Cold Room Price Guide: Costs and Types Explained
Before evaluating the cost of a cold room, it is essential to understand the type you need. Cold storage solutions differ in design, temperature range, and application, and each type has a different price structure.
Choosing the right type ensures accurate budgeting and prevents overspending on features that may not be necessary for your operation.
Key Pricing Factors for Cold Room
Two main factors determine the cost of a cold room:
- Volume– Larger cold rooms reduce the cost per unit of storage. As capacity increases, the overall unit cost becomes more economical.
- Temperature– Lower temperature requirements increase equipment and energy costs. For example, deep-freeze rooms are more expensive than standard preservation cold rooms.
Example Cold Room Price Ranges
Cold room pricing varies significantly by size. Below are the typical cost ranges (converted from RMB to USD at a rate of 7:1).
Small Cold Rooms (15–100 m³)
- Price:1000–400 RMB/m³ ≈ $143–$57/m³
- Example:15 m³ ≈ 12,000 RMB ($1,714), 100 m³ ≈ 40,000 RMB ($5,714)
Medium Cold Rooms (500–1000 m³)
- Price: 240–250 RMB/m² ≈ $34–$36/m²
- Example:500 m³ ≈ 140,000 RMB ($20,000)
Large Cold Rooms (5000 m³)
- Price:200–220 RMB/m² ≈ $29–$31/m²
- Example:5,000 m³ ≈ 1,000,000–1,100,000 RMB ($143,000–$157,000)
Cold Room Types by Temperature
Cold rooms are classified based on operating temperature, with costs varying accordingly:
- 0°C Fresh-Keeping Rooms– 700–1200 RMB/m² (≈ $100–$171/m²)
Suitable for fruits, vegetables, dairy, and short-term storage. - -18°C Low-Temperature Rooms– 800–1300 RMB/m² (≈ $114–$186/m²)
Designed for the preservation of frozen meat, seafood, and long-term storage. - -25°C Quick-Freezing Rooms– 3000–7000 RMB/m² (≈ $429–$1,000/m²)
Used for rapid freezing of meat, fish, and processed food products.
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Price for Scroll Compressor Cold Room
WD7 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: -18℃
- Product temperature: -10℃
- Daily purchase volume 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 12-1466m³/12-1180m³/11-967m³/10-772m³
- Storage capacity: 2.41-293.10T/2.31-235.95T/2.15-154.72T/2-123.57T
- Price range: 1548USD/12m³, 73300USD/1466m³
WD9 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: -18℃
- Product temperature: -10℃
- Daily purchase volume 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 34-1366m³/31-1101m³/27-904m³/23-715m³
- Storage capacity: 6.71-273.12T/6.29-220.23T/5.37-144.61T/4.66-114.46T
- Price range: 2990USD/23m³, 68300USD/1366m³
WG8 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: 0℃
- Product temperature: +25℃
- Daily purchase volume: 5%/10%/15%/20%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 100mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.3
- Storage volume: 32-1001m³/24-820m³/20-633m³/17-480m³
- Storage capacity: 5.67-173.03T/4.26-114.83T/3.44-88.59T/2.94-75.52T
- Price range: 3680USD/32m³, 115115USD/1001m³
WG10 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: 0℃
- Product temperature: +25℃
- Daily purchase volume: 5%/10%/15%/20%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 100mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.3
- Storage volume: 22-1001m³/17-771m³/14-597m³/12-455m³
- Storage capacity: 3.92-159.92T/3.01-107.93T/2.43-83.57T/2.09-71.64T
- Price range: 1380USD/12m³, 115115USD/1001m³
WH5 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: +2℃
- Product temperature: +25℃
- Daily purchase volume: 5%/10%/15%/20%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 100mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.3
- Storage volume: 43-1340m³/35-1032m³/30-1000m³/26-856m³
- Storage capacity: 3.92-123.27T/3.19-94.98T/2.71-73.63T/2.39-63T
