plastic gloves
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.56–$8.62) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Conversion
Incredible19.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Incredible0.1%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Competition
Great37%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Brand share
Okay78%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Review moat
Bad4,934.89avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Growth
Bad-5.5%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£55K£55K/yr · 61K searches
Avg price
Bad£4.58avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Bad£2.56–£8.62cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, plastic gloves is a £55K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (61K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
plastic gloves market data
- Units sold / yr
- 13K–15K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £57K–£69K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 19.8%
- Avg BSR
- #32
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 68%
- Sponsored
- 87%
- Out of stock
- 2.1%
- Avg brand age
- 58 months
- Avg seller age
- 174 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (37% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
21 rising
Sellers
43
Top-5 brand share
78%
Top 20: 99%
Top-5 click share
37%
Top 20: 76%
Open market
17%
- PRAIMA31%
- Farla Medical18%
- by Amazon18%
- firmsafeT7%
- Healthy Home5%
- UNIGLOVES5%
- Open — no brand owns it (15 brands, 17%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -5.5% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top plastic gloves search terms
- medical gloves medium11K/yr
- plastic gloves disposable large13K/yr
- surgical gloves medium11K/yr
- latex free gloves large7K/yr
- non latex gloves medium8K/yr
- plastic disposable gloves4K/yr
- disposable plastic gloves4K/yr
- examination gloves medium3K/yr
Top plastic gloves 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.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
PRAIMA Surgicals Powder Free Nitrile Gloves Food Grade Hand Disposable Gloves - 100 Count - Blue (100 Medium)
PRAIMA£4.784.6★7,732 rev
by Amazon Blue Disposable Nitrile Gloves Powder-free Latex-free Size M Pack of 100
by Amazon£3.774.6★8,256 rev
PRAIMA Surgicals Powder Free Nitrile Gloves Food Grade Hand Disposable Gloves - 100 Count - Blue (100 Large)
PRAIMA£4.774.5★7,720 rev
Healthy Home Disposable Gloves Plastic Food Safe Polyethylene Work Gloves for Kitchen Cooking Cleaning Safety Food Handling Pack of 100
Healthy Home£3.194.4★289 rev
PRAIMA Black Nitrile Disposable Gloves - Latex-Free Powder-Free Pack of 100 Strong and Puncture-Resistant Medical Food Handling Tatoo Barber Shop Gloves (Large)
PRAIMA£4.694.6★6,640 rev
Newest
by launch date
United Clear Disposable Plastic Gloves 1000 Count for Food Prep and Kitchen - Ideal for Handling Cooking Cleaning and Parties
selling united£6.0268 rev
FleXcel Purple Nitrile Gloves (Box of 100) Size Medium - Multipurpose Powder Free Latex Free Medical Grade Food Safe Examination Gloves - AQL 1.5 PPE Regulation 2016/425 Category III Certified
FleXcel£4.99428 rev
200 Disposable Nitrile Gloves Medium Blue Medical Examination Powder-Free Latex-Free Strong Durable Tear-Resistant for Healthcare Dental Food Cleaning Automotive & Industrial Use (Medium)
firmsafeT£8.62483 rev
Healthy Home Disposable Gloves Plastic Food Safe Polyethylene Work Gloves for Kitchen Cooking Cleaning Safety Food Handling Pack of 100
Healthy Home£3.19289 rev
PRAIMA Clear Vinyl Gloves 100 Count Clear Disposable Gloves (100 Large)
PRAIMA£3.243,309 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
RAP Gloves Blue Nitrile Gloves Large - 200 Disposable Gloves Powder Free Latex Free - Tear Resistant Examination Gloves Food Safe - Multi Purpose for Care Catering Cleaning Salon DIY and Trade
RAP Gloves£8.114.6★
Farla MediHands Blue Medium Vinyl Gloves - Box of 200 Disposable Vinyl Medical Glove - Powder Latex & Protein Free Glove - Multi-Purpose Single Use Surgical Gloves
Farla Medical£6.654.4★
Disposable Polyethylene Plastic Gloves for Food handling Cleaning Cooking Food Counters Crafting Hair Colouring Sanitary Multipurpose Powder & Latex Free - One Size Fits Most (500 Clear)
firmsafeT£5.094.2★
MediHands Vinyl Clear Medium Gloves Disposable Surgical Gloves Box of 100 Powder Free Latex Free Protein Free Medical Food Multi-Use
Farla Medical£3.724.4★
FleXcel Purple Nitrile Gloves (Box of 100) Size Medium - Multipurpose Powder Free Latex Free Medical Grade Food Safe Examination Gloves - AQL 1.5 PPE Regulation 2016/425 Category III Certified
FleXcel£4.994.7★
What buyers say about plastic gloves
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Good price:quality ratio”
“Best price”
“Fits like a glove”
“Grip is good”
“As advertised”
“Easy to use”
“Solid product”
“They are durable enough for what I use them for”
“Comfortable”
“Very cleanable”
What buyers complain about
“Not true to size”
“Absolutely rubbish quality”
“wanted them to be thicker”
“breaks easily”
“Not so strong”
“Consequently, every time I use them, the gloves tear”
“Bad odour”
“Why has the price suddenly shot up to £8.49”
“Kinda weak material”
“Not as advertised”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is plastic gloves profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £55K/yr across 47 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -5.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (48/100).
- How competitive is the plastic gloves niche?
- 21 brands and 43 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 37% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 78% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in plastic gloves?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Thickness. The return rate is 0.1%.
- When does demand for plastic gloves peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the plastic gloves niche?
- Listings span £2.56–£8.62; the average listing price is £4.58 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 4,935 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.