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Number Plate

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.37–$16.07) — Number Plate doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Ranks 542 of 811 Automotive niches · −5 vs the category median of 49

Market size 29Growth 26Conversion 30Competition 41Returns 98Price range 8Avg price 19Brand share 61Review moat 72Quality gap 62
This niche Category average · 811 niches

Is Number Plate profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Number Plate is a £125K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (774K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Number Plate: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +0.7% over the last 90 days and 2.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£125K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr+0.7%774K
Conversion rate2.4%
Avg price£6.75

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand, so 31% of the market is open.

31%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 24
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market31%
Avg brand age43 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews601

Top Number Plate products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£6K£12K£19K£25K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

25%

  • Signs24720%
  • STASS19%
  • PIXPRINT11%
  • PLEXICLICK10%
  • Pixie's Gifts9%
  • Generic7%

Number Plate demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume774KCVR2.4%Products22Brands18Top 5 Brands69%OOS Rate20.7%Rating4.4★Reviews601Avg BSR#164
25K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Number Plate search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • number plate341K/yr
  • number plates102K/yr
  • car number plates58K/yr
  • registration plates38K/yr
  • number plates for cars uk legal28K/yr
  • 4d number plates32K/yr
  • car number plate13K/yr
  • rear number plate17K/yr
  • car registration plates uk19K/yr
  • reg plates22K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Number Plate

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

Excellent Product

Adhesion/Stickiness14%

Good adhesion

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%

It did the job

Value For Money10%

Good value for money

Size-Overall7%

Fit perfect

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness31%

Very poor adhesion

Quality-Overall14%

Bad Quality

Size-Overall9%

Screws are slightly too small

Durability5%

day 2 it fell off

Color4%

Colour has faded

Number Plate return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

50%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
40%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
9%
3Compatibility-Overall
9%
4Quality-Overall
8%
5Defective Material/Parts
7%

Common Number Plate questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Number Plate 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £125K/yr across 22 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +0.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Number Plate on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.