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Shopping Carts in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Shopping carts help shoppers transport their items through a store and to the cash register. Buyers of shopping carts range from grocery stores, warehouse clubs and supercenters to consumer electronics stores and home improvement stores.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Shopping Carts procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Shopping Carts market in the United States includes Standard Metal-Wire Shopping Carts, Standard Plastic Shopping Carts, Heavy-Duty Shopping Carts, Express Shopping Carts and Two-Tier Shopping Cart. Standard coding in this coverage includes HS-8716805090-Vehicles Not Mechanically Propelled, Nesoi, ISIC-3099-Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c., NACE-30.99-Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment N.E.C., NAICS-331222-Steel wire drawing and UNSPSC-24101501-Carts.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Shopping Carts procurement coverage includes Heavy Duty Cart (A flat, metal bed with a handle and wheels used to transport particularly large and heavy items.), Express Cart (A shopping cart with up to two, relatively short-length baskets stacked one on top of the other.), Caster (A single, double or compound wheel that is mounted to the bottom of a shopping cart to enable it to be mobile.) and Cart Corral (An object that is designed to hold shopping carts, typically placed in the parking lot of a retail establishment.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Shopping Carts procurement report as suppliers are Americana Companies Inc., the Peggs Company Inc., R.W. Rogers Company, Versacart Systems Inc. and National Cart Company.
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Shopping Carts market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per cart, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Shopping Carts market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Shopping Carts procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Shopping Carts market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Shopping Carts market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Shopping Carts?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Shopping Carts is $212 per cart. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 2.12 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Shopping Carts market?
The top vendors in the Shopping Carts market include Americana Companies Inc., the Peggs Company Inc., R.W. Rogers Company, Versacart Systems Inc. and National Cart Company.
What industries supply the Shopping Carts market?
The top industries supplying the Shopping Carts market are Manufacturing in the US, Rubber Product Manufacturing in the US, Plastic Pipe & Parts Manufacturing in the US, Gasoline & Petroleum Wholesaling in the US, Screw, Nut & Bolt Manufacturing in the US, Nonferrous Metal Rolling & Alloying in the US, Steel Rolling & Drawing in the US and Iron & Steel Manufacturing in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Shopping Carts?
High market concentration limits price competition and elevates supplier control. With a high concentration of suppliers, the shopping cart market is dominated by a few major manufacturers that dictate pricing and terms. This limits buyers' ability to negotiate cost reductions, particularly during periods of raw material inflation. Buyers should leverage volume-based contracts, diversify across secondary or regional producers where feasible, and include clauses that tie pricing adjustments to steel indices to offset volatility and strengthen long-term cost predictability.
What factors affect the price of Shopping Carts?
Material type significantly affects the pricing of shopping carts due to differences in durability and production cost. For instance, metal-wire and heavy-duty carts are typically priced higher than plastic ones because they offer superior longevity and load-bearing capacity.
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