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Surgical Gloves

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.56–$8.62) — Surgical Gloves doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 21Growth 24Conversion 98Competition 39Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 3Review moat 24Quality gap 42
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Is Surgical Gloves profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Surgical Gloves is a £84K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (111K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Surgical Gloves: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -2.3% over the last 90 days and 16.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£84K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-2.3%111K
Conversion rate16.3%
Avg price£4.65

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 9
Top-5 product click share61%
Open market1%
Avg brand age59 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 18 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews5,273

Top Surgical Gloves products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 61% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%)

Surgical Gloves demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume111KCVR16.3%Products18Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.5★Reviews5,273Avg BSR#16
3K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surgical Gloves

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Quality-Overall23%

Good quality performance

Size-Overall16%

Fits like a glove

Value For Money16%

Best price

Grip6%

Useful gloves

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Size-Overall28%

Not true to size

Quality-Overall11%

Low in quality

Thickness9%

Too thin for Carers

Durability8%

breaks easily

Strength6%

A bit flimsy

Surgical Gloves return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

78%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
68%
2Quality-Overall
8%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
3%
4Smell
2%
5Thin
2%

Common Surgical Gloves questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Surgical Gloves 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £84K/yr across 18 tracked products. Search demand moved -2.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Surgical Gloves on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.