Surgical Scalpel
a small market ($42K/yr) — Surgical Scalpel doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Surgical Scalpel profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Surgical Scalpel is a £42K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (96K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.
Surgical Scalpel: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -15.8% over the last 90 days and 4.5% of searches end in a purchase.
£42K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.
10%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 19 products
Top Surgical Scalpel products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Swann Morton Carbon Steel Surgical Blade (No. 10 (Box of 100))
- Price
- £17.49
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 648
- Age
- 7y ago
Swann Morton 0103 Blade Non-Sterile Size 11 (Pack of 100)
- Price
- £15.45
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,358
- Age
- 16y ago
2806 Swann Morton Retract away Handle - Sleeved Blue
- Price
- £6.99
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 395
- Age
- 14y ago
Swann Morton No.15 Sterilised Surgical Blades (x 100 Single Blades)
- Price
- £19.02
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 248
- Age
- 6y ago
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
- Price
- £6.38
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 162
- Age
- 5y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
100 x NICE No.10 Sterile Carbon Steel CS10 Surgical Blades
- Price
- £8.29
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 107
- Age
- 4y ago
SM0108 - SWANN MORTON No 22 Non STERILE Carbon Steel Blades - (Box of 100)
- Price
- £16.68
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 3
- Age
- 13y ago
Swann Morton Carbon Steel Surgical Blade | No. 14 (Box of 100)
- Price
- £19.45
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 648
- Age
- 7y ago
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
- Price
- £6.38
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 162
- Age
- 5y ago
Swann Morton Carbon Steel Surgical Blade (No. 10 (Box of 100))
- Price
- £17.49
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 648
- Age
- 7y ago
Newest
by launch date
Safety First Aid Group HypaEdge Sterile Disposable Scalpels Size 10 Pack of 10
- Price
- £4.19
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 672
- Age
- 2y ago
Swann Morton No 11P Sterile Stainless Steel Blades
- Price
- £8.39
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 7
- Age
- 3y ago
100 x NICE No.10 Sterile Carbon Steel CS10 Surgical Blades
- Price
- £8.29
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 107
- Age
- 4y ago
ZAMAHA UK Scalpel Handle No.3 Fits Swann Morton Blades - Surgical Sign Craft Card Making Cutter Podiatry Dental
- Price
- £4.65
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 84
- Age
- 4y ago
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
- Price
- £6.38
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 162
- Age
- 5y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
9 falling
Sellers
56
Top-5 brand share
90%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
59%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
6%
- SWANN-MORTON42%
- MorganicHealing28%
- HMW9%
- Surgiclass7%
- Safety First Aid Group4%
- NICE4%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)
Surgical Scalpel demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top Surgical Scalpel search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- swann morton blades27K/yr
- swann morton scalpel26K/yr
- swann morton12K/yr
- swan morton blades9K/yr
- swan morton scalpel9K/yr
- swann morton blades 106K/yr
- swan morton blades 104K/yr
- swann morton scalpel blades4K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surgical Scalpel
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
95% of reviews“Excellent product”
“Nice,solid and good value”
“Excellent, exactly what I needed for my art project”
“It does what”
“easy to use”
What buyers complain about
91% of reviews“Rubbish”
“fiddly to use”
“Didnt work”
“don't last half as long as genuine Swann Morton blades”
“Not Actually Size 10 Blades. Product Description says Size 10. Box says Size 10. Photo on box shows Size 10. Upon opening sterile pouches, blades are size 11. Frustrating as not suitable for intended use.”
Surgical Scalpel return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.5%
Return rate
66%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Surgical Scalpel questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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