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title: "Scalpel Blades — £71K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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# **scalpel blades**
**Skip it**
Soft demand (-16.1% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 18Growth 17Conversion 65Competition 41Returns 97Price range 25Avg price 24Brand share 35Review moat 86Quality gap 43
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.6%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Review moat**
**Great****278.61**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Conversion**
**Good****5.7%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.5★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Competition**
**Okay****60%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Brand share**
**Okay****84%**
top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
**Price range**
**Okay****£2.63–£19.02**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Avg price**
**Bad****£8.59**
avg 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 ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **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.
3K2KSpike '25 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/business-industry-science/scalpel-blades/trend)
## **Top scalpel blades search terms**
- **scalpel blades**91K/yr-18.4%3.8% conv. - **surgical blades**14K/yr-1.7%3.1% conv. - **scalpel blades 10a**8K/yr-7.5%8.6% conv. - **10a scalpel blade**6K/yr-5.3%8.8% conv. - **scalpel blades 10**7K/yr-34.0%6.0% conv. - **surgical blade**5K/yr+8.1%2.5% conv. - **scalpel blade**5K/yr-21.7%2.1% conv. - **scalpel blades 11**5K/yr-27.3%2.9% conv. - **number 11 scalpel blades**3K/yr-14.8%2.8% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/business-industry-science/scalpel-blades/search-terms)
## **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.
0%4%£3K8%£6K12%£9K16%£11K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 18 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Swann Morton 0103 Blade Non-Sterile Size 11 (Pack of 100)**SWANN-MORTON**£15.45**4.6★1,358 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0030SAXTW) [2**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**£5.86**4.2★105 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TVF6XFF) [3**Westcott 84011 00 Replacement Scalpel Blades Knives Box of 10 Reeds**Westcott**£2.63**4.4★108 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002QRM7S8) [4**Safety First Aid Group HypaEdge Sterile Disposable Scalpels Size 10 Pack of 10**Safety First Aid Group**£4.19**4.3★672 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D22ZP2Z8) [5**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**£6.38**4.2★162 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TVDG7G8)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **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**£5.40**23 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZ6N35QK) [**Safety First Aid Group HypaEdge Sterile Disposable Scalpels Size 10 Pack of 10**Safety First Aid Group**£4.19**672 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D22ZP2Z8) [**Precision Craft Knife Set With 2 Knives and 10 Spare Blades - Professional Exacto for Adult Carving Hobby Modeling and Art Projects**HAORQEE**£5.07**270 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZMQKXJ7) [**Swann Morton No 11P Sterile Stainless Steel Blades**SWANN-MORTON**£8.39**7 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HJT5TP3) [**10 x NICE No.10A Sterile Carbon Steel CS10A Surgical Blades**NICE**£3.31**23 rev4y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09PGRBK4L)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**10 x NICE No.10A Sterile Carbon Steel CS10A Surgical Blades**NICE**£3.31**4.7★**▲ 278%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09PGRBK4L) [**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**£5.40**4.6★**▲ 95%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZ6N35QK) [**Westcott 84011 00 Replacement Scalpel Blades Knives Box of 10 Reeds**Westcott**£2.63**4.4★**▲ 67%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002QRM7S8) [**Modelcraft Set of 15x Fine Point Blades Silver 11 (PKN1711/3)**Modelcraft**£4.47**4.7★**▲ 66%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09K7NZ8BR) [**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**£5.86**4.2★**▲ 53%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TVF6XFF)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about scalpel blades**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Quality-Overall**30%
*“Excellent product”*
**Value For Money**18%
*“Great for the price”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**9%
*“As described”*
**Sharpness**7%
*“Good Sharp Scalpel Blades”*
**Design-Overall**5%
*“Excellent, exactly what I needed for my art project”*
**Size-Overall**4%
*“Fits 6mm width craft pen / knife”*
**Weight Light**4%
*“They are much lighter than the expensive handles”*
**Grip**3%
*“They grip my exacto perfectly”*
**Ease Of Use**3%
*“Easy to use”*
**Battery Life**2%
*“Very good batteries for our outside cameras last longer great deluvery”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Quality-Overall**20%
*“Poor Quality, Snap too frequently”*
**Durability**13%
*“Breaks very easily”*
**Strength**10%
*“doesnt feel robust”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**9%
*“not as per the pictures advertised”*
**Size-Overall**8%
*“resulting in more blade changes which given the extremely tight awkward fit is risky”*
**Grip**6%
*“the blade kept slipping because the part you are supposed to screw up to tighten the blade doesnt work”*
**Ease Of Use**6%
*“very difficult to fit into the handle”*
**Thickness**5%
*“Very thin blade”*
**Functionality-Overall**3%
*“Dull dont work the way they should not happy my return window closed before I could try them”*
**Defective Material/Parts**3%
*“It is a low quality cast part with defects”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Size-Overall**34%
**Quality-Overall**14%
**Defective Material/Parts**11%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**7%
**Strength**5%
**Add-Ons/Attachments**4%
**Contamination**4%
**Functionality-Overall**4%
**Mechanism Issues**4%
**Ease Of Use**3%
## **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.
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