What Are the Most Common Home Depot Clearance Markdowns?
Updated November 1, 2026 · from Spotted's store-by-store data
The most common Home Depot clearance markdowns are 50%, 75%, 40% off, which together cover 45% of in-stock clearance.
18%
50% off
16%
75% off
11%
40% off
10%
45% off
Home Depot clearance tends to step down in a few fixed jumps rather than drifting a few percent at a time. Items usually sit at one level for weeks before the next markdown, and many never reach the deepest step.
Rounded to the nearest 5%, these are the markdown levels you are most likely to find on the shelf right now.
Most common markdown levels (rounded to 5%)
| Markdown | Share of items |
|---|---|
| 50% off | 18% |
| 75% off | 16% |
| 40% off | 11% |
| 45% off | 10% |
| 35% off | 9% |
| 65% off | 8% |
| 55% off | 5% |
| 85% off | 5% |
| 90% off | 4% |
| 60% off | 4% |
| 80% off | 4% |
| 70% off | 3% |
Questions
How does Home Depot mark down clearance?
In steps. The most common levels on the shelf are 50%, 75%, 40% off.
What is the biggest Home Depot clearance markdown?
Some items reach 90% off or more, but they are a small share of clearance at any one time.
How we measured this
Spotted checks Home Depot store inventory daily for the clearance items it tracks (about 900 to 1,300 products at roughly 2,000 stores). These numbers use the newest check for each store and item from the last 3 days, counting an item only when the store had units on hand at a price below its original price. They describe the clearance items Spotted tracks, not every yellow tag in a store.
You can cite these numbers with a link to this page; they refresh several times a day.