How Much Do Custom Hoodies Cost?

How much do custom hoodies cost? It depends less on your logo than on the hoodie and the order around it. A 10 oz heavyweight blank costs more than an 8 oz midweight, embroidery is priced by stitch count while screen printing is priced by ink color, and every extra placement (sleeve, hood, back) is another decoration. Quantity does the rest. Our published setup fees are one-time per design: $35 to digitize for embroidery and none for DTF, with screen-print setup (for orders of 100+ pieces) quoted with the order, so the price per hoodie drops as the order grows.

This guide breaks down each of those factors, shows how setup fees spread across 1, 12, 48 and 100 hoodies, and explains where you can save without ending up with a hoodie nobody wants to wear. When you're ready, start a hoodie design and see it in our 3D Custom Designer, or request a bulk quote for 100+ pieces.

Hoodie Costs at a Glance

Every quote for a decorated hoodie is built from the same parts. Once you can see them, comparing quotes gets much easier.

Cost component	What drives it	How we charge it
Blank hoodie	Fabric weight, blend, brand, style, size and color	None
Decoration	Method, design size, ink colors or stitch count	Priced per piece
Setup	Screens for screen printing, a stitch file for embroidery	Quoted with 100+ piece orders (screen printing), $35 per design (embroidery), $0 (DTF)
Extra placements	Each added location: back, sleeve, hood	Priced per piece
Personalization	Individual names or numbers	Priced per piece
Rush production (optional)	A tight in-hand date	Rush fee quoted with your order
Shipping or pickup	Order size and delivery address	Shown with your quote; Orlando-metro customers can pick up at our Orlando-area warehouse

Live prices for each hoodie are on its product page. This guide explains what sits behind those numbers and the quote you'll get for your design.

Two quotes with the same logo can land far apart because one uses a basic 50/50 pullover with a one-color chest print and the other uses a heavyweight zip-up with a four-color front and a back print. Neither is wrong. They're different products.

Blank, Method, Colors, Quantity: What Moves the Price

The blank hoodie

The blank is often the largest single part of the price. Four things set its cost: - Weight and blend. A midweight 50/50 cotton-poly fleece (about 7.5 to 9 oz) is the budget workhorse. Heavyweight cotton-rich fleece (10 oz and up), organic cotton and premium French terry cost more to make, so they cost more to buy. - Style. A full-zip usually costs more than the same hoodie as a pullover, because of the zipper and extra sewing. - Size. Most blank makers charge more for 2XL and up, since the garment uses more fabric. Youth sizes are often a little cheaper. - Brand and color. Fashion and retail-brand blanks carry a premium, and specialty colors sometimes cost more than core colors like black, navy and heather gray.

For a deeper look at fabric, seams and fit, read our guide to choosing a quality hoodie blank.

The decoration method

Screen printing, DTF, DTG, sublimation and embroidery each price differently. Screen printing has setup per color but a low cost per extra piece. DTF skips setup but costs more per print (so does DTG, which we don't offer). Embroidery is priced by stitch count, not color. The sections below cover each in detail.

Colors and stitches

In screen printing, each ink color needs its own screen and its own pass on the press, so a four-color design costs more than a one-color design at every quantity. In embroidery, the color count barely matters, but the stitch count does. DTF prints full color at no extra cost per color; size is what moves its price.

Placements

Each location is decorated separately, so a chest logo plus a back print is two decorations, not one. Sleeves, hoods and back-neck marks each add a little more.

Quantity

One-time setup gets shared by every hoodie in the order, and production runs more efficiently when the same design repeats. Both push the per-piece price down as quantity goes up.

What Custom Printed Hoodies Cost: Screen Print vs. DTF

Printing is the most common way to decorate a hoodie, and the method you choose decides the shape of your quote.

Screen printing

Screen printing has a one-time setup fee for each color in the design; with us, it's for orders of 100+ pieces and quoted with your order. After that, each hoodie costs relatively little to print, because the screens are already made. That makes it the value pick for bold, simple artwork across a larger order.

What raises the cost: - More ink colors. A four-color design means four screens to set up and four passes per hoodie. - Dark garments. Bright colors on a black or navy hoodie take more planning to stay vivid. On dark garments, your preview and quote show exactly how the design prints, and a white base layer never adds to screen-print setup. - A changed design. New artwork or ink colors for part of the order need their own setup; the same design printed at youth and adult sizes doesn't.

DTF (direct to film)

DTF prints your design onto a film that's heat-pressed onto the hoodie. There's no setup fee, and full color, gradients and photos cost no more than a single color. The price follows print size: a 4-inch chest print costs less than a 12-inch back print. DTF works on cotton, polyester and blends, light or dark.

