Custom Trucker Hats

Trucker Hats

Custom trucker hats are the most enduring and universally beloved style in the wholesale headwear market - combining a breathable mesh back, a structured front panel built for premium custom embroidery, and an adjustable snapback closure that makes them a practical, one-size-fits-most solution for bulk branded headwear programs across virtually every industry and demographic. From their origins as free promotional giveaways in the 1970s to their current status as a genuine fashion and lifestyle staple, trucker hats from Wholesale Hats are available in the widest selection online with free delivery on every order.

Custom Trucker Hats - Custom Logo Design

When it comes to custom trucker hats, customers want to embroider several locations on the hat.  Currently the most popular embroidery location is in the lower left front above the left eyebrow when wearing the hat. Many customers request custom embroidery on the mesh as well. With more than 4 decades of experience with custom embroidery on hats, we have developed a way to produce high-end premium embroidery on the mesh fabric of trucker hats. The secret is all in the setup of the digitized embroidery logo. By having the proper underlay and stitch pattern flow with a tear away backing allows the thread to sew beautifully over the plastic mesh fabric.

Wholesale Trucker Hats - Forward & Backward

Trucker hats are versatile and can be worn in two different ways: forward and backward facing. You can wear a hat with jeans or a jacket to create a unique look. They're also great to wear when skateboarding. You can wear them with just about anything, and you can even wear flannel and a trucker shirt to add a touch of rural chic. These hats were originally made for farm workers and truckers. Often times they were given away free of charge in rural areas. When truckers started wearing trucker hats as part of promotional giveaways, they became increasingly popular. Today, celebrities like Ashton Kutcher wear them on a regular basis. Although many people think of them as only for men, trucker hats are available in many feminine colors and fanciful patterns for women as well. Whether you're looking for a casual look or a more elegant one, trucker hats will complement any look and complement any style.

Structured Mesh Snapback Trucker.

• Structured
  • Structured means a mid-profile height hat and is the most popular shape sold in the USA headwear industry.
  • It's probably the look that you're already thinking of when you hear some say Trucker Hat.
• Mesh
  • The mesh fabric on trucker hats allows the hat to be the best option for breathability.
  • Color matching embroidery threads to the mesh fabric of hats, although may seem simple, having two different materials made at two different times match perfectly takes considerable effort.
  • Color coordinating the front hat panels to the mesh fabric is by far the most popular request. The most common of these colorways is a neutral front, like black or gray, with any color mesh and matching stitching throughout.
  • Then for extra style, match the embroidery thread color of your custom logo or design to the mesh color and now you have a world-class hat that looks like it was always meant to be.
• Snapback
  • Snapback is a type of plastic enclosure on the back of the hat and is by far the most popular right now.
  • We're even seeing hats that are fitted with a Snapback closure.
  • We think the popularity and demand is partly for comfort to be sure but mostly it's a style preference.
• Trucker
  • Trucker is really a gratuitous term when used with Structured, Mesh and Snapback because when someone says Trucker Hat, what they are referring to is a structured hat with a mesh back and snapback enclosure.
  • However sometimes, saying trucker hat could mean a low-cost version that has a foam front instead of higher-end fabrics.

Trucker Hats - From Freebie to Celebrity

Trucker hats are today's go-to hat. Although they have been around since the early 1970’s and started out as free promotional giveaways, promoting companies like John Deere and Mountain Dew soda. Trucker hats evolved in the early 2000’s as a high end trend with Von Dutch, being sported by celebrities like Brittany Spears, Justin Timberlake and Ashton Kutcher.

Trucker Hats - Always In Season

For at least the past 5 years, we have seen a trend of people purchasing wholesale trucker hats all year round. It doesn't matter if it's boiling hot summer or freezing cold winter, trucker hats are in season, in style and in demand. Right now, the most popular of all the trucker hat styles is the structured mesh snapback truckers. Custom Wholesale Trucker hats are now the norm for companies promoting their brand. Everyone from Gen X to Gen Z can make their own business statement with custom trucker hats with a patch, custom logo embroidery or screenprinting on the foam front versions as there is no center seam to interrupt the artwork. 

Product lines: 

• Flat Bill Trucker Hats
• Mesh Trucker Hats
• Youth Trucker Hats
• Neon Trucker Hats
• Fitted Trucker Hats
• Foam Trucker Hats

About Wholesale Hats

For nearly five decades, wholesale hats buyers across the United States have trusted Wholesale Hats as their most reliable source for authentic, brand-verified headwear at competitive wholesale pricing. As a family-owned business since 1979, Wholesale Hats sources directly from more than 30 leading manufacturers, offering a catalog of over 600 styles — with trucker hats representing one of the deepest and most diverse segments of that selection. Their in-house embroidery program, powered by state-of-the-art Tajima machinery and staffed by craftspeople with decades of hands-on expertise, ensures every custom trucker hat order is produced to an exacting standard from artwork review through final delivery — with free shipping on every order.