Searching for Avery label sizes for Shopify products mostly turns up Avery's own generic sizing pages, with no Shopify angle at all, or Shopify's own shipping-label documentation, a genuinely different job from labeling a product you're about to ship a hundred of. Neither answers the real question: which numbered template actually matches the container you're holding. This guide covers how Avery's sizing actually works, how to match your container to a template family, and what to do when nothing in Avery's line-up, or ours, fits.
Is this guide for you? This is for stores that source and own the containers they're labeling and print their own product or barcode labels: own-brand and private-label sellers, not resellers relabeling someone else's stock. If you're a candle, soap, cosmetics, or food-jar seller sourcing your own containers, this is likely you. If you're relabeling products you didn't manufacture, the size that matters is whatever the brand already printed on, not a number you pick yourself.
Avery Label Sizes for Shopify Products, by Container Shape
Match your container to a shape family first. Avery's numbering makes more sense once you already know roughly what size and shape you're working with.
Measure the label height and the container's circumference at the point the label will wrap around, not the container's overall height or its widest diameter.
Measure the flattest face the label will sit on (width and height), since a template sized for a curved surface won't sit the same way on a flat one.
Round and Small-Format Labels
Small circular or narrow rectangular labels are the least forgiving of a size mismatch: get it wrong and the barcode itself gets clipped, not just the layout around it.
- Typical containers: candle tin lids, lip balm tubes, small cosmetic jars, usually closer to Avery's narrow 5167 (1.75" x 0.5") than to a full-size product label.
- Scannability floor: GS1's own spec allows shrinking a barcode to 80% of its nominal size before reliability drops off. Below that, an EAN-13 barcode's minimum width is about 25mm (roughly an inch), before counting the quiet zone on each side.
Forcing a 2" x 4" shipping-sized label onto a lip balm tube wastes most of the sheet and pushes the barcode below that floor. Check your label's printed width against it before ordering a full sheet in the wrong size.
Wraparound and Larger Rectangular Labels
Bigger rectangular or wraparound labels suit soap bars in retail boxes, beverage bottles, and larger food jars. These formats leave more room for both the barcode and product text, so they're more forgiving of a slightly-off size choice. A wraparound label still needs to match the container's circumference at the exact point it wraps, not the container's tallest or widest measurement, or the label will overlap itself or leave a visible gap.
Standard Rectangular Labels
Flat cosmetics boxes and food pouches most often take a standard rectangular label, and this is where a 5160-family template (covered below) genuinely fits more often than the round and wraparound cases. Check your label's printed dimensions against the container's flattest face directly rather than assuming "standard" means it fits without measuring; box depth and pouch gusset width vary by supplier, so measure the specific container you're using rather than the category it belongs to.
| Container shape | Typical label size | Representative Avery template family |
|---|---|---|
| Round, small format (tins, tubes, small jars) | ~1" x 2⅝" or smaller | 5160 / 8160 (or the narrower 5167) |
| Wraparound or larger rectangular (bottles, larger jars) | ~2" x 4" | 5163 / 8163 |
| Standard rectangular (boxes, pouches) | Varies (measure the flattest face) | Check against the 5160 or 5163 families first |
How Avery's Label Numbering Actually Works
Once you have a candidate size, confirm one more thing before you order sheets: whether the specific template number matches your printer type.
Same Size, Different Number: the Laser/Inkjet Pattern
Avery sells the same physical layout under two different product numbers, one per printer type. 5160 and 8160 are the clearest example: both measure 1" x 2⅝", both hold 30 labels per sheet, and both share the same design template, per Avery's own comparison. The only difference is that 5160 is built for laser printers and 8160 for inkjet. Buy the wrong one for your printer and the label layout itself is unaffected. The sheet just won't feed or print correctly on your machine.
Avery 5160 vs. 8163 for Product Labels: What's Actually Different
This looks like the same "swap the first digit" pattern as 5160 and 8160. It isn't. 8163 is not 5160's inkjet counterpart; that's 8160. 8163 is the inkjet version of 5163, a 2" x 4" label with 10 per sheet: the same larger format covered above for bottles and bigger jars, and also common for shipping labels, but a different size family from 5160 entirely. If you're comparing "5160 vs. 8163" side by side, you're most likely holding two sheets from different size families, not two versions of the same template. Check the dimensions printed on the sheet itself before assuming the product numbers are related.
| Template | Size | Per sheet | Printer | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5160 | 1" x 2⅝" | 30 | Laser | Small product labels |
| 8160 | 1" x 2⅝" | 30 | Inkjet | Small product labels |
| 5163 | 2" x 4" | 10 | Laser | Larger product and shipping labels |
| 8163 | 2" x 4" | 10 | Inkjet | Larger product and shipping labels |
Avery Templates for Shopify Barcode Labels: Your Options
Two real options exist today for printing Avery-templated product barcode labels from a Shopify store: Shopify's own free app, and an independent template library like Label Wizard's.
Shopify's Free Retail Barcode Labels App
Shopify's own Retail Barcode Labels app is free, built into the admin, and has 476 reviews as of this writing. Per Shopify's own setup documentation, it supports two Avery sizes:
- 5160 (2.63" x 1")
- 5167 (1.75" x 0.5")
If your container happens to fit one of those two exactly, it's a legitimate free option worth trying before you look anywhere else.
