Add custom trucker hats to your retail store, team gear, or trade show giveaways. The Monterey Company offers a wide range of popular brands, including all the high quality Richardson snapback trucker caps and New Era flat bill baseball cap style trucker hats, with decoration options that include custom patches and embroidery. Since 1989, The Monterey Company has been your one-stop shop for custom hats.

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Customization Options

Adding Embroidery to Custom Caps

A clean and classic look, we have a team of artists that can take your custom design and stitch it directly onto your trucker hat.

embroidered miller logo on trucker hat

Embroidered Trucker Hats

Flat direct embroidery stitch

The Monterey Company 3D Puff Embroidery

Puff 3D Embroidered Trucker Hats

Raised and rounded stitch

Hat with White/Black side Embroidery

Adding Side or Back Embroidery

Multiple embroidery locations,

Adding Custom Patches to Your Trucker Hats

black-charcoal hat with PVC rubber patch

PVC Rubber Patches

Learn more about PVC Patches

Other Custom Decoration Options

DTF Print on white and black foam trucker hat

DTF Printing

custom Monterey label on inside brim of hat

Inside Labels

woven clip label on beanie

Clip Labels

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Not sure where to start? Our staff is here to help.

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Trucker Styles & Variations

Otto cap foam trucker with patch

Otto Cap Foam Trucker Hat

New Richardson 5-panel trucker cap

Five-Panel Trucker Caps

Grey Zapped headwear rope hat

Rope Trucker Hats

rope hat black/black with white rope

Preforated Mesh Truckers

Guide to Designing Your Custom Trucker Hats

Step 1 Choose Your Hat Style

Step 2 Select Your Hat Color or Colors

Step 3 Pick Your Decoration Method

Step 4 Review Your Digital Mockup

Step 5 Move into Production

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Why Choose The Monterey Company?

Free Design Help

From concept to creation, we make ordering custom trucker hats with patch designs simple. Our customers enjoy a smooth ordering process, complimentary design help, and guidance on patch type, hat type, and company logo placement so every custom order turns out perfect.

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30+ Years of Expertise

As one of the most trusted hat companies in the United States, we’ve spent decades refining what it means to create the best custom hat. Whether you’re placing a minimum order quantity or large bulk orders, we know how to deliver gear that represents your brand better than the rest.

Highest Quality Standards

Every custom hat is made to the highest quality and checked carefully before it ships. From bulk orders to small runs, our customers count on us for consistent results, making us the best hat partner for custom orders that showcase your logo with pride.

3D hat embroidery machine
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Jaylen Posey
August 7, 2025

The hats we received were great! We will be shopping with you all again very soon!

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Autumn Rickard
August 7, 2025

My experience was amazing from start to finish. Cortney really helped me through this process and the personalized earrings turned out beautifully. She was able to get me the order delivered before my desired timeframe, very pleased and will use Monterey Company again in the future.

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MACE CLUB
August 7, 2025

We had a great experience with Monterey Co. Their customer service was excellent with prompt, clear, and concise communication. Their products were as expected and we look forward to having them for our golf outing.

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Michael Veach
August 6, 2025

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Juan Meza
August 6, 2025

People always ask me where my pins are made and I tell them right here in Oregon. Badass pins and quick responses all in English. I’ve dealt with making pins over seas and it’s a struggle communicating and the time difference does not help.

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I’ve ordered patches and coins through Monterey Company. They’ve always done a good job both with product and the customer service.

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Jill Dellinger
August 6, 2025

I love your keychains! Service is always prompt and professional!

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August 6, 2025

I love my logo stamped out of metal. Looks so good.

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FAQ

We sew all our patches to our hats. We find the best application for custom patch hats is sewing the patch to the trucker hat. Very rarely do we heat apply patches to hats, only on incredibly intricate patch shapes. Sewing our patches keeps the patch in place for a lifetime.
Snapback is the adjustable closure on the backside of the hat, snapback hats can be trucker hats, baseball hats, even dad hats or performance hats. On the other hand, trucker hats are a style of hat that has a mesh-style back panel.
Originally, trucker hats were popularized by blue-collar workers in the 1970s. Back then, they often included a foam front and an adjustable snapback. Today, trucker hats symbolize modern fashion for all walks of life. Trucker hats are worn by men, women, and even offered in youth sizes.
While they are very similar, the Richardson 115 is a low-profile fit, while the Richardson 112 is a mid-profile fit. The Richardson 112 Trucker Snapback Cap is the more popular option of the two, and does come in many different variations. Check out our blog article on an in-depth dive into more differences between the two hats.
There are many different trucker hat manufacturers in countless variations. Our favorite and best-selling truckers are Richardson Hats and their 112 family of trucker hats, which come in a variety of colors and new styles. But other manufacturers like Decky, Yupoong, Pacific Headwear, and Otto make fabulous trucker hats with their unique touches added.
Yes! We offer a wide variety of custom patches, all sewn onto the trucker hats. Custom trucker caps typically are decorated with either (or both) custom patches or customized embroidery. Leather patch hats are ubiquitous with personalized trucker hats. We also offer custom embroidered hats.
Customized trucker hats can vary in cost depending on the decoration method, product model, and quantity. Product pricing is included on each hat model for quantities of 24 to 500, with outstanding bulk discounts. All of our pricing includes either custom embroidery or a custom patch on your trucker hat. If you have any questions or prefer tailored help, you can always contact our talented sales staff.
Dad hats have an unstructured front, a lower profile fit, and a cloth front and back. They're not just popular with dads, though, we see these hats in streetwear and hip-hop culture. Trucker hats, on the other hand, typically include a mesh back, structured front panel or foam front panel, and one-size-fits-most snapback closure.
No, in fact, our most popular trucker hats have a structured cotton twill front. The trucker hat was first popularized in the 1970s with a foamie front panel, but today it has modernized with a structured front panel.
Yes, the snapback trucker hat is our most popular hat style. Sports teams, outdoor enthusiasts, construction workers, and even fashion brands are wearing custom trucker hats.
Unfortunately, our minimum quantity is 24 for decorated trucker hats. You can mix and match different hat color options within your order. We do offer preproduction samples if you are looking to order samples before producing your full order. This service requires connecting with our sales team.
Typically, custom embroidered trucker hats take 10 business days (two weeks). The production process of trucker patch hats takes four weeks on average. We do offer rush options for a fast turnaround. Contact our sales team for more information.
We do not sell blank hats. All our hats come fully decorated with either embroidery or patches, and we do have a 24-piece minimum.
Unfortunately, we do not screen print on hats. Our printing process on hats is DTF (direct to film) printing, which allows full color printing—commonly printed on five-panel caps. We do offer screen printing on T-shirts, sweatshirts, polo shirts and other custom apparel and promotional products.