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Automotive Masking Tape

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $39K a year here, so Automotive Masking Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 43% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£39K/yr46K searches / yr
90-day growth
+9.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 119 sellers

Flapen Score

Automotive Masking Tape against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Automotive Masking Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Automotive Masking Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Automotive Masking Tape 46K times last year and spent an estimated £39K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 46K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +9.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £39K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
46K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+9.3%
Conversion, latest week
8.7%
Market size, estimated
£39Ka year
Top search term
automotive masking tape11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.80.

Listings sell for £9.80 on average, from £1.42 to £41.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.80 that is £980 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.80under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.42–£41.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£980–£2K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

47% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #147 within Adhesives & Sealers. It carries 3,154 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
47%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
3.0%
Average rank
#147in Adhesives & Sealers
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,154per listing
Listings tracked
36

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Automotive Masking Tape products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

119

Est. top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

14%

  • Q128%
  • Graff-City18%
  • Fyguard14%
  • Scotch10%
  • 3M8%
  • GAUDER8%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 14%)

Demand

Automotive Masking Tape search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

1K600Mar '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Automotive Masking Tape search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with estimated yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • automotive masking tape11K/yr
  • q1 masking tape15K/yr
  • car masking tape7K/yr
  • masking tape for cars3K/yr
  • q1 tape5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Automotive Masking Tape

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

29%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
33%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
0.3%of orders come back
“Peeled all the paint off with it after spending hours taping”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”33% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Automotive Masking Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data