It prints Shopify's own barcode value: the last eight digits of the product variant's ID, generated automatically rather than assigned by you. That's automatic, but it comes with two limits worth knowing before you rely on it:
- The same eight digits can repeat across variants.
- Shopify's own documentation notes the resulting code isn't accepted by channels that require a GS1-registered barcode, such as Amazon and Walmart Marketplace.
This post is about matching containers to templates and printing them, not about barcode-number assignment. See the FAQ below if that's the piece you're actually missing, or our guide to GTIN errors in Google Merchant Center if Google is rejecting the number you already have.
If your container isn't 5160 or 5167, most round or small-format containers in this guide won't be. Label Wizard covers 418 templates across three manufacturers instead of two, and prints whatever real barcode value you already have onto the label rather than substituting Shopify's own variant-ID code.
2 Avery sizes: 5160 and 5167 only.
418 templates across Avery, Online Labels, and Uline.
Avery's Own Template Finder
Avery's own site also has a label-size finder. It's useful for browsing Avery's catalog directly, but it only searches Avery's own products, and it isn't filterable by container shape or use case. You're scrolling a size list, not narrowing by what you're actually labeling.
Matching Stock to Template With Label Wizard
Label Wizard carries 418 templates across three manufacturers: Avery, Online Labels, and Uline. It's the only published, verified template count we could find in this category, and you can check it yourself on the app's listing rather than take our word for it. Templates are filterable by shape, manufacturer, and paper size, so you narrow by what you're holding in your hand rather than scrolling a flat list.
418 templates across three catalogs won't cover every size Avery, Online Labels, or Uline has ever sold.
When Your Size Isn't in the List
The custom template designer gives you direct control over rows, columns, spacing, and margins, so you can build a layout matched to your exact sheet instead of working around the closest available size. That also covers a partial sheet: set the layout to start from wherever you've already used labels, rather than wasting the remaining rows.
Print the right size the first time
Whether your container matches one of the 418 templates or needs a custom layout, Label Wizard prints it correctly the first time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Avery 5160 vs. 8163 for product labels: what's the difference?
They're not related sizes. 5160's inkjet counterpart is 8160 (the same 1" x 2⅝" template, 30 per sheet). 8163 is the inkjet version of 5163, a larger 2" x 4" template with 10 per sheet, used for bigger product labels and for shipping labels. If you're weighing 5160 against 8163 directly, check which size your container actually needs first; they're built for different container sizes, not different printers of the same size.
How many labels fit on a sheet?
It depends on the template family:
- 5160-family sheets hold 30 labels each.
- 5163/8163-family sheets hold 10.
Check the specific template's sheet count before ordering in bulk, since the per-sheet count is part of what makes one size cheaper per label than another at volume.
Will the barcode still scan if I use a smaller label?
Only down to a point. GS1's own specification allows shrinking a barcode to 80% of its nominal size before scan reliability drops off; below that, no amount of print sharpness fixes it. Match your label size to leave the barcode above that floor, rather than shrinking it to fit a container that's really asking for the next size down.
Can I use Online Labels or Uline templates instead of Avery?
Yes. Label Wizard's 418 templates aren't Avery-exclusive. Online Labels and Uline sheets cover many of the same container sizes and are common alternates when a specific Avery number is out of stock or doesn't fit your printer.
Do I need a barcode number before I can print a label?
Yes. Label Wizard prints to a template using a barcode value you already have; it doesn't generate or assign GTIN or UPC numbers. If you still need a real, marketplace-recognized barcode rather than a Shopify-generated variant ID, that's a separate step from printing the label itself. See our guide to getting a GS1 Company Prefix if you're starting from scratch.
What if my container doesn't match any of the 418 templates?
The custom template designer covers this: set your own rows, columns, spacing, and margins. It's also the answer if you're printing on a paper stock outside the 418 entirely, a size Avery, Online Labels, and Uline don't sell at all, not just an unusual container shape.
Do I need different templates for laser vs. inkjet printers?
Usually, if the manufacturer sells both versions of a size. The 5160/8160 pattern is common across Avery's line: same layout, different product number, matched to your printer type. Check which one your printer needs before buying sheets, since the layout being identical doesn't mean the sheets are interchangeable.
Are Avery's own free templates the same as what Label Wizard uses?
No. Avery's free templates are blank layout files. You still need to generate and place the barcode yourself. Label Wizard's templates are mapped to pull your product's existing barcode value directly into the layout, so the barcode you already have lands in the correct spot on the sheet without you positioning it by hand.
Check the Size Before You Print a Full Sheet
Measuring your container before picking a template avoids the most common expensive mistake here: printing a full sheet in the wrong size or the wrong printer version. The laser/inkjet suffix pattern and the 5160-vs-8163 mix-up are the two places that trip up sellers most often. Past that, it's a matching problem: shape to template family, template family to Avery's numbering, and whatever's left over to a custom layout.
If you're comparing label-printing apps more broadly, our roundup of Shopify label printing apps covers that ground. If you already know your size and want to print it, try Label Wizard (418 templates across Avery, Online Labels, and Uline, plus a custom designer for anything else).