scalpel blades
Skip itSoft demand (-16.1% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Great278.61avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Good5.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Competition
Okay60%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Brand share
Okay84%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Price range
Okay£2.63–£19.02cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Avg price
Bad£8.59avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Market size
Bad£71K£71K/yr · 144K searches
Growth
Bad-16.1%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, scalpel blades is a £71K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (144K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
scalpel blades market data
- Units sold / yr
- 8K–10K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £69K–£86K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 5.7%
- Avg BSR
- #48
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 6%
- Out of stock
- 32.7%
- Avg brand age
- 81 months
- Avg seller age
- 180 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
10 falling
Sellers
49
Top-5 brand share
84%
Top 20: 100%
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 & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -16.1% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top scalpel blades search terms
- 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
Top scalpel blades 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 18 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Swann Morton 0103 Blade Non-Sterile Size 11 (Pack of 100)
SWANN-MORTON£15.454.6★1,358 rev
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
Surgiclass£5.864.2★105 rev
Westcott 84011 00 Replacement Scalpel Blades Knives Box of 10 Reeds
Westcott£2.634.4★108 rev
Safety First Aid Group HypaEdge Sterile Disposable Scalpels Size 10 Pack of 10
Safety First Aid Group£4.194.3★672 rev
Scalpel Blades # 10A Carbon Steel Non Sterile Scalpel Surgical Blades Pack of 20 and Steel Handle for Wood Art Surgical Sculpting Repairs Lab Anatomy Sign Card Making Lab Training SURGIBL10A-20
Surgiclass£6.384.2★162 rev
Newest
by launch date
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
Pure sharp£5.4023 rev
Safety First Aid Group HypaEdge Sterile Disposable Scalpels Size 10 Pack of 10
Safety First Aid Group£4.19672 rev
Precision Craft Knife Set With 2 Knives and 10 Spare Blades - Professional Exacto for Adult Carving Hobby Modeling and Art Projects
HAORQEE£5.07270 rev
Swann Morton No 11P Sterile Stainless Steel Blades
SWANN-MORTON£8.397 rev
10 x NICE No.10A Sterile Carbon Steel CS10A Surgical Blades
NICE£3.3123 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum10 x NICE No.10A Sterile Carbon Steel CS10A Surgical Blades
NICE£3.314.7★
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
Pure sharp£5.404.6★
Westcott 84011 00 Replacement Scalpel Blades Knives Box of 10 Reeds
Westcott£2.634.4★
Modelcraft Set of 15x Fine Point Blades Silver 11 (PKN1711/3)
Modelcraft£4.474.7★
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
Surgiclass£5.864.2★
What buyers say about scalpel blades
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Excellent product”
“Great for the price”
“As described”
“Good Sharp Scalpel Blades”
“Excellent, exactly what I needed for my art project”
“Fits 6mm width craft pen / knife”
“They are much lighter than the expensive handles”
“They grip my exacto perfectly”
“Easy to use”
“Very good batteries for our outside cameras last longer great deluvery”
What buyers complain about
“Poor Quality, Snap too frequently”
“Breaks very easily”
“doesnt feel robust”
“not as per the pictures advertised”
“resulting in more blade changes which given the extremely tight awkward fit is risky”
“the blade kept slipping because the part you are supposed to screw up to tighten the blade doesnt work”
“very difficult to fit into the handle”
“Very thin blade”
“Dull dont work the way they should not happy my return window closed before I could try them”
“It is a low quality cast part with defects”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is scalpel blades profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £71K/yr across 18 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -16.1%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (42/100).
- How competitive is the scalpel blades niche?
- 10 brands and 49 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 60% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 84% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in scalpel blades?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Durability, Strength. The return rate is 0.6%.
- When does demand for scalpel blades peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the scalpel blades niche?
- Listings span £2.63–£19.02; the average listing price is £8.59 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 279 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.