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Medical Gloves

Fail

Prices span $2.56–$8.62, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Medical Gloves is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 422 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£131K/yr203K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 37 sellers

Flapen Score

Medical Gloves against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Medical Gloves is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Medical Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Medical Gloves 203K times last year and spent an estimated £131K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 203K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £131K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
203K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.5%
Conversion, latest week
14.7%
Market size, estimated
£131Ka year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
medical gloves70K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.41.

Listings sell for £4.41 on average, from £2.56 to £8.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £4.41 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.41under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.56–£8.62
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Professional Medical Supplies. It carries 5,973 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
70%
Out of stock, average day
1.8%
Average rank
#22in Professional Medical Supplies
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,973per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
58 months

Products

Top Medical Gloves products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

9%

  • PRAIMA36%
  • by Amazon22%
  • Farla Medical19%
  • UNIGLOVES6%
  • firmsafeT5%
  • eatasty3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 9%)

Demand

Medical Gloves search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

5K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Medical Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • medical gloves70K/yr
  • large disposable gloves18K/yr
  • non latex gloves15K/yr
  • medical gloves medium11K/yr
  • blue nitrile gloves medium10K/yr
  • plastic gloves disposable large13K/yr
  • surgical gloves medium11K/yr
  • latex free gloves medium11K/yr
  • blue nitrile gloves6K/yr
  • non latex gloves medium8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Medical Gloves

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall27%−0.15

Very tight

Fit is too small

Don't fit

Quality-Overall14%+0.57

Cheap good quality

Absolutely rubbish quality

Awful quality

Thickness8%−0.06

appear slightly thicker

Bit on the thin side

The black too thick for my needs

Durability7%−0.02

breaks easily

Breaks after using

they are not very durable

Strength5%−0.01

Not strong

A bit flimsy

Too fragile

Love

Quality-Overall23%+0.57

Reliable quality

Good price:quality ratio

Decent quality

Value For Money16%+1.72

Best price

Good value for money

Excellent value for money

Size-Overall15%−0.15

Fits like a glove

fits true to size

Fabulous fit

Grip8%+0.85

Grip is good

so its easy to get a good grip on things

Easy to put on the hand dont get stuck

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.56

As advertised

Exactly what I needed

As described

Return

0.1% Return rate 79% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall66%█▆█▇▇█

Very tight

Fit is too small

Don't fit

Quality-Overall6%▆▇▆█▅▅

Cheap good quality

Absolutely rubbish quality

Awful quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▅▆▅██▃

Not as advertised

Your description is very confusing

the image is perhaps a little misleading

Smell3%██▂▅▅▂

Bad odour

my last order disappointed me singe 2 boxes out of the 4 ordered smell strongly of sulphur

Sulfur stench

Thin2%▁▅█▁▃▄

FAQ

Common Medical Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.