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title: "Infrared Thermometer — £477K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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# **infrared thermometer**
**Worth a look**
Shows low returns (0.8%), but soft demand (+4.2% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Market size 59Growth 30Conversion 93Competition 35Returns 96Price range 70Avg price 59Brand share 44Review moat 32Quality gap 45
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.8%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Conversion**
**Great****11.5%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Price range**
**Good****£6.57–£34.65**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Market size**
**Good****£477K**
£477K/yr · 318K searches
**Avg price**
**Good****£13.09**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.5★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Brand share**
**Okay****78%**
top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
**Competition**
**Okay****64%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Review moat**
**Okay****3,297.16**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Growth**
**Okay****+4.2%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, infrared thermometer is a £477K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (318K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **infrared thermometer market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **30K–40K**
- avg 1,250–1,500/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£393K–£524K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **11.5%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#10**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **100%**
- **Sponsored**
- **79%**
- **Out of stock**
- **1.7%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **48 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **171 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**13 **▲rising
**Sellers**
**35**
**Top-5 brand share**
**78%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**64%**
Top 20: 100%
**Open market**
**16%**
- ERICKHILL34% - SOVARCATE13% - ABOHU12% - TILSWALL11% - TempPro9% - Eventek6% - Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 16%)
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +4.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
9K7KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/business-industry-science/infrared-thermometer/trend)
## **Top infrared thermometer search terms**
- **infrared thermometer**90K/yr+25.4%9.3% conv. - **temperature gun**63K/yr-12.2%10.1% conv. - **laser thermometer**22K/yr-7.2%9.4% conv. - **infrared thermometers**24K/yr-26.5%4.7% conv. - **thermometer gun**18K/yr-22.4%9.7% conv. - **infrared thermometer gun**27K/yr-17.7%9.6% conv. - **pizza oven thermometer gun**6K/yr+393.7%16.8% conv. - **pizza oven thermometer**7K/yr+178.6%7.2% conv. - **infra red thermometer gun**8K/yr+36.9%10.6% conv. - **ir thermometer**7K/yr+49.1%8.2% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/business-industry-science/infrared-thermometer/search-terms)
## **Top infrared thermometer 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%£48K20%£95K30%£143K40%£191K1001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 19 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**ERICKHILL Infrared Thermometer -50~600 Compact Size Non-Contact Laser Thermometer Gun LCD Backlit Digital Display Adjustable Emissivity - for Vehicle Repair/Cooking/BBQ/Freezer/Food Black Blue**ERICKHILL**£10.88**4.5★2,709 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C72MDQ2Z) [2**ABOHU Infrared Thermometer Gun Digital Temperature Gun -50C ~ 550C (-58F ~ 1022F) Non-Contact Surface Temperature Gun for Measuring Cooking Food Pizza Oven Grill (Not for Human)**ABOHU**£7.80**4.3★219 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGDBH472) [3**Tilswall Infrared Thermometer Non-Contact Digital Laser Temperature Gun -50~600 (-58~1112) with Adjustable Emissivity High/Low Temperature Alarm for Cooking/Pizza Oven/BBQ Not for Human-W301**TILSWALL**£13.49**4.5★3,054 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Z7P2WC6) [4**ThermoPro TP30 Infrared Thermometer Gun Laser Thermometer for Cooking Pizza Oven Griddle Engine HVAC Laser Temperature Gun with Adjustable Emissivity & Max Measure -50C ~ 550C (Not for Human)**TempPro**£13.54**4.6★1,387 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BGGJH3G2) [5**ERICKHILL Infrared Thermometer -50~600 Adjustable Emissivity Non-Contact Laser Thermometer Gun LCD Backlit Digital Display -Compact Size for Vehicle Repair/Cooking/BBQ/Freezer/Food Dark Gree**ERICKHILL**£12.57**4.4★758 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FF4TZYQQ)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**ERICKHILL Infrared Thermometer -50C to 800C Non-Contact Digital Laser Thermometer with -50C to 300C Meat Probe Adjustable Emissivity - Suitable for Cooking/Grilling/Freezing/Industry**ERICKHILL**£22.24**327 rev11mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CWN3X2VW) [**ABOHU