxes
Every standard size from small to extra large carries the same rating of up to 65 pounds. They’re single-wall boxes, and the listings that give a board rating put it at 32 ECT (edge crush test).
So a bigger box adds space, not strength. Home Depot’s own listings point the extra small and small at books and tools, and the large and extra large at clothing, pillows and other light, bulky things.
The heavy-duty line steps up to 42 ECT board. In June 2026 the heavy-duty medium, 18 x 18 x 16 inches and rated for 80 pounds, listed at $2.38, just 10 cents more than the standard medium.
The heavy-duty small (16 x 12 x 12 inches) is rated for 85 pounds and listed at $1.56 the same month.
For books, dishes and tools, I’d pay the extra dime every time. A box rated 15 pounds higher earns its keep at the bottom of a stack.
The Home Depot’s standard boxes have a single vertical seam on one side. A homedepot.com reviewer’s February 2026 tip is to tape that seam too before you load the box.
Wardrobe and TV Boxes
The Home Depot’s basic wardrobe box measures 24 x 24 x 34 inches, has a metal hanging bar, and listed at $10.98 in April 2026.
Home Depot’s sizing rule is one wardrobe box per 2 feet of closet hanging space. By that rule, a 6-foot closet rod takes three boxes, or $32.94.
The $23.48 tall eco wardrobe (20 x 20 x 39 inches) trades the metal rod for a cardboard bar. It averages 3.8 stars against 4.1 for the basic box, and reviewers say the bar sticks out about 2 inches while long coats still crumple at the bottom.
I’d take the cheaper metal-bar box and fold anything floor-length. Adjustable TV and picture boxes round out the specialty line, in several sizes.
Home Depot Moving Kits
Home Depot’s moving kits bundle boxes with packing supplies and ship to your front door. In May 2026 they listed from $65.98 to $199.98.
| Kit | Boxes | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | 6 | $65.98 |
| Kitchen | 10 | $79.25 |
| Home office | 13 | $84.98 |
| Apartment | 30 | $99.98 |
| Universal | 53 | $199.98 |
The largest, the 4+ Bedroom House Moving Kit, listed at $534.98 in March 2026.
What the Apartment Kit Includes
The 30-box apartment kit holds 10 small, 10 medium and 10 large boxes, plus 70 sheets of packing paper, a 90-foot roll of bubble wrap, a queen or king mattress bag, two rolls of tape with a dispenser and a marker.
At the single-box prices above (10 at $1.78, 10 at $2.28 and 10 at $2.78), those 30 boxes work out to $68.40. So about $31.58 of the kit’s $99.98 covers the paper, bubble wrap, mattress bag and tape, and the kit comes to your door.
That’s a fair deal if you’d buy those supplies anyway. If you already have tape and paper, single boxes from the store come out cheaper.
The kitchen kit is the easiest one to justify. Alongside four heavy-duty medium boxes, it includes a dish packing kit, a glass divider kit and 50 feet of dish foam.
Several 2025 and 2026 kit reviewers on homedepot.com say their kits came with damaged boxes or missing pieces, such as the mattress bag, so count everything the day it arrives.
How Many Boxes You Need
Home Depot’s kits make a handy benchmark. It packs 30 boxes for an apartment or one-bedroom house, and 53 boxes, three of them wardrobe boxes, in the universal kit.
For a count built around your home, the free Home Depot moving calculator asks what kind of space you’re leaving and builds an itemized list of boxes and supplies. You can send the list to your cart for store pickup or delivery.
Returning Unused Boxes
Home Depot takes back unused moving boxes with the receipt at any of its stores. The listings give a 90-day return window.
That makes it sensible to buy a few more boxes than you expect to use and return the flat, clean extras after the move. Home Depot’s return policy covers the rest, from receipt lookups to store credit.
U-Haul makes a similar promise. Its 100% buy-back guarantee refunds unused moving supplies with a receipt at any U-Haul Center, and the U-Haul moving supplies FAQ names no deadline.
Buying Boxes in Store or Online
The boxes sell in stores and on homedepot.com, for store pickup or delivery.
Multi-packs don’t save money.
In August 2025 the 30-pack of small boxes listed at $53.40, exactly 30 times the $1.78 single price.
Price match won’t help either. Home Depot matches identical items with the same brand and model, and no other store sells The Home Depot’s own boxes. The price match rules list which competitors count.
If you’re also renting the truck, the 12-foot box truck in Home Depot’s truck rental lineup comes with a moving dolly. With a pickup or van, you’d rent the dolly separately through Home Depot tool rental. Check your store’s Home Depot hours before an early pickup, since they vary by location.
Free and Cheaper Boxes
Used boxes beat any Home Depot price. U-Haul’s company-owned centers keep a “take a box, leave a box” bin, and its FAQ tells customers to ask any associate for free boxes.
Free boxes come in mixed sizes and unknown condition, though. I’d use them for linens, pillows and toys, and buy new heavy-duty boxes for books, dishes and anything fragile.
