Scalpel
prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.03–$7.08) — Scalpel doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Scalpel profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Scalpel is a £96K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (309K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.
Scalpel: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -3.5% over the last 90 days and 5.9% of searches end in a purchase.
£96K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.
11%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 14 products
Top Scalpel products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Safety First Aid Group HypaEdge Sterile Disposable Scalpels Size 10 Pack of 10
- Price
- £4.19
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 672
- Age
- 2y ago
Surgical Scalpel Surgical Blades # 10A Stainless Steel Sterile Pack of 10 and Handle No 3 Perfect for wood art Surgical Sculpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Sign Card Making Lab Training SURGIGR10A-10
- Price
- £5.86
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 105
- Age
- 5y ago
Precision Craft Knife Set With 2 Knives and 10 Spare Blades - Professional Exacto for Adult Carving Hobby Modeling and Art Projects
- Price
- £5.07
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 270
- Age
- 2y ago
Westcott 84010 00 Scalpel with Metal Handle and Replaceable Blade Silver 12 cm
- Price
- £3.03
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,515
- Age
- 16y ago
Modelcraft PKN3305/S Precision Craft Knife Set Silver 16 Piece
- Price
- £7.08
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6,447
- Age
- 12y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Surgical Scalpel # 11 Stainless Steel Sterile and Handle No 3 Perfect for Wood Art Surgical Sculpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Sign Card Making Lab TRAI SURGISTD11-10
- Price
- £4.38
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 29
- Age
- 5y ago
Westcott 84010 00 Scalpel with Metal Handle and Replaceable Blade Silver 12 cm
- Price
- £3.03
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,515
- Age
- 16y ago
25 Pcs Scalpel- Edges Scalpel Handle No 3 Surgical_ Baldes # 11 Non Sterile Edges Perfect for culpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Lab Training Sign Craft Card Making Cutter Podiatry
- Price
- £5.40
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 1y ago
Surgical Scalpel Surgical Blades # 10A Stainless Steel Sterile Pack of 10 and Handle No 3 Perfect for wood art Surgical Sculpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Sign Card Making Lab Training SURGIGR10A-10
- Price
- £5.86
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 105
- Age
- 5y ago
Surgical Scalpel # 10 Surgical Steel Sterile Pack of 10 Disposable Perfect for Wood Art Surgical Sculpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Sign Card Making Lab Training SURGISTD10-10
- Price
- £4.26
- Rating
- 3.4/5
- Reviews
- 48
- Age
- 5y ago
Newest
by launch date25 Pcs Scalpel- Edges Scalpel Handle No 3 Surgical_ Baldes # 11 Non Sterile Edges Perfect for culpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Lab Training Sign Craft Card Making Cutter Podiatry
- Price
- £5.40
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 1y ago
Safety First Aid Group HypaEdge Sterile Disposable Scalpels Size 10 Pack of 10
- Price
- £4.19
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 672
- Age
- 2y ago
Precision Craft Knife Set With 2 Knives and 10 Spare Blades - Professional Exacto for Adult Carving Hobby Modeling and Art Projects
- Price
- £5.07
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 270
- Age
- 2y ago
Surgical Scalpel # 11 Stainless Steel Sterile and Handle No 3 Perfect for Wood Art Surgical Sculpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Sign Card Making Lab TRAI SURGISTD11-10
- Price
- £4.38
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 29
- Age
- 5y ago
Surgical Scalpel # 10 Surgical Steel Sterile Pack of 10 Disposable Perfect for Wood Art Surgical Sculpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Sign Card Making Lab Training SURGISTD10-10
- Price
- £4.26
- Rating
- 3.4/5
- Reviews
- 48
- Age
- 5y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
9 falling
Sellers
14
Top-5 brand share
89%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
77%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
7%
- Safety First Aid Group30%
- Surgiclass28%
- HAORQEE13%
- Westcott11%
- Modelcraft7%
- BAYSU4%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)
Scalpel demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Top Scalpel search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- scalpel168K/yr
- scalpel knife63K/yr
- scalpels surgical9K/yr
- surgical scalpel22K/yr
- scalpels14K/yr
- disposable scalpels7K/yr
- medical scalpel6K/yr
- podiatry scalpel5K/yr
- surgical knife4K/yr
- disposable scalpel3K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scalpel
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
89% of reviews“Good quality blades and price”
“Good value”
“Easy to use”
“Does the job”
“has a partially rubberised grip”
What buyers complain about
79% of reviews“The handle is basically junk”
“Breaks very easily”
“doesnt feel robust”
“very difficult to fit into the handle”
“not as per the pictures advertised”
Scalpel return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.5%
Return rate
30%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Scalpel questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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