- Price range: 2990USD/26m³, 154100USD/1340m³
WKD9 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: -18℃
- Product temperature: -10℃
- Daily purchase volume: 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 34-405m³/31-355m³/27-281m³/23-224m³
- Storage capacity: 6.71-72.98T/6.29-63.85T/5.37-50.49T/4.66-40.24T
- Price range: 4420USD/34m³, 52650USD/405m³
WKG10 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: 0℃
- Product temperature: +25℃
- Daily purchase volume: 5%/10%/15%/20%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 100mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.3
- Storage volume: 44-421m³/33-297m³/27-228m³/22-187m³
- Storage capacity: 7.67-66.27T/5.76-46.82T/4.65-35.94T/3.89-29.41T
- Price range: 5060USD/44m³, 48415USD/421m³
WC6 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: -25℃
- Product temperature: -18℃
- Daily purchase volume: 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 6-908m³/6-772m³/6-621m³/5-464m³
- Storage capacity: 1.44-170.76T/1.4-145.13T/1.32-116.69T/1.25-98.04T
- Price range: 900USD/6m³, 136200USD/908m³
WC8 Integrated Cold Storage
- Cold storage temperature: -25℃
- Product temperature: -18℃
- Daily purchase volume: 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 10-856m³/9-716m³/9-574m³/8-439m³
- Storage capacity: 2.24-160.84T/2.17-134.53T/2.04-107.95T/1.93-92.75T
- Price range: 1500USD/10m³, 128400USD/856m³
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Price for Piston Compressor Cold Room
- Cold storage temperature: 0℃
- Product temperature: +25℃
- Daily purchase volume: 5%/10%/15%/20%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 100mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.3
- Storage volume: 144-1284m³/105-1000m³/76-819m³/62-665m³
- Storage capacity: 22.62-224.77T/16.56-140.06T/13.35-114.59T/10.9-93.12T
- Price: 16560USD/144m³, 147660USD/1284m³
- Cold storage temperature: 0℃
- Product temperature: +25℃
- Daily purchase volume: 5%/10%/15%/20%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 100mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.3
- Storage volume: 143-1107m³/104-914m³/76-704m³/62-575m³
- Storage capacity: 22.49-193.79T/16.36-127.99T/13.28-98.62T/10.84-80.55T
- Price: 16445USD/143m³, 127305USD/1107m³
HD7 Integrated Cold Storage- Cold storage temperature: -18℃
- Product temperature: -10℃
- Daily purchase volume: 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 183-2402m³/165-1954m³/135-1387m³/114-1086m³
- Storage capacity: 32.92-528.47T/29.69-390.78T/24.34-277.34T/20.51-217.12T
- Price: 23790USD/183m³, 312260USD/2402m³
HD9 Integrated Cold Storage- Cold storage temperature: -18℃
- Product temperature: -10℃
- Daily purchase volume: 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 161-2149m³/142-1762m³/116-1254m³/93-1000m³
- Storage capacity: 28.95-472.73T/25.47-352.42T/20.85-250.85T/18.53-160.07T
- Price: 20930USD/161m³, 279370USD/2149m³
HC6 Integrated Cold Storage- Cold storage temperature: -25℃
- Product temperature: -18℃
- Daily purchase volume: 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 84-1367m³/72-1139m³/64-960m³/58-785m³
- Storage capacity: 19.69-321.19T/16.89-267.66T/15.02-180.49T/13.54-147.59T
- Price: 12600USD/84m³, 205050USD/1367m³
HC8 Integrated Cold Storage- Cold storage temperature: -25℃
- Product temperature: -18℃
- Daily purchase volume: 2.5%/5%/10%/15%
- Cold storage insulation board thickness: 150mm
- Heat transfer coefficient: 0.2
- Storage volume: 71-1192m³/66-1016m³/59-858m³/53-695m³
- Storage capacity: 16.64-280.22T/15.61-238.77T/13.90-161.38T/12.54-130.68T
- Price: 25650USD/71m³, 178800USD/1192m³
Your Right One-stop Solutions for Cold Room
We offer cold room panels in thicknesses of 100 mm, 150 mm, and 200 mm, suitable for small, medium, and large cold rooms.
