Low MOQ polo shirt manufacturer: 150 pieces per style
The polo is the small run most often ordered by businesses rather than fashion brands: a uniform for a café group, a golf club, a clinic, a delivery fleet. Those buyers need a hundred and fifty pieces that match each other and match the next order. From 150 pieces per style and colour, our sister company, Collective Studio Ltd., makes polos in Narayanganj from your pattern with the collar, placket and logo you specify. CMB Sourcing Ltd. manages the samples, inspection and delivery.
- Minimum
- 150 pieces per style, per colour
- Made by
- Collective Studio Ltd., Narayanganj, our sister factory
- Small runs since
- 2019
- Production time
- About 40–50 days after sample approval; freight on top, DDP
- Organic option
- Organic cotton on request (ask for the factory’s GOTS licence number and check it in the GOTS public database before you order)
- Colours
- Stock shades keep a first run small; custom dye lots need larger fabric minimums
- Typical fabrics
- Cotton or cotton-blend piqué 180–240 GSM; single jersey for a softer polo
Made by our sister factory
Collective Studio Ltd.
Small runs on this page are cut and sewn by our sister company, Collective Studio Ltd.: a Narayanganj factory making small quantities since 2019, to support new businesses and creators. CMB Sourcing Ltd. manages your tech pack, sampling, quality checks and DDP delivery exactly as on its own orders, and names the factory in writing before production. Both our founders work with Collective Studio Ltd.: Homaira Jashim is a co-founder and AB Rahman is Head of Growth; see our founders. Our sister company has its own website and minimum, and prices these runs itself.
In short
Polo shirts from 150 pieces per style and colour, cut and sewn from your pattern in piqué or jersey with the collar, placket and buttons you specify and your embroidered or printed logo, made by our sister factory, Collective Studio Ltd., in Narayanganj and delivered DDP to your door. Suited to uniforms, golf and leisure labels, and corporate ranges.
Piqué or jersey
Piqué, the textured knit most people picture as a polo, holds its shape, hides wear and suits uniforms and golf; a 180–200 GSM piqué is the everyday weight, 220–240 GSM feels more substantial. Single jersey makes a softer, more fashion-led polo that drapes closer to the body. Cotton-polyester blends resist creasing and hold colour through industrial washing, which matters for a uniform laundered daily; 100% combed cotton feels best for leisure. Our sister factory’s stock covers these in the usual uniform shades, and a first run uses them.
The collar, placket and buttons are the polo
A polo is a collar with a shirt attached, so the collar is specified precisely: flat-knit rib collar or self-fabric, its width and points, whether it has a contrast tipping. The placket takes two or three buttons on a stated placket length, with the button size, material and colour named, and a reinforced box at the base. Side vents, a longer back hem, a tipped cuff and a back-neck tape are the finishing choices.
- Collar: flat-knit rib or self-fabric, width, tipping in a contrast colour
- Placket: two or three buttons, length, reinforced base
- Buttons: size, material, colour, and spare buttons on the swing tag if wanted
- Cuffs: rib or hemmed, with or without tipping
- Hem: straight or with side vents, and a longer back for tucking
Logos and names
Embroidery is the natural polo decoration: a left-chest logo in your thread colours, sewn out on the bulk piqué for approval because piqué needs a different density from jersey. Sleeve logos, a back-neck wordmark and individual names or numbers are all possible on a small run; each position is a separate hooping and is priced by stitch count, and each is approved before the run.
Reorders that match
For a uniform, the fifth order matching the first matters more than the first order’s price. Ask for the piqué reference, the thread codes, the button specification and the sealed sample for each style to be kept on record, so a reorder is matched against a physical standard rather than a memory. Stock shades help here too: a stock navy is the same navy next year.
Samples, approval and delivery
A fit sample, then a pre-production sample in the bulk piqué with the collar, buttons and embroidery in place, approved and sealed. Production, inline checks and final inspection follow, in about 40–50 days from sample approval, then DDP delivery as one landed cost, with freight time on top. For a uniform programme, put the size ratio and packing per site in writing with the first order, so later orders repeat without re-briefing.
