How Much Does a Maine Coon Cost? Real Prices from 25 Catteries (2026)

How much is a Maine Coon? From a registered US cattery, plan on about $3,000 for a pet kitten. The median pet price is $3,000, and half the catteries start between $2,750 and $3,250 (25 catteries in 21 states, checked October 7, 2026). The full range of posted prices runs from $2,000 to $4,300, and rare colors can cost far more: one cattery lists them at $5,500 to $8,500 or more.

That’s the kitten alone. Most catteries take a deposit, typically $500, and the first-year basics add roughly $439 to $1,686 (from our new kitten checklist). Every kitten price below comes from the catteries’ own websites. How we collected them is at the end.

Maine Coon kitten prices at a glance

We recorded one number per cattery: the lowest price it posts for a pet kitten. That’s a fixed price at 7 catteries, a “starting at” price at 5 and the low end of a posted range at 13.

Measure	Pet kitten price
Lowest	$2,000
25th percentile	$2,750
Median	$3,000
75th percentile	$3,250
Highest	$4,300

Entry prices understate what many buyers pay: at the top of each cattery’s posted pet range, the median is $3,500. Three things move the Maine Coon kitten price:

• Sex. At least 5 catteries charge more for males, by $100 to $500.
• Extra toes. Seven charge more for polydactyl kittens, usually $500 more.
• Color. Shaded and smoke coats, and white kittens with blue eyes, often cost more. One cattery prices “rare” colors such as chocolate at $5,500 to $8,500 or more.

All 25 catteries, anonymized

We don’t name the catteries. We can’t vouch for any of them, and a named price goes out of date. Names and links stay in our data file.

ID	State	Pet price	Basis	Spay/neuter	Deposit
M01	AL	$2,000	Low end of range	Buyer’s job	Not stated
M02	CA	$3,000	Fixed	Not stated	Not stated
M03*	CT	$2,800	Starting at	Buyer’s job	$500
M04	FL	$3,210	Starting at	Not stated	Half the price
M05	GA	$2,400	Low end of range	Buyer’s job	$300
M06	HI	$2,200	Low end of range	Included	$250
M07*	IN	$3,200	Low end of range	Included	$300
M08	IN	$3,000	Low end of range	Buyer’s job	$1,000
M09*	KS	$3,500	Fixed	Not stated	$500
M10	KY	$2,500	Fixed	Not stated	$500
M11*	ME	$2,750	Low end of range	Buyer’s job	$500
M12	MI	$2,800	Low end of range	Buyer’s job	Half the price
M13	MI	$3,600	Starting at	Included	$600
M14	MN	$3,200	Fixed	Included	$250
M15*	MO	$2,800	Fixed	Not stated	$500
M16	NM	$3,500	Fixed	Sometimes	$500
M17	NY	$3,000	Low end of range	Not stated	$500
M18	NY	$2,900	Low end of range	Sometimes	$500
M19	OH	$3,000	Low end of range	Buyer’s job	$500
M20	OK	$4,300	Low end of range	Buyer’s job	$500
M21	OR	$3,800	Fixed	Included	$500
M22*	OR	$3,500	Starting at	Included	$500
M23*	SC	$2,700	Starting at	Not stated	Not stated
M24	TN	$2,500	Low end of range	Not stated	$500
M25	TX	$3,250	Low end of range	Not stated	$500

An asterisk marks the 7 undated listings: their pages show no kitten, litter or update date from the past 12 months. The median of the 18 dated listings is also $3,000.

What the Maine Coon cost includes

• Spay or neuter: included at 6 catteries and sometimes at 2. At 8 it’s the buyer’s job, usually written into the contract, and the registration papers come only after proof. Nine don’t say. If you pay for it yourself, the clinics in our checklist charged $89 to $369. Our spay cost guide compares 24 clinics’ posted prices.
• Vaccines: twenty of the 25 mention age-appropriate shots.
• Microchip: eleven say it’s included (one lets the owner decline it), one charges $50 extra, and 13 don’t say.
• Health guarantee: eighteen mention one. They range from good health on the day the kitten leaves to a 5-year replacement guarantee. Where a length is given for genetic or congenital disease, it’s most often 1 or 2 years. Read the contract: at two catteries, the guarantee depends on a vet visit within 48 hours of pickup.
• Free insurance trial: seven include the first 30 days of pet insurance.
• Registration: all 25 claim registration with CFA, TICA or both, on their sites or in their CFA listings. We record that as claimed and didn’t check each one with the registries.

Deposits and extras

• Deposit: twenty catteries state a fixed amount, from $250 to $1,000. The median is $500, and 14 ask exactly $500. Two ask for half the kitten’s price. Twenty say the deposit is non-refundable, so read the terms before you pay. Two also take a separate $100 waiting-list or litter deposit.
• Sales tax: a few catteries mention it: 2 include it in the price and 1 adds it on top.
• Delivery: most expect you to pick up. Where a price is posted, an airport meet-up costs $120, and in-cabin delivery by the breeder $500 plus a round-trip ticket. Ground delivery within 500 miles is about $600, and one cattery charges a flat $600 to $700 anywhere in the continental US. Flight nannies run about $650 to $1,250, and air cargo is $575. One cattery delivers free within 100 miles.
• Card fees: one cattery adds 4% for PayPal, another 3.9% for credit cards.