Cold room door types include hinged cold room doors, double-hinged cold room doors, sliding cold room doors, and high-speed cold room doors, among others.
Documents for Commercial Cold Room
- Refrigeration Unit Catalog PDF
Check Miracle Refrigeration Unit PDF(condensing unit and evaporator)
Parts for Cold Room
How Much Does a Cold Room Cost?
| Cold storage temperature -18℃ Size(mm): L20000*W10000*H3800 | |||||
| Description | Unit | Quantity | Unit price | Total price(USD) | |
| Cold room panel | 100mm Polyurethane board, double-sided color steel plate 0.4mm | m³ | 628 | 130 | 12560 |
| Density 40KG/m³, flame retardant | |||||
| Cold room floor | XPS high-density extruded board, 50mm*3 | m³ | 200 | 75 | 2308 |
| Cold room door | 100mm polyurethane insulation, W1500MM*H2500MM, manual sliding door | Unit | 1 | 4900 | 754 |
| Beam | Channel steel | Unit | 1 | 4500 | 693 |
| Air curtain | TM125-1500 | Unit | 1 | 1200 | 185 |
| Sealants and hardware | Low temperature resistant and anti-aging sealant, AB material, hardware | m³ | 628 | 10 | 966 |
| Refrigeration unit | |||||
| Condensing unit | Hanbell low-temperature screw water-cooling unit | Unit | 1 | 63975 | 9842 |
| Evaporator | DD-28.2/140 | Unit | 2 | 9375 | 2885 |
| Cooling tower | 30T cooling tower | Unit | 1 | 6600 | 1015 |
| Expansion valve | Danfoss TEX 5 | Unit | 2 | 780 | 240 |
| Stop valve | Danfoss GBC16S | Unit | 2 | 220 | 68 |
| Installation accessories | PVC pipe, Wire duct, bridge, waterproof glue | Unit | 1 | 3600 | 554 |
| Pipes | Copper pipe: φ54,φ28,φ22,φ16 | Set | 1 | 5200 | 800 |
| Pipe fittings | Tee, elbow, plug, reducer | Set | 1 | 1200 | 185 |
| Refrigerant | R22 WEITRON | Bucket | 6 | 800 | 738 |
| Installation supplies | Solder, hardware,etc | Set | 1 | 1600 | 246 |
| Pipe insulation | Pipe insulation(PE fire protection) | M | 30 | 50 | 231 |
| Temperature control | Dual temperature control | Set | 1 | 2500 | 385 |
| System wiring | Power distribution engineering | Set | 1 | 4000 | 615 |
| Lighting fixtures | Moisture-proof and explosion-proof lighting fixtures | Unit | 14 | 75 | 162 |
| Refrigeration oil | Original oil | Bottle | 1 | 3300 | 508 |
| 35940 | |||||
List of Cold Storage Prices for 0℃
| 0℃ Cold storage price | ||||||
| Serial | Room size(m³) | Panel Thickness(mm) | Condensing Unit | Air Cooler | Cold Room Door(m) | Price/m³ |
| 1 | 20 | 100 | 2HP | DD22 | 0.8*1.8 | 107-114USD |
| 2 | 30 | 100 | 3HP | DD30 | 0.8*1.8 | 92-100USD |
| 3 | 40 | 100 | 3HP | DD30 | 0.8*1.8 | 74-78USD |
| 4 | 50 | 100 | 4HP | DD40 | 0.8*1.8 | 64-68USD |
| 5 | 60 | 100 | 4HP | DD40 | 1*1.8 | 61-64USD |
| 6 | 70 | 100 | 5HP | DD60 | 1*1.8 | 61-64USD |
| 7 | 80 | 100 | 5HP | DD60 | 1.2*1.8 | 54-60USD |
| 8 | 90 | 100 | 6HP | DD60 | 1.2*1.8 | 50-55USD |
| 9 | 100 | 100 | 6HP | DD80 | 1.2*1.8 | 48-54USD |
| 10 | 150 | 100 | 8HP | DD80 | 1.5*1.8 | 48-54USD |
| 11 | 300 | 100 | 12HP | DD120 | 1.5*1.8 | 42-47USD |
