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title: "Abs Filament — £45K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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# **abs filament**
**Skip it**
A small market ($45K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 11Growth 19Conversion 64Competition 47Returns 95Price range 69Avg price 62Brand share 36Review moat 72Quality gap 73
**Returns**
**Incredible****1.0%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Quality gap**
**Good****4.3★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Review moat**
**Good****635.52**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Price range**
**Good****£7.41–£32.29**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Conversion**
**Good****5.7%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Avg price**
**Good****£13.41**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Competition**
**Okay****57%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Brand share**
**Okay****83%**
top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
**Growth**
**Bad****-11.2%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Market size**
**Bad****£45K**
£45K/yr · 59K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, abs filament is a £45K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (59K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **abs filament market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **3K–4K**
- avg 0–100/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£40K–£54K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **5.7%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#162**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **100%**
- **Sponsored**
- **70%**
- **Out of stock**
- **18.9%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **46 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **263 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products take 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**12 **▲rising
**Sellers**
**20**
**Top-5 brand share**
**83%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**57%**
Top 20: 93%
**Open market**
**12%**
- SUNLU38% - Creality21% - ELEGOO11% - eSUN7% - Amazon Basics6% - GEEETECH4% - Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 12%)
## **Demand**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 34 weeks — -11.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
2K1KSpike '26Nov '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/business-industry-science/abs-filament/trend)
## **Top abs filament 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%4%£2K8%£4K12%£5K16%£7K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**SUNLU ABS Filament 1.75mm High Strength 3D Printer Filament High Temperature Resistance 3D Printing Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spool abs Black**SUNLU**£10.69**4.4★2,381 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGTDVXGT) [2**Creality ABS Filament 1.75 mm Official 3D Printer Filament ABS No-Tangling Strong Bonding and Overhang Performance Dimensional Accuracy +/-0.03mm 1kg(2.2lbs)/Spool (Black)**Creality**£12.37**4.5★256 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C393CF5K) [3**SUNLU ABS Filament 1.75mm High Toughness & Impact Resistance 3D Printer Filament Dimensional Accuracy +/-0.03mm Heat Resistant 3D Printing Filament 1kg Spool (2.2lbs) Black ABS Filament**SUNLU**£11.95**4.4★62 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FHJQQMB3) [4**ELEGOO ABS Filament 1.75mm Black 1KG Heat Resistant 3D Printer Filament High Toughness & Impact Resistance 1kg spooll(2.2lbs) Fits for Most FDM Printer**ELEGOO**£13.46**4.7★196 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3BX78YW) [5**Creality CR-ABS 3D Filament 1.75mm High Toughness Engineering Grade Low Odor Stable Dimension Wear & Impact Resistant FDM Compatible (Black White)**Creality**£20.36**4.5★492 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GCMDXHB6)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Creality CR-ABS 3D Filament 1.75mm High Toughness Engineering Grade Low Odor Stable Dimension Wear & Impact Resistant FDM Compatible (Black White)**Creality**£20.36**492 rev6mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GCMDXHB6) [**SUNLU ABS Filament 1.75mm High Strength 3D Printer Filament High Temperature Resistance 3D Printing Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spool abs Black**SUNLU**£10.69**2,381 rev10mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGTDVXGT) [**SUNLU ABS Filament 1.75mm High Strength 3D Printer Filament High Temperature Resistance 3D Printing Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spool abs Green**SUNLU**£10.44**2,381 rev10mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FH2YH3LL) [**SUNLU ABS Filament 1.75mm High Strength 3D Printer Filament High Temperature Resistance 3D Printing Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spool abs White**SUNLU**£10.73**2,381 rev10mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGTXXDL5) [**YUANEANG ABS 3D Printer Filament Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm 1kg Spool(2.2lbs) 1.75 mm Fit for Most 3D Printers Red**YUANEANG**£8.16**2 rev12mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FJXQWT8D)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**JAYO ABS 3D Printing Filament 1.75mm 1KG Black**JAYO**£10.36**4.4★**▲ 244%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DRG8VSV4) [**SUNLU ABS Filament 1.75mm High Strength 3D Printer Filament High Temperature Resistance 3D Printing Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spool abs Green**SUNLU**£10.44**4.4★**▲ 243%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FH2YH3LL) [**Creality CR-ABS 3D Filament 1.75mm High Toughness Engineering Grade Low Odor Stable Dimension Wear & Impact Resistant FDM Compatible (Black White)**Creality**£20.36**4.5★**▲ 219%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GCMDXHB6) [**SUNLU ABS Filament 1.75mm 3D Printer Filament Bundle Strong and Durable Excellent Toughness Individually Vacuum Packed 4kg in Total 1kg per Spool Pack of 4 Black+White+Grey+Transparent**SUNLU**£32.29**4.4★**▲ 200%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FHKRRCLX) [**YUANEANG ABS 3D Printer Filament Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm 1kg Spool(2.2lbs) 1.75 mm Fit for Most 3D Printers Green**YUANEANG**£8.24**5.0★**▲ 189%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FJWTCS4W)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about abs filament**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Print Quality**34%
*“easy to print with”*
**Quality-Overall**19%
*“Perfectly fine ABS filament that has become my workhorse ABS filament for most things”*
**Value For Money**6%
*“Great priced bundle”*
**Efficiency**6%
*“it'll work fine”*
**Material Quality**6%
*“Great ABS with a little setup”*
**Smell**6%
*“Strong smell”*
**Color**6%
*“the color was what I needed”*
**Adhesion/Stickiness**3%
*“sticks to the bed flawlessly”*
**Functionality-Overall**3%
*“All my other filaments work fine so it isn't a problem with my cfs its just”*
**Size-Overall**2%
*“fit perfectly - right first time”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Adhesion/Stickiness**30%
*“has terrible layer adhesion”*
**Print Quality**13%
*“destroys print constantly”*
**Quality-Overall**9%
*“Junk”*
**Flexibility**9%
*“Brittle and useless”*
**Absorbency**7%
*“This stuff doesnt want to absorb moisture”*
**Strength**6%
*“its so weak”*
**Material Quality**3%
*“it's immaterial if its a reusable spool”*
**Compatibility-Overall**3%
*“Doesn't work with creality cfs”*
**Functionality-Overall**3%
*“Didn't seem to bind”*
**Durability**3%
*“it broke my printers nozzle”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Print Quality**38%
**Compatibility-Overall**15%
**Quality-Overall**11%
**Adhesion/Stickiness**9%
**Functionality-Overall**6%
**Material Quality**4%
**Jamming/Clogging**3%
**Defective Material/Parts**3%
**Color**2%
**Flexibility**1%
## **Common questions**
- **Is abs filament profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £45K/yr across 27 tracked products. 0 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -11.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
- **How competitive is the abs filament niche?**
- 12 brands and 20 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 57% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 83% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in abs filament?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Adhesion/Stickiness, Print Quality, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 1.0%.
- **What does it cost to enter the abs filament niche?**
- Listings span £7.41–£32.29; the average listing price is £13.41 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 636 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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