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number plate holder

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Prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($5.07–$16.47) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 30Growth 27Conversion 57Competition 32Returns 76Price range 13Avg price 36Brand share 40Review moat 71Quality gap 79

Quality gap

Great4.2★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Returns

Great2.0%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Review moat

Good671.95

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Conversion

Good4.9%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Brand share

Okay81%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Avg price

Okay£10.30

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Competition

Okay66%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Market size

Okay£137K

£137K/yr · 272K searches

Growth

Okay+1.3%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Price range

Bad£5.07–£16.47

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, number plate holder is a £137K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (272K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Data updated Jul 18, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

number plate holder market data

Units sold / yr
10K–13K
avg 500–750/product
Revenue / yr
£103K–£129K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
4.9%
Avg BSR
#36
Page quality
0%
Prime
68%
Sponsored
63%
Out of stock
12.4%
Avg brand age
45 months
Avg seller age
192 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • PLEXICLICK33%
  • L & P Car Design31%
  • Shudyear6%
  • vsshe6%
  • Generic4%
  • NovaErisobatus4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 15%)

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +1.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
6K4KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top number plate holder search terms

  • number plate holder145K/yr
  • number plate surround14K/yr
  • number plate holder uk11K/yr
  • trailer number plate holder10K/yr
  • license plate holder10K/yr
  • car number plate holder10K/yr
  • reg plate holder9K/yr
  • number plate holders8K/yr
  • mercedes number plate holder8K/yr
  • number plate surrounds4K/yr
All search terms

Top number plate holder products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%10%£14K20%£27K30%£41K40%£55K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

All 19 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about number plate holder

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

What buyers love

Quality-Overall27%

“Good quality and look good on car”

Size-Overall19%

“Fit perfect”

Value For Money9%

“Well worth the money”

Assembly/Installation8%

“Easy to install”

Ease Of Use5%

“Easy to use”

Mounting5%

“Great quality mounts”

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

“It does the job”

Efficiency3%

“Works well”

Durability3%

“seems very durable”

Design-Overall2%

“Well made great design”

What buyers complain about

Size-Overall17%

“Didn't fit”

Quality-Overall16%

“Preposterously low quality”

Strength7%

“very hard to the point of brittle”

Compatibility-Overall7%

“Does not fit citroen c4 picasso”

Value For Money6%

“Waste of money”

Material Quality6%

“Weak material”

Mechanism Issues4%

“They do not hold the normal plastic number plate it dose not click in the holder Ive lost my brand new privet reg because off the bad manufacturing off this product”

Color3%

“reality is very matt black”

Assembly/Installation3%

“2 out of 4 snapped on installation”

Rusts/Corrodes2%

“will rust slightly”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall42%
Compatibility-Overall11%
Defective Material/Parts9%
Quality-Overall6%
Functionality-Overall5%
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%
Strength4%
Mounting3%
Material Quality2%
Width2%

Common questions

Is number plate holder profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
The niche generates £137K/yr across 19 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +1.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (45/100).
How competitive is the number plate holder niche?
13 brands and 22 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 66% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 81% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in number plate holder?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Strength. The return rate is 2.0%.
When does demand for number plate holder peak?
Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
What does it cost to enter the number plate holder niche?
Listings span £5.07–£16.47; the average listing price is £10.30 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 672 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.