Breeding rights

Only one of the 25 catteries posts a price for a kitten with breeding rights: $4,000 and up, against $3,000 for its pets. That’s too few to give a typical figure; we need at least 5. Ten catteries say they don’t sell breeding rights, at least for now. Eight decide case by case, and one of those charges a breeding fee equal to the kitten’s price. Six don’t say.

Why Maine Coons cost what they do

A big, slow-growing breed in steady demand. CFA calls the Maine Coon the largest of all pedigreed cats. CFA’s breed history puts males at about 12 to 15 pounds on average, with some reaching 20 or more, and females at 9 to 12 pounds. The breed standard allows for slow maturation. CFA also notes that the Maine Coon has been one of its 10 most-registered breeds for many years.

Health testing. Three inherited conditions get the most attention in the breed, and a DNA test exists for each:

• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) thickens the heart muscle. It’s the most common heart disease of cats and more common in some breeds, including the Maine Coon, says the Cornell Feline Health Center. In Maine Coons, a variant called A31P in the MYBPC3 gene raises the risk. According to UC Davis’s Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, cats with one copy are 1.8 times as likely to develop HCM and cats with two copies 18 times. It isn’t the only cause, so a clear DNA result doesn’t rule HCM out. Cornell calls echocardiography, an ultrasound of the heart, the gold standard for diagnosis.
• Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) wastes the muscles of the hind legs and causes an unsteady gait. Affected kittens show signs at about 3 to 4 months. A kitten needs two copies of the variant to be affected, so carriers stay healthy (UC Davis).
• Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is an inherited anemia found in the Maine Coon and several other breeds. It also takes two copies (UC Davis).

UC Davis charges $47 per test per cat, so $141 for all three. Most catteries in our sample say they DNA-test their breeding cats, and at least 6 also mention heart scans or hip screening.

How much does a Maine Coon cat cost in the first year?

Add the start-up costs from our new kitten checklist, checked October 7, 2026. Must-have supplies cost $131 to $349. First vet care, with exams, vaccines, tests, a microchip and spay or neuter, costs $308 to $1,158. All in, the checklist puts the start-up costs at about $439 to $1,686. With a $3,000 kitten, that’s roughly $3,440 to $4,690, before delivery and before the ongoing cost of food and litter. If the cattery has already done the shots, microchip or spay or neuter, take those off the vet bill.

A big cat changes a few items on that list:

• Litter box. The AAHA/AAFP guidelines say a box should be at least one and a half times the cat’s length, nose to tail tip, and that most boxes sold are too small. For a breed this long, plan on a jumbo box or a storage tub. The larger boxes in our checklist cost $15.99 to $24.99.
• Carrier. The 19-inch carriers we priced are rated for pets up to 10 pounds, less than many adult male Maine Coons weigh. The 22.5-inch model we priced is rated to 20 pounds. Our carrier guide includes a model rated to 12 kg (about 26 pounds).
• Grooming. CFA’s breed page says breeders recommend combing two or three times a week. A comb or brush cost $4.68 to $16.99 in our price check.

Maine Coon scams: the low price is the lure

Fake sellers use Maine Coons as bait. PetScams.com, which lists reported pet-scam websites, calls Maine Coon kitten scams a common online scam and keeps adding new sites. One it flagged in December 2025 had been registered the day before, and another in June 2026 two days before. The script is the usual one: cute photos, a low price, a deposit, then “shipping” fees and no kitten.

Our data gives you a yardstick. The lowest regular pet price in our sample was $2,000, and the only kitten below that was one marked down to $1,800. The median was $3,000. A Maine Coon kitten advertised for a few hundred dollars is a red flag. Three catteries in our sample warn buyers about impostors using their names or similar ones, so reach a cattery through contact details you found yourself, not through an ad. Before you send a deposit, run the checks in how to spot a kitten scam, including a live video call, a registry check and paying by credit card.

How we got these numbers

Limits of this data:

• These are asking prices. Some catteries discount pairs or returning buyers.
• Only catteries in CFA’s directory are in the sample. Catteries listed only with TICA, or nowhere, are missing.
• Nine of the 36 US cattery websites we opened posted no price of their own, so posted prices may lean low.
• No listing came from 29 states, including Pennsylvania, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia and Washington. This isn’t a random national sample.
• Registration and health guarantees are as the catteries state them.
• We’ll re-check every price in early January 2027.

Maine Coon cost FAQ

How much is a Maine Coon kitten?

At registered US catteries, a pet kitten’s price typically starts between $2,750 and $3,250, with a median of $3,000 (25 catteries, checked October 7, 2026). The lowest regular pet price was $2,000. Rare colors, breeding rights and delivery cost more.

Why are Maine Coons so expensive?

Most catteries in our sample DNA-test the parents ($47 per test at UC Davis) and give the kittens their first vaccines, and some also spay or neuter and microchip before the kitten leaves. It’s also a popular breed: the Maine Coon has been one of CFA’s 10 most-registered breeds for many years.

Is a cheap Maine Coon kitten a scam?

Often it is. The lowest regular pet price in our sample was $2,000. A very low price, pressure to pay fast, or a request for a gift card, wire or payment app are classic warning signs. See how to spot a kitten scam.

Do Maine Coon kittens come spayed or neutered?

Only sometimes: 6 of the 25 catteries include it, 2 do it in some cases, 8 leave it to the buyer and 9 don’t say. Ask before you pay. On your own, it cost $89 to $369 at the clinics in our checklist.