Collar knitting, custom trims and the wash test
A flat-knit polo collar is not cut from the body fabric. It is knitted to shape on a flat knitting machine from cotton or polyester yarn, and the cuffs are sometimes made the same way. A self-fabric collar uses the body fabric or a closely matched one, and may need interlining to hold its shape through washing.
Piqué comes in cotton, cotton-polyester and polyester performance versions. Polyester performance knits are chosen for moisture handling, colour durability and easier care, which suits active ranges; cotton piqué suits office and leisure wear. What raises the minimum on a polo is anything dyed or made for you: a custom body shade, a special collar stripe or tipping in your colours, unique buttons and extra logo positions. Each can carry its own minimum or set-up.
The collar decides how a polo looks after repeated washing, so judge the sample after washing, not only on arrival. Collars curl, shrink or stretch when the yarn, knit density, stitch construction or finishing is wrong, or when collar and body shrink by different amounts. Ask for the sample to be measured before and after an agreed wash, then check that the collar still lies flat, the seams have not puckered and the buttons are still secure.
- Collar length, width and point symmetry measured before and after the wash
- Collar and placket seams checked for puckering after the wash
- Buttons still secure after washing
- Collar yarn, tipping and buttons each marked stock or custom in the tech pack
Ordering in export quantities instead? See Polo shirts at volume, made in our sister factory or an audited partner factory that suits the order. Not sure which route fits: our minimum order guide.
Questions about small-run polo shirts.
Can I order 150 polos for staff uniforms with our logo?
Yes, and a uniform suits the small-run route well. One hundred and fifty pieces per style and colour covers a café group, a clinic, a golf club or a delivery fleet, cut and sewn from a pattern that fits your staff rather than a wholesale blank, in a piqué chosen for how the shirts will be washed. Your logo is embroidered on the left chest, with sleeve or back-neck positions and individual names possible, each sewn out on the bulk fabric for approval first. Uniforms are also where a named factory earns its keep on reorders: ask for the piqué reference, thread codes, button specification and sealed sample to be kept on file, so the next order matches this one. The practical advice for a uniform is to use our sister factory’s stock shades, agree a size ratio per site, and put the care instructions on the label that match how your staff will actually launder the shirts.
Which fabric should a polo be made in?
Piqué if you want a polo that looks like a polo: its textured knit holds its shape, hides wear and reads as uniform or golf. A 180–200 GSM piqué is the everyday weight, and 220–240 GSM feels more substantial in the hand. Single jersey gives a softer, more fashion-led polo that drapes closer to the body and suits leisure labels. The fibre decides durability: a cotton-polyester blend resists creasing and holds colour through frequent industrial washing, which is what a daily-laundered uniform needs, while 100% combed cotton feels best for weekend wear and premium ranges. On a 150-piece run the fabric comes from our sister factory’s stock piqués and jerseys, which cover these weights in the shades uniform buyers usually want. Tell us how the shirts will be worn and washed and we propose the fabric with the sample, rather than starting from a number.
Can names or numbers be added to each shirt on a small run?
Yes. Individual names, roles, site names or numbers are embroidered as a separate position on each shirt, usually on the right chest or a sleeve, and are handled as a list you supply with the order, checked against the size and colour breakdown so the right name lands on the right shirt. Each position is a separate hooping, so a name adds a stitch-count charge per garment and a little time; on 150 pieces that is modest. Our sister factory sews out one name in the chosen font and thread on the bulk fabric for your approval before the run, because lettering below a few millimetres closes up and needs a font or size change. For fleets that change staff often, brands sometimes prefer a role or site name rather than a personal name, so shirts can be reissued; we can advise on that at the tech-pack stage.
Guides on this topic
Planning a small run of polo shirts? Send the brief.
Send a tech pack, a sketch or a photo of a garment you like. We reply within one working day with questions or a first costing.
- A reply within one working day
- An enquiry, not an order: you are committed to an order only when you sign the written order confirmation
- Certificates and audit reports shared before production
- AQL final inspection report before you approve shipment
- Your patterns and artwork never shown to or reused for other buyers