wax and grease remover
Skip it51/100a small market ($303K/yr) — wax and grease remover doesn't clear our bar today.
Market/yr
$303K
Growth (1y)
+165.5%
Products
21
Brands
12
was 14 a year ago
Sellers
71
Price range
$11.33–$72.58
Returns
0.4%
Rating
4.5★
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Scored 51/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +165.5% year over year.Seasonality
Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×
Competition
- Dupli-Color23%
- KLEAN-STRIP20%
- Rust-Oleum16%
- LAUCO13%
- LiME LiNE10%
- Chemical Guys6%
- Other (6 brands)13%
The top 5 products take 53% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 12 brands and 71 sellers compete here.
Brands
12 falling
was 14 a year ago
Sellers
71
Top 5 brand share
81%
Product shelf
All 21 tracked products in this niche.
Rust-Oleum Automotive 251475 32-Ounce Wax and Tar Remover Quart
Rust-Oleum
$14.234.6★749 reviews
Dupli-Color ECM541A Grease and Wax remover
Dupli-Color
$19.944.7★421 reviews
LAUCO Wax and Grease Remover Multi-Surface Paint Prep Cleaner for Auto Body (36060) Garage | Works On Plastic Metal Fiberglass Powerful Solvent Degreaser (Quart)
LAUCO
$24.074.6★20 reviews
Dupli-Color Grease & Wax Remover 1 Quart
Dupli-Color
$19.484.6★1,393 reviews
LiME LiNE Wax and Grease Remover Multi-Surface Paint Prep Cleaner for Auto Body Metal Plastic Fiberglass Fast-Drying Solvent Degreaser Removes Wax Tar Adhesive & Contaminants (1 Gallon)
LiME LiNE
$35.514.6★42 reviews
KLEAN-STRIP Prep-All Wax and Grease Remover Fast-Acting Degreaser Effective on Metal Plastic Fiberglass Automotive DIY 13.5 Ounce Aerosol
KLEAN-STRIP
$22.814.6★260 reviews
Klean-Strip Prep-All Wax and Grease Remover Multi-Surface Paint Prep Cleaner Effective for Auto Body Garage 1 Gallon
KLEAN-STRIP
$62.464.8★1,640 reviews
Klean-Strip Prep-All Wax and Grease Remover Multi-Surface Paint Prep Cleaner Effective for Auto Body Garage 1 Gallon
KLEAN-STRIP
$72.584.1★25 reviews
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Effective”
“I was looking for tree, sap remover, and tar bug remover and this product came up like in the first line great reviews it seemed like”
“Clean clean clean”
“housing for paint easy”
“Works as intended”
“Good Price”
“It gives you the impression thats its spray on”
“Simple and easy”
“it definitely helps improve surface cleanliness”
“Smells nice,”
What buyers complain about
“Does NOT work well”
“Overpriced for what you get”
“A. I. WILL TELL YOU DO NOT USE FOR ANY AUTOMOTIVE PAINT”
“Not as strong as I would hope”
“To small,I should have”
“Not for deep cleaning”
“Description mentioned working on vehicles. Used on brake dust and followed instructions and then used a pressure hose and it did absolutely nothing.”
“The bottles and sprayer are junk,one fell off a table at 36 in the bottle split”
“Trash”
“shine only lasts a few seconds”
Top return reasons
- Functionality-Overall25%
- Leak-Proof20%
- Advertised Vs Actual Product16%
- Value For Money9%
- Spray/Flow5%
- Size-Overall3%
- Defective Material/Parts2%
- Compatibility-Overall2%
- Ease Of Use2%
- Smell2%