40-foot standard box
25 pallets
21 pallets
Reference
Pallet sizes and how they fill a box
A pallet is a flat platform, most often wood, that cargo sits on in a warehouse and in freight. Each row gives the size, the floor it leaves empty, and where that size is common.
Euro pallets on a container floor
Two deck sizes in each box: 1200 × 800 mm on top, 1200 × 1000 mm below. The count is how many stand on the floor.
40-foot pallet-wide box, 2.5 m
25 pallets
24 pallets
45-foot standard box
27 pallets
24 pallets
45-foot pallet-wide box, 2.5 m
33 pallets
26 pallets
Sizes by region
Pick a standard. The figures in the table stay in inches and millimetres.
Size
Width × length, inches
Size
Width × length, mm
Empty floor
inside a 40-foot box
Where it is common
40 in × 48 in
800 mm × 1200 mm
3.7%
North America
39.37 in × 47.24 in
1000 mm × 1200 mm
6.7%
Europe and Asia
close to 40 in × 48 in
45.9 in × 45.9 in
1165 mm × 1165 mm
8.1%
Australia
42 in × 42 in
1067 mm × 1067 mm
11.5%
North America, Europe and Asia
43.3 in × 43.3 in
1100 mm × 1100 mm
14%
Asia
31.5 in × 47.24 in
800 mm × 1200 mm
15.2%
Europe
Type
Size
Width × length × height, inches
Size
Width × length × height, mm
Weight and the ISO match
EUR
EUR 1
31.50 in × 47.24 in × 5.71 in
800 mm × 1200 mm × 145 mm
ISO match, same deck as EUR.
The pallet weighs 20–25 kg.
Load weight: 2490 kg.
EUR 2
47.24 in × 39.37 in × 5.67 in
1200 mm × 1000 mm × 144 mm
ISO match. Pallet weight 33 kg.
Load weight: 1470 kg.
EUR 3
31.50 in × 47.24 in × 5.67 in
1000 mm × 1200 mm × 144 mm
The pallet weighs 29 kg.
Load weight: 1920 kg.
EUR 6
31.50 in × 23.62 in × 5.67 in
800 mm × 600 mm × 144 mm
ISO match, half a EUR deck.
The pallet weighs 9.5 kg.
Safe load: 500 kg.
23.62 in × 15.75 in
600 mm × 400 mm
A quarter of a EUR deck
15.75 in × 11.81 in
400 mm × 300 mm
An eighth of a EUR deck
Size
Width × length, inches
Size
Width × length, mm
How common
production rank
Typical cargo
40 in × 48 in
1016 mm × 1219 mm
1
Grocery and many other trades
42 in × 42 in
1067 mm × 1067 mm
2
Telecommunications and paint
48 in × 48 in
1219 mm × 1219 mm
3
Drums
48 in × 42 in
1219 mm × 1067 mm
4
Military freight and cement
40 in × 40 in
1016 mm × 1016 mm
6
Dairy
48 in × 45 in
1219 mm × 1143 mm
7
Automotive parts
44 in × 44 in
1118 mm × 1118 mm
8
Drums and chemicals
36 in × 36 in
914 mm × 914 mm
9
Drinks
48 in × 36 in
1219 mm × 914 mm
10
Drinks, roof shingles and packing paper
35 in × 45.5 in
889 mm × 1156 mm
Unknown
Military half ISO box, fits a 36 in standard door
48 in × 20 in
1219 mm × 508 mm
Unknown
Retail
Size
Width × length, inches
Size
Width × length, mm
Typical use
45.87 in × 45.87 in
1165 mm × 1165 mm
Warehouse storage