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mushroom grow kit

Worth a look60/100

mushroom grow kit shows low returns (0.9%), but a small market ($655K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Market/yr

$655K

Growth (1y)

+112.5%

Products

38

Brands

19

was 24 a year ago

Sellers

30

Price range

$11.54–$158.74

Returns

0.9%

Rating

4.1★

60/100

Worth a look

Scored 60/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.

Market sizeGrowthCompetitionQuality gapReturns
Market size
28
×0.30
Growth
66
×0.30
Competition
75
×0.20
Quality gap
79
×0.10
Returns
93
×0.10

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +112.5% year over year.
37K19KHoliday '24Holiday '25Jul '24Nov '24Mar '25Jul '25Nov '25Mar '26

Seasonality

Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Competition

30%Back to the Roots
  • Back to the Roots30%
  • North Spore15%
  • Myco Labs13%
  • NuBlume9%
  • SPORE SORCERY5%
  • Booming Acres5%
  • Other (13 brands)23%

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (38% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen. 19 brands and 30 sellers compete here.

Brands

19 falling

was 24 a year ago

Sellers

30

Top 5 brand share

72%

#ProductBrandPriceRatingReviewsClick shareTrend
12MOREL HABITAT KIT$38.753.5★1,0043%rising

Product shelf

All 38 tracked products in this niche.

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Plant Growth21%

“Easy to grow”

Quality-Overall19%

“High quality kit”

Ease Of Use15%

“Easy peasy”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting11%

“Easy to follow instructions”

Value For Money9%

“Worth every cent”

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

“Worked as advertised”

Assembly/Installation4%

“Good little setup”

Gifting Purpose2%

“Fun gift”

Moist/Dry2%

“has great moisture retention”

Strength2%

“As far as effectiveness”

What buyers complain about

Plant Growth23%

“no growth at all”

Contamination12%

“Contaminated”

Value For Money11%

“a little pricey”

Functionality-Overall9%

“Did not work”

Moist/Dry8%

“it looked dry”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%

“missing instructions”

Quality-Overall4%

“the quality control is abysmal”

Size-Overall3%

“Huge”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“Misleading advertising”

Durability2%

“It's been five weeks on the first bag with nothing”

Top return reasons

  • Plant Growth22%
  • Contamination16%
  • Advertised Vs Actual Product10%
  • Defective Material/Parts8%
  • Size-Overall7%
  • Functionality-Overall7%
  • Moist/Dry5%
  • Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%
  • Smell4%
  • Value For Money3%

Data scraped July 9, 2026 · Marketplace baseline: 4.4★ avg rating · $22.71 median price · 2.2% median returns across 13,812 tracked niches.