Block Plane
FailDemand is soft, at -29.8% this quarter, so Block Plane is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 47 / 100Ranks 1,252 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −2 vs the category median of 4947
- Market size
- £54K/yr45K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -29.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 52%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 82 sellers
Flapen Score
Block Plane against its category
The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Block Plane is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Block Plane market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Block Plane 45K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 5.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 45K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -29.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 45K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -29.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 5.4%
- Market size, estimated
- £54Ka year
- Top search term
- block plane33K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £22.00.
Listings sell for £22.00 on average, from £6.73 to £47.57. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £22.00 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £22.00inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £6.73–£47.57
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 2K–2K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- £0–£2K
- Returns
- 2.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
45% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #227 within Hand Tools. It carries 950 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 45%
- Prime listings
- 95%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #227in Hand Tools
- Average rating
- 4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 950per listing
- Listings tracked
- 22
04 · Newcomers
0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 54 months
Products
Top Block Plane 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.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
Stanley 220 Block Plane 1 12 220 Pack of 1 Black/Red
- Price
- £26.45
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,546
- Age
- 8y ago

Spear & Jackson CBP65 6 1/