DTG and sublimation

DTG (direct to garment), which we don't offer, typically has no setup fee and suits full-color art on cotton-rich hoodies. On dark hoodies, it needs a pretreatment and a white ink layer, so a DTG print on black usually costs more than the same print on white. Sublimation dyes the design into light, polyester-rich fabric and it's usually quoted per job, since it often covers far more of the garment than a standard print. We don't offer sublimation; we print with DTF.

Which one is cheaper?

For a one- or two-color design, screen printing usually becomes cheaper per piece once the order reaches a few dozen hoodies (we screen print orders of 100+), because the setup is spread thin and each print is fast. For full-color art, small orders or designs with many colors, DTF often stays the better value. Compare the methods in detail in screen printing vs DTF costs, or see printed hoodie pricing on the styles we decorate.

Embroidered Hoodie Costs and Stitch Counts

Embroidery is priced by machine time, and machine time comes down to stitches. Color count matters very little.

Placement on a hoodie	Typical size	Approximate stitch count
Name or short text on a sleeve	3–3.5 in. wide	1,000–3,000
Hood side or back-neck mark	2–3 in. wide	2,000–5,000
Left-chest logo	3.5–4 in. wide	5,000–10,000
Center-chest design	8–10 in. wide	15,000–30,000
Full back	10–12 in. wide	30,000–60,000+

Solid filled shapes use far more stitches than outlines or lettering of the same size, so a small, dense logo can cost more than a larger, open one. Fleece adds its own needs, too: a topping layer keeps stitches sitting on top of the fleece instead of sinking into it.

Setup is a one-time $35 digitizing fee per design, which covers turning your artwork into a stitch file. After it's paid, you can download the file from your account, and reorders of the same design don't pay it again, even on a different product. Only a changed design needs new setup.

For raised lettering, 3D puff embroidery stitches over a foam layer so the design stands up off the fabric. It suits bold letters and simple shapes on structured cap fronts rather than fine detail, and we offer it on hats only, not hoodies.

Big back embroidery is where costs climb fastest. A 12-inch stitched design is slow to sew and makes fleece stiff and heavy, so large back designs usually go on a printed hoodie, while embroidered hoodies keep the stitching to the chest, sleeve or hood. See embroidered hoodie pricing on our stitched styles, or read how embroidery is priced across every garment.

Where Bulk Price Breaks Happen

There's no single magic number where hoodies suddenly get cheap. The per-piece cost slides down steadily as quantity grows, with the steepest drop in the first dozen pieces for methods with setup fees.

Here's how the one-time setup fees divide across an order. These figures are the setup share per hoodie only, not hoodie prices:

Hoodies ordered	1-color screen print (100+ pieces only)	3-color screen print (100+ pieces only)	Embroidery ($35 digitizing)	DTF
1	Not offered under 100 (DTF instead)	Not offered under 100 (DTF instead)	$35.00	$0
12	Not offered under 100 (DTF instead)	Not offered under 100 (DTF instead)	about $2.92	$0
48	Not offered under 100 (DTF instead)	Not offered under 100 (DTF instead)	about $0.73	$0
100	Setup quoted, shared by 100	Setup quoted, shared by 100	$0.35	$0

The blank and the decoration are priced on top of this, and both usually ease with volume as well. Notice the pattern: a three-color screen print's setup would weigh heavily on 1 piece but barely register at 100, while DTF has no setup to spread at any quantity. That's why DTF suits small orders and screen printing suits large ones.

Sizes don't split your quantity. A run of 48 hoodies in sizes S through 3XL shares one set of setup fees, because the design is the same. Changing the design or the ink colors for part of the order is what adds setup.

Fees to Ask About: Setup, Digitizing and Rush

Whoever decorates your hoodies, ask these questions before you compare quotes:

• Is there a setup or screen fee, and is it per color or per design? Ours: nothing for DTF, and screen-print setup for orders of 100+ pieces is quoted with the order, charged once per design and never again on reorders.
• Is there a digitizing fee, and do I own the file? Ours: $35 one time per design, and you can download the file from your account.
• Do extended sizes cost more? Usually yes, because the blank costs more.
• What does each extra placement add? Every location is a separate decoration.
• Do personalized names or numbers add cost? Individual text is decorated piece by piece, so expect a per-piece charge.
• Does a dark hoodie change the price? Not in setup. A white base layer never adds to screen-print setup, and DTF has no setup fee at all. Your preview and quote show exactly how the design prints.
• Is rush production available, and what does it cost? Ours: yes. Rush orders are available, and the rush fee is quoted with your order.
• What does shipping cost, and can I pick up? Shipping depends on order size and destination. Orlando-metro customers can pick up at our Orlando-area warehouse instead.

