The invention provides a protective component for refrigerator packaging. The protective component comprises two glands and a base; each gland is in a strip shape and extends in a front-rear direction; the two glands are used for pressing and covering two transverse sides of the top of a refrigerator respectively; each gland is also used for cladding a front corner and a back corner of a transverse side of the top of the refrigerator; the base is used for supporting, pressing and covering the bottom of the refrigerator and is also used for cladding four corners of the bottom of the refrigerator; and the base and the two glands are manufactured through molding of a foam material. The protective component protects the corners of the refrigerator by cancelling protection to the periphery of the refrigerator, can concentrate transportation stress under various conditions to the corners, fully utilizes elastic fulcrums of the corners to enable elastic force generation and release to be facilitated, and thus effectively relieves the action of an external force to the refrigerator and realizing effective protection to the refrigerator in the transportation process while overcoming technology biases. In addition, relative to the protective mode of wholly cladding, by adopting the protective component provided by the invention, materials can be effectively saved, and the cost is saved.