1200 × 1000 Pallet Calculator
How many boxes fit on a 1200 x 1000 mm industrial (EUR 2) pallet, with the layer pattern, number of layers and load height.
How the 1200 x 1000 fit is worked out
The 1200 x 1000 mm pallet (the industrial or EUR 2 size) is a square-ish footprint widely used in heavy industry and intermodal shipping. This calculator lays boxes flat on the deck in a single orientation, picks the better-fitting orientation, then stacks identical layers to a target load height.
Per layer:
boxes per layer = max( floor(1200 / boxL) x floor(1000 / boxW), floor(1200 / boxW) x floor(1000 / boxL) )
Layers come from the height above the deck. The pallet is about 144 mm tall, so a 1200 mm total load leaves roughly 1056 mm of box stack:
layers = floor(usable height / boxH) and total = boxes per layer x layers.
Worked example (page defaults)
Using the defaults of a 40 x 30 x 25 cm carton (400 x 300 x 250 mm) on the 1200 x 1000:
- Orientation A: floor(1200 / 400) x floor(1000 / 300) = 3 x 3 = 9 cartons per layer
- Orientation B: floor(1200 / 300) x floor(1000 / 400) = 4 x 2 = 8 cartons per layer
- Best layer = 9 cartons (9 x 400 x 300 = 1,080,000 mm2 of the 1.2 m2 deck, 90% floor use, with a 100 mm strip left over).
- Height: 1056 / 250 = 4 layers.
- Total = 9 x 4 = 36 cartons, with a load height of 144 + (4 x 250) = 1144 mm.
Industrial / EUR 2 spec table
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Footprint | 1200 x 1000 mm |
| Deck height | ~144 mm |
| Own weight | ~28 kg |
| Dynamic load | ~1,500 kg |
The extra 200 mm of width over a Euro pallet often adds a full row per layer for the same carton: this box gives 9 here versus 8 on the Euro 1200 x 800 pallet. It is also a near-perfect fit for the 2352 mm interior width of an ISO container in two rows (two 1200 mm pallets span 2400 mm). This is a single-orientation estimate that does not interlock courses; compare it with the ISO 1100 x 1100 calculator or check the layer pattern in the TI-HI calculator.