How many sofas fit in a 20ft container?
A 20ft container fits 8–12 standard sofas. Barely worth the shipping cost for assembled furniture.
8–12
3-seater sofas in retail packaging
- 3-seater (boxed)
- 8–12 sofas
- Flat-pack
- 20–30 sofas
- Total weight
- ~600 kg
- Container volume
- 33.1 m³
Economics
12 sofas in a 20ft container means $80–150 in shipping per sofa (depending on route). For a $500 sofa, that's 15–30% of the price — significant. This is why most furniture imports use 40ft HC containers.
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