Tell us your in-hand date when you request a quote. If it's tight, we'll quote rush production alongside the standard option so you can choose. Every design is also previewed before production, in our 3D Custom Designer or, for 100+ pieces, as a free mockup, so the price and the design are both settled up front.

Ways to Get Branded Hoodies for Less

Most savings come from design and planning decisions, not from chasing the cheapest blank.

1. Cut ink colors. Going from four colors to two saves two screens of setup and two press passes per hoodie.
2. Let the hoodie color work for you. A white logo on a navy hoodie can be one color instead of two.
3. Choose one hero placement. A strong chest logo or a big back print often looks better than four small placements.
4. Right-size embroidery. A 3-inch left-chest logo instead of 4 inches trims thousands of stitches.
5. Match the method to the design. Stitch small chest logos, and choose a printed hoodie when the design needs a big back, instead of paying for a stitched back.
6. Pick a midweight blank for events. Save heavyweight fleece for retail merch and gifts people will keep for years.
7. Order once instead of three times. Collecting all sizes before you order shares setup across the whole group.
8. Stick with one logo. Reorders of the same design skip the $35 digitizing fee and screen-print setup alike, so keeping one branded logo across seasons saves money every time you restock.

If you're tempted to do it yourself with a heat press and vinyl, compare the cost of equipment, materials and mistakes first. Our guide to making a hoodie from scratch walks through the DIY and professional routes side by side.

What One Personalized Hoodie Costs

A single personalized hoodie, such as a gift with a name, a pet portrait or a photo, costs more per piece than a group order. Any setup fee lands on one hoodie instead of being shared, and the job still needs proofing, setup and handling.

You can keep a one-off reasonable: - Choose DTF. With no setup fee, a full-color photo or design on one hoodie carries no setup cost at all. - Use embroidery for small text. A name or monogram is a low stitch count: $10 per item, or a one-time $35 when the same lettering goes on 4 or more pieces, so matching family hoodies stay affordable later too. - Skip screen printing for one piece. The per-color setup makes it the most expensive way to decorate a single hoodie, which is why we screen print only orders of 100+ pieces. - Keep to one or two placements. A front design plus a name on the sleeve is plenty for most gifts.

How to Get an Accurate Quote

So, how much do custom hoodies cost for your project? The quickest way to an exact number is to send everything that affects price in one message: 1. Hoodie style and color, or your budget so we can suggest a blank 2. Quantity, split by size (youth and adult) 3. Your artwork, ideally an SVG or PDF file; a high-resolution PNG or JPG is accepted, and AI and EPS files can be sent with a bulk quote 4. Each placement and its approximate size 5. Any personalized names or numbers, as a list 6. Your in-hand date, and whether you need rush production

There's no minimum, so you can quote one hoodie or several hundred. Every order can ship anywhere in the US, or Orlando-metro customers can pick up at our Orlando-area warehouse. Planning a group order? See bulk hoodie pricing for the styles and methods that keep the per-piece cost lowest.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do custom printed hoodies cost?

It depends on the blank, the print method, the print size and colors, the number of placements and the quantity. Setup is the clearest difference between methods: screen printing carries a one-time setup per color (on orders of 100+ pieces), while DTF has no setup fee. For full-color art or small orders, DTF is usually the better value; for simple designs on 100+ pieces, screen printing usually wins.

Is embroidery more expensive than printing?

Not always. Embroidery has a one-time $35 digitizing fee per design, while a three-color screen print needs three screens set up. On small multi-color logos and short runs, embroidery can cost less. Large designs are a different story: a full-back stitch can run 30,000 stitches or more, so big back designs are almost always cheaper to print.

Why does a single hoodie cost so much more per piece?

Because the fixed work behind any order, such as proofing, setup and handling, falls on one garment instead of being shared. With screen printing, the whole per-color setup fee would land on that one hoodie, which is why we screen print only orders of 100+. Choosing DTF, which has no setup fee, is the most economical way to order a single decorated hoodie.

How many hoodies do I need for a discount?

There's no fixed threshold. The per-piece cost falls steadily as quantity rises, with the biggest drop in the first dozen pieces for screen printing and embroidery. For example, a $35 digitizing fee adds about $2.92 per hoodie at 12 pieces and about $0.73 at 48. Request quotes at two quantities to see the difference for your design.

Do bigger sizes cost more?

Usually, yes. Most hoodie blanks cost more from 2XL up because they use more fabric, so the per-piece price for those sizes is a little higher. Decoration and setup don't change with size, and a smaller version of the same design for youth sizes adds no new setup. Your quote lists the price for each size in your order.