| 12 | 600 | 100 | 20HP | DD120*2 | 2*2.5 | 32-40USD |
| 13 | 1000 | 100 | 30HP | DD160*2 | 2*2.5*2 | 14-32USD |
List of Cold Storage Prices for -18℃
| -18℃ Cold storage price | ||||||
| Serial | Room size(m³) | Panel Thickness(mm) | Condensing Unit | Air Cooler | Cold Room Door(m) | Price/m³ |
| 1 | 20 | 150 | 3HP | DD30 | 0.8*1.8 | 125-129USD |
| 2 | 30 | 150 | 4HP | DD40 | 0.8*1.8 | 95-99USD |
| 3 | 40 | 150 | 5HP | DD60 | 0.8*1.8 | 80-85USD |
| 4 | 50 | 150 | 6HP | DD60 | 0.8*1.8 | 71-80USD |
| 5 | 60 | 150 | 6HP | DD80 | 1*1.8 | 67-72USD |
| 6 | 70 | 150 | 6HP | DD80 | 1*1.8 | 74-80USD |
| 7 | 80 | 150 | 8HP | DD100 | 1.2*1.8 | 70-73USD |
| 8 | 90 | 150 | 8HP | DD100 | 1.2*1.8 | 63-69USD |
| 9 | 100 | 150 | 8HP | DD100 | 1.2*1.8 | 54-62USD |
| 10 | 150 | 150 | 12HP | DD140 | 1.5*1.8 | 52-54USD |
| 11 | 300 | 150 | 20HP | DD120*2 | 1.5*1.8 | 43-50USD |
Cold Room Application
Cold Room Price Guide: Key Factors Explained
Complete Cold Room & Refrigeration Solutions
Miracle is a professional one-stop supplier for cold room systems. We deliver comprehensive solutions for both commercial cold rooms and walk-in refrigeration, designed to meet the diverse requirements of various industries.
What are the Top Factors Affecting Cold Room Price?
- Size & Capacity– Larger cold rooms reduce cost per unit volume, while smaller units often have higher costs.
- Insulation Material & Thickness– Better insulation and thicker panels increase upfront cost but also reduce long-term energy expenses.
- Temperature Range & Control– Ultra-low temperature and precise control systems require more advanced and costly equipment.
- Refrigeration Unit Brand & Type– Premium or imported brands, as well as split/self-contained units, influence both price and reliability.
- Customization & Special Features– Specialized features, such as glass doors, monitoring systems, or dual-use (cooler/freezer) designs, can also increase costs.
- Installation & Location– Remote sites, limited access, or strict local compliance standards can increase installation expenses.
- Energy Efficiency & Operational Costs– High-efficiency units require a higher initial investment but offer lower operating costs over time.
Additional Costs to Consider in Cold Room Projects
- Delivery and Setup Fees– Transportation to the site and professional installation can significantly affect the final cost. These expenses vary depending on location and project complexity.
- Electrical and Infrastructure Adjustments– Cold rooms often require additional electrical capacity, reinforced flooring, or structural modifications.
- Maintenance and Spare Parts– Regular servicing and the availability of replacement parts influence long-term costs.
- Temperature Monitoring Systems or Alarms (Optional)– Advanced monitoring enhances safety and compliance, but it also increases the upfront investment.
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