Who Makes Home Depot's HDX Storage Containers?

Serving as one of the most popular go-to establishments for both DIY enthusiasts and professional users, Home Depot offers a wide selection of tools and materials needed for every project. Known for good quality products and competitive pricing, the company sells products including cheap but useful tools for the home, and also extends beyond hardware, offering appliances, decor, furnishings, and fixtures. Among its storage and organization product range are the well-received HDX storage containers, manufactured by Kreate and Edge Plastics. They're generally considered inexpensive and durable, earning good reviews. 

Sold under Home Depot's in-house HDX brand, the containers are made from recycled polypropylene plastic; a 27-gallon HDX storage container has a 75-pound capacity, and its lid can withstand 900 pounds of stacked weight. Available in various sizes, starting from 6.5-quart mini boxes to huge 77-gallon capacity totes, it comes in four color options: black with a yellow lid, transparent with a yellow lid, black with a red lid, and transparent with a red lid.

Edge Plastics is located in the industrial and suburban city of Mansfield, Ohio, in the United States. Within the sizable facility, the company runs its fleet of advanced manufacturing equipment, including three dozen injection molding machines of different capacities on a round-the-clock basis, where products like the Home Depot HDX storage boxes are made. Also situated in the same city, Edge Plastics' distribution hub occupies 340,000 square feet of storage and logistics space, including 23 loading docks to facilitate quick product deliveries.

Aside from Home Depot, Edge Plastics also supplies to other retail stores, including Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, which both sell several types of its plastic storage boxes. Alongside its retail-based products, Edge Plastics lists other products in its catalog, like plastic tubs, office document trays, and heavy-duty outdoor lockable storage totes. In addition, the company also provides manufacturing process advisory and consulting services for clients in several industries.

While Edge Plastics is behind many of the black and yellow 27-gallon HDX totes sold at Home Depot, it isn't the only game in town. Another Ohio-based company by the name of Kreate manufactures the majority of HDX totes for Home Depot, including its popular mini HDX totes announced in November 2025.

Kreate also makes products for Home Depot's competitor, Lowe's, judging by photos on its website. In addition to making storage totes, Kreate makes plastic lawn furniture and utility sinks. The company prides itself in the ability to 3D model and 3D print prototypes before it ships a product out to maximize efficiency and the manufacturing process. It seems to have found its niche in making products that, for the most part, don't illicit all that much excitement but have a lot of utility. The company has even gone as far as presenting case studies as to how it tweaked the production process of said storage bins and lawn furniture.