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Scalpel Blades

Fail

Demand is soft, at -16.1% this quarter, so Scalpel Blades is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 580 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£71K/yr144K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Scalpel Blades against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scalpel Blades market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Scalpel Blades 144K times last year and spent an estimated £71K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 144K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £71K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
144K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.1%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
£71Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
scalpel blades91K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.59.

Listings sell for £8.59 on average, from £2.63 to £19.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.59 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.59under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.63–£19.02
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

6% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 32.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #48 within Lab & Scientific Products. It carries 279 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
6%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
32.7%
Average rank
#48in Lab & Scientific Products
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
279per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 81 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Scalpel Blades products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 21, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£6K£9K£11K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

49

Est. top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Surgiclass29%
  • NICE16%
  • SWANN-MORTON15%
  • Westcott12%
  • Safety First Aid Group12%
  • Pure sharp5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Demand

Scalpel Blades search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Scalpel Blades search terms shoppers use

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

  • scalpel blades91K/yr
  • surgical blades14K/yr
  • scalpel blades 10a8K/yr
  • 10a scalpel blade6K/yr
  • scalpel blades 107K/yr
  • surgical blade5K/yr
  • scalpel blade5K/yr
  • scalpel blades 115K/yr
  • number 11 scalpel blades3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scalpel Blades

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

30%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.6%of orders come back
“Poor Quality, Snap too frequently”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”20% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Scalpel Blades questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data