Infrared Thermometer Gun Digital Temperature Gun -50C ~ 550C (-58F ~ 1022F) Non-Contact Surface Temperature Gun for Measuring Cooking Food Pizza Oven Grill (Not for Human)**ABOHU**£7.80**219 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGDBH472) [**Infrared Thermometer Gun -50~600 Non-Contact Digital Laser Temperature Gun for Cooking Pizza Oven Refrigerator Food Vehicle Repair Freezer Candy**SOVARCATE**£9.05**720 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FFYM9RXR) [**Forehead Thermometer for Adults Kids & Babies No Contact Infrared Thermometer with Instant Accurate Reading Fever Alarm LCD Backlight Display Body Room & Surface Temperature Mode**INDOTEAM**£6.57**317 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FFT24QD1) [**ERICKHILL Infrared Thermometer -50~600 Adjustable Emissivity Non-Contact Laser Thermometer Gun LCD Backlit Digital Display -Compact Size for Vehicle Repair/Cooking/BBQ/Freezer/Food Dark Gree**ERICKHILL**£12.57**758 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FF4TZYQQ)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Etekcity Lasergrip 800 Non-contact Digital Laser IR Infrared Thermometer Temperature Gun -50C~750C ( -58F~1382F ) Yellow/Black (Not suitable for measuring body temperature)**Etekcity**£18.16**4.6★**▲ 92%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01I4TB2IM) [**Infrared Thermometer SOVARCATE Digital Temperature Gun High and Low Temperature Alarm -58F~1112F(-50 ~ 600) Temperature Probe for Cooking Pizza Oven and BBQ with Adjustable Emissivity**SOVARCATE**£9.74**4.4★**▲ 90%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLZY7HS7) [**ERICKHILL Infrared Thermometer -50~600 Adjustable Emissivity Non-Contact Laser Thermometer Gun LCD Backlit Digital Display -Compact Size for Vehicle Repair/Cooking/BBQ/Freezer/Food Dark Gree**ERICKHILL**£12.57**4.4★**▲ 70%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FF4TZYQQ) [**ABOHU Infrared Thermometer Gun Digital Temperature Gun -50C ~ 550C (-58F ~ 1022F) Non-Contact Surface Temperature Gun for Measuring Cooking Food Pizza Oven Grill (Not for Human)**ABOHU**£7.80**4.3★**▲ 69%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGDBH472) [**Eventek Infrared Thermometer Gun -50 C ~ 600 C Non-Contact Laser Temperature Gun for Cooking Pizza Oven Fridge Infrared Thermometer with Adjustable Emissivity LCD Screen**Eventek**£9.28**4.4★**▲ 35%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CW5XKZNG)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about infrared thermometer**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Ease Of Use**35%
*“easy to handle”*
**Value For Money**18%
*“Excellent value”*
**Quality-Overall**15%
*“Excellent product”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**12%
*“As advertised”*
**Efficiency**7%
*“Does the job”*
**Battery Life**2%
*“The battery life is amazing”*
**Heating**2%
*“Works well for checking heat in pizza oven”*
**Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting**1%
*“A Simple and Effective Guide”*
**Color**1%
*“also colour - green for ok”*
**Display-Overall**1%
*“Very clear display”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Functionality-Overall**17%
*“not effective”*
**Measurement/Reading Accuracy**16%
*“Inaccurate”*
**Quality-Overall**14%
*“Absolute garbage”*
**Battery Life**8%
*“AVOID THIS INACCURATE RUBBISH THAT CLAIMS ALL BATTERIES ARE LOW EVEN BRAND NEW ONES THEN REFUSES TO WORK”*
**Ease Of Use**7%
*“they are extremely difficult to remove”*
**Durability**6%
*“only lasted a month”*
**Value For Money**4%
*“Waste of money”*
**Strength**4%
*“rather flimsy”*
**Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting**3%
*“hard to read instruction booklet in about fifty languages”*
**Heating**2%
*“DIFFICULT TO CALIBRATE”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Functionality-Overall**42%
**Measurement/Reading Accuracy**16%
**Defective Material/Parts**8%
**Quality-Overall**7%
**Heating**6%
**Display-Overall**4%
**Battery Life**3%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**3%
**Value For Money**2%
**Product Condition**2%
## **Common questions**
- **Is infrared thermometer profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £477K/yr across 19 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +4.2%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (54/100).
- **How competitive is the infrared thermometer niche?**
- 13 brands and 35 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 64% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 78% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in infrared thermometer?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Measurement/Reading Accuracy, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 0.8%.
- **When does demand for infrared thermometer peak?**
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the infrared thermometer niche?**
- Listings span £6.57–£34.65; the average listing price is £13.09 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 3,297 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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