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Surgical Gloves

Fail

Prices span $2.56–$8.62, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Surgical Gloves is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 638 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£84K/yr111K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Surgical Gloves against its category

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

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Surgical Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Surgical Gloves 111K times last year and spent an estimated £84K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 111K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £84K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
111K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.3%
Conversion, latest week
16.3%
Market size, estimated
£84Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
surgical gloves100K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.65.

Listings sell for £4.65 on average, from £2.56 to £8.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £4.65 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.65under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.56–£8.62
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 61% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Professional Medical Supplies. It carries 5,273 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
61%
Out of stock, average day
3.3%
Average rank
#16in Professional Medical Supplies
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,273per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Surgical Gloves products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£17K£25K£34K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • PRAIMA45%
  • Farla Medical26%
  • by Amazon22%
  • firmsafeT4%
  • ACCURATE2%
  • 1ABOVE1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Surgical Gloves search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surgical Gloves

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall28%−0.17

Not true to size

Too small

Don't fit

Quality-Overall11%+0.94

Low in quality

Absolutely rubbish quality

Not great quality, they break and split while wearing

Thickness9%−0.07

Too thin for Carers

The gloves are very thin

Bit thin

Durability8%−0.01

breaks easily

they are not very durable

breaks in a minutes

Strength6%−0.02

A bit flimsy

Too fragile

Not strong

Love

Quality-Overall23%+0.94

Good quality performance

Excellent product

they feel well made

Size-Overall16%−0.17

Fits like a glove

Nice size as advertised

Fit good

Value For Money16%+1.83

Best price

Great value

Excellent value for money

Grip6%+0.44

Useful gloves

Easy to put on the hand dont get stuck

Gives you a good grip

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.41

As advertised

Exactly as advertised

As described

Return

0.1% Return rate 78% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall68%█▇██▇█

Not true to size

Too small

Don't fit

Quality-Overall8%▁▁█▇▅▃

Low in quality

Absolutely rubbish quality

Not great quality, they break and split while wearing

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▁█▂▅▄▁

the image is perhaps a little misleading

Not as advertised

Product not as described

Smell2%█▇▁▁▄▂

Bad odor

Strong sulphur smell for too much accelerator

Sulfur stench

Thin2%█▁▅▁▂▄

FAQ

Common Surgical Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.