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Mop Head

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.45–$15.73, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Mop Head is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 27% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£1.5M/yr1.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 186 sellers

Flapen Score

Mop Head against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mop Head market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mop Head 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated £1.5M. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.7%
Conversion, latest week
13.0%
Market size, estimated
£1.5Ma year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
vileda mop head replacement554K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.30.

Listings sell for £8.30 on average, from £2.45 to £15.73. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £8.30 that is £50K to £66K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.45–£15.73
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£50K–£66K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #74 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 3,736 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
11.3%
Average rank
#74in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,736per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 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
5
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Mop Head 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£60K£120K£180K£240K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

186

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

11%

  • Vileda60%
  • Koolstuffs13%
  • TDBS The Dustpan and Brush Store6%
  • MXZONE4%
  • UNU3%
  • RIAMU3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 11%)

Demand

Mop Head search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Mop Head search terms shoppers use

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

  • vileda mop head replacement554K/yr
  • mop head213K/yr
  • mop heads replacement151K/yr
  • vileda mop head126K/yr
  • mop heads83K/yr
  • vileda spin mop head replacement37K/yr
  • mop heads vileda32K/yr
  • vileda mop heads33K/yr
  • spin mop heads29K/yr
  • vileda magic mop flat refill10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mop Head

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

Complain

Size-Overall23%−0.10

Too big

Don't fit

DOES NOT FIT THE MOP IT STATES IT WILL

Quality-Overall15%+1.10

Possibly not a good quality as the original

Cheap quality

Poor Quality

Compatibility-Overall8%−0.05

Not compatible

DOES NOT FIT THE MOP IT STATES IT WILL

Not compatible as advertised don't fit they keep falling off terrible don't buy

Value For Money7%+2.18

cheaper

Just wish it was less expensive

A bit expensive compared to the cheaper alternatives

Thickness7%−0.02

also it very thin material

Not as thick as Vielda

Not as thick as the original mops

Love

Value For Money28%+2.18

Excellent value for money

cheaper in price

Excellent Value

Quality-Overall23%+1.10

Amazing quality

Great quality, speedy delivery

Good quality mops

Size-Overall11%−0.10

Easy fit

easy to fit

Fit my mop perfectly

Ease Of Cleaning9%+0.63

clean really well

Cleans the floors well

Cleans perfectly

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.21

As described

exactly what I wanted

Does the job perfectly

Return

0.4% Return rate 73% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall65%██▇▇▇▇

Too big

Don't fit

DOES NOT FIT THE MOP IT STATES IT WILL

Compatibility-Overall10%▆▅▇█▆▇

Not compatible

DOES NOT FIT THE MOP IT STATES IT WILL

Not compatible as advertised don't fit they keep falling off terrible don't buy

Quality-Overall6%▆▅▆▆▅█

Possibly not a good quality as the original

Cheap quality

Poor Quality

Add-Ons/Attachments3%▆█▅▇▃▆
Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▅█▇▅▇▆

FAQ

Common Mop Head questions

Answered from the same tracked data.