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Pass

Mop scores 69 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $6.8M a year here, demand is soft, at -9.8% this quarter, and returns run at 0.5% of orders.

Flapen Score
69
69 / 100
Top 2% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +20 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£6.8M/yr6.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 212 sellers

Flapen Score

Mop against its category

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

69Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mop market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mop 6.2M times last year and spent an estimated £6.8M. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Flapen scores it 69 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

6.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £6.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.8%
Conversion, latest week
6.7%
Market size, estimated
£6.8Ma year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
mop1.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.29.

Listings sell for £16.29 on average, from £6.56 to £107.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £16.29 that is £49K to £65K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.29inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.56–£107.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£49K–£65K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 5,881 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
3.5%
Average rank
#18in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,881per listing
Listings tracked
50

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 8 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 8 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Mop 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£205K£411K£616K£822K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 falling

Sellers

212

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

25%

  • FLASH26%
  • Vileda19%
  • REQUISITE NEEDS9%
  • MANGOTIME7%
  • TDBS The Dustpan and Brush Store7%
  • MEXERRIS6%

Demand

Mop search demand

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

150K100KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Mop search terms shoppers use

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

  • mop1.8M/yr
  • mop and buckets sets1.6M/yr
  • mop and bucket515K/yr
  • flash mop481K/yr
  • floor mop414K/yr
  • mops for cleaning floors357K/yr
  • flash speed mop308K/yr
  • mops167K/yr
  • flat mop92K/yr
  • speed mop77K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mop

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

Complain

Durability14%−0.18

Fell apart

Didnt last

Broke easily

Quality-Overall10%+0.28

Cheap quality

the bucket was of poor quality

Awful quality

Ease Of Cleaning7%+1.05

a little poor cleaning

Not as good as hoped does not clean well

finds cleaning hard

Value For Money7%+0.81

A bit expensive

a bit pricey

Overpriced

Strength6%−0.03

They are flimsy

Not sturdy enough

Doesn't feel very sturdy

Love

Ease Of Cleaning16%+1.05

Easy to wash

Great cleaning

Cleans well

Value For Money14%+0.81

Excellent value

less expensive

Good value for money

Ease Of Use14%+1.14

Easy storage

Ease of use

Easy to hold

Quality-Overall13%+0.28

The build quality is excellent

Excellent Product

Great well made quality product at a fantastic price

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.30

Works as advertised

Better than expected

As described

Return

0.5% Return rate 20% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall12%▇▇▇█▆▆

Doesn't work

Doesn't function properly

it doesnt work as well as advertised

Size-Overall10%▆█▇▆▅█

Smaller than expected

A little too short for me

more difficult to fit

Defective Material/Parts10%▆▇█▆▇▇
Quality-Overall8%█▇██▆█

Cheap quality

the bucket was of poor quality

Awful quality

Leak-Proof7%▅▇▇▅██

arrived leaking

it was leaking

Leaking

FAQ

Common Mop questions

Answered from the same tracked data.