Independent US candle makers: price per ounce benchmark
Price per ounce across 22 independent online candle makers, taken from their public Shopify storefronts on 2026-09-27. Each store contributes one number: the median price per ounce of its available candle variants.
- Stores (N)
- 22
- Median
- $3.21/oz
- Middle 50%
- $2.79/oz – $3.91/oz
- Range
- $1.85/oz – $6.09/oz
Store median price per ounce (USD/oz). Snapshot of public prices on 2026-09-27; prices change.
Distribution
One value per store: store median price per ounce (USD/oz). Dashed lines mark the quartiles; the solid line marks the median.
| Stores (N) | 22 |
|---|---|
| Minimum | $1.85/oz |
| Lower quartile (Q1) | $2.79/oz |
| Median | $3.21/oz |
| Upper quartile (Q3) | $3.91/oz |
| Maximum | $6.09/oz |
| Interquartile range | $1.12/oz |
Ranked distribution (anonymized)
All 22 stores, lowest to highest. Store names are withheld; labels are assigned by rank and do not identify a business.
| Rank (low → high) | Store | Median price per oz | Stores priced lower | Quartile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Store 01 | $1.85/oz | 0% | Lowest 25% |
| 2 | Store 02 | $1.87/oz | 5% | Lowest 25% |
| 3 | Store 03 | $2.00/oz | 9% | Lowest 25% |
| 4 | Store 04 | $2.00/oz | 14% | Lowest 25% |
| 5 | Store 05 | $2.44/oz | 18% | Lowest 25% |
| 6 | Store 06 | $2.71/oz | 23% | Lowest 25% |
| 7 | Store 07 | $3.00/oz | 27% | 25–50% |
| 8 | Store 08 | $3.00/oz | 27% | 25–50% |
| 9 | Store 09 | $3.00/oz | 27% | 25–50% |
| 10 | Store 10 | $3.12/oz | 41% | 25–50% |
| 11 | Store 11 | $3.20/oz | 45% | 25–50% |
| 12 | Store 12 | $3.21/oz | 50% | 50–75% |
| 13 | Store 13 | $3.33/oz | 55% | 50–75% |
| 14 | Store 14 | $3.33/oz | 55% | 50–75% |
| 15 | Store 15 | $3.60/oz | 64% | 50–75% |
| 16 | Store 16 | $3.62/oz | 68% | 50–75% |
| 17 | Store 17 | $4.00/oz | 73% | Highest 25% |
| 18 | Store 18 | $4.15/oz | 77% | Highest 25% |
| 19 | Store 19 | $4.20/oz | 82% | Highest 25% |
| 20 | Store 20 | $5.42/oz | 86% | Highest 25% |
| 21 | Store 21 | $6.00/oz | 91% | Highest 25% |
| 22 | Store 22 | $6.09/oz | 95% | Highest 25% |
Method
- Source: each store's public Shopify storefront product listing (/products.json), read on 2026-09-27 (run started 14:35 UTC). No logins, private data or purchases.
- Products count as candles when the title, type or tags mention candle, jar, tin, wick, soy, coconut wax or beeswax. Excluded: wholesale, bulk, cases, sets and bundles, gift cards, wax melts and tarts, refills, accessories and non-candle goods such as soap.
- Size is read from the variant or product title in ounces (grams converted at 28.3495 g/oz); only sizes from 2 to 40 oz, available variants and prices above $0 are used.
- Per-store value: the median of price ÷ ounces across that store's matching variants.
- N = 22 stores. Two stores from the same run were excluded before any statistics: one whose parsed values were implausible (a data-parsing failure), and one outside the intended scope. Median and quartiles use linear interpolation (spreadsheet QUARTILE.INC); each store counts once.
Limitations
- A one-day snapshot (2026-09-27). Prices, promotions and availability change; the figures may already be out of date.
- Listed prices only: shipping, taxes, discounts and bundles are not reflected. Ounces are as stated by each store (usually wax weight, sometimes vessel size), so products are not perfectly comparable.
- Wax type, vessel, wick and fragrance load vary widely; price per ounce is a rough common unit, not a like-for-like comparison. Some stores also sell other goods; only their candle listings are counted.
- A convenience sample of makers with readable public Shopify storefronts, not a random or complete census. “Independent” and “US” describe how the stores present themselves; we did not audit either.
- The stores in this sample are not HireThomas customers. They did not commission, review or endorse this benchmark, and inclusion says nothing about their quality.
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