White label scrubs are our existing scrub styles finished with your labels, tags, embroidery and packing. Private label scrubs are made to your own design or tech pack, and print-on-demand prints a single garment when an order comes in. In the white label vs private label scrubs choice, the main differences are who owns the design, how much you order and how much control you have over fabric and fit.
The three routes compared
| White label | Private label | Print-on-demand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Our existing styles | Your design or tech pack | The service’s stock blanks |
| Fabric and colour | Chosen from our options | Agreed for your design | Limited to the blanks offered |
| Branding | Labels, tags, embroidery, heat transfer, packing | Labels, tags and branding to your specification | Usually a printed design, with limited label options |
| Order size | Minimum 50 pieces per style, sizes mixed | Confirmed case by case | Single pieces |
| Sample | Made to your chosen style and fabric | Made to your design | Varies by service |
| Who it suits | Brands, uniform shops, medical suppliers starting or growing a range | Brands with a developed design | Testing artwork, very small volumes |
We offer white label scrubs, and we take private label work case by case after seeing your design. We do not offer print-on-demand.
White label scrubs
With white label, you choose from our scrub styles: the unisex scrub set, the women’s fit scrub set, jogger scrubs and the scrub cap. You pick the fabric, poly-cotton or poly-viscose stretch, and colours from the fabric options. We add your neck label, wash-care label, hang tag, embroidery or heat transfer, and packing.
Why brands choose it:
- The pattern already exists. You do not need to develop a pattern or grade sizes. Our styles come in XS–3XL.
- The sample is quick to judge. You see your branding on a known style and decide whether it is right.
- The minimum is manageable. 50 pieces per style, with sizes mixed, is a realistic first order for a new brand.
- Reorders are consistent. Every reorder follows the approved sample.
What you give up: the cut and construction are ours. You choose details such as pocket count and waist type, but you do not redesign the garment.
Private label scrubs
Private label means we make scrubs to your own design or tech pack. That might be a top with a different neckline, a particular pocket layout, a specific trouser shape or a fabric combination we do not usually use.
Private label suits brands that have already sold scrubs, know what their buyers ask for and want a product that is theirs in design as well as name. It needs more from you: a clear design, a tech pack or a reference garment, size specifications and time to approve development samples.
We take private label work case by case. Send us the design and we confirm whether we can make it, what the minimum would be and what samples are needed.
Print-on-demand
Print-on-demand services print a design on a stock garment for each order. There is no stock to hold, which is useful for testing artwork. The garment, though, is the service’s blank, and the label inside it is usually not yours. Branding is limited mostly to printing.
For scrubs, that matters. Buyers judge scrubs on fit, fabric and pockets, not on artwork. A scrubs brand built on print-on-demand blanks competes on the same garment as anyone else using that service.
Common questions
Can I start with white label and move to private label later?
Yes. Many brands start with white label to learn what sells, then develop their own design once they know their buyers. Your branding, labels and hang tags can carry across.
Can I change details on a white label style?
You choose details such as pocket count and drawstring or elastic waist. We confirm these at quotation and show them on your sample. Larger changes to the cut move the order towards private label.
Who owns the design?
On white label, the style is ours and the branding is yours. On private label, the design you bring is yours.
Is the minimum the same for private label?
It is confirmed case by case, because it depends on the design and fabric.
Which route to choose
- Starting a scrubs brand, or adding scrubs to a uniform range: white label.
- You already sell scrubs and want your own cut: private label.
- You only want to test a print idea, without your own labels or stock: print-on-demand, elsewhere.
Our page on how white label works covers the full process from enquiry to dispatch. To see the scrub styles we make, visit our white label scrubs page. If you have your own design, send it to us with your quantities and we will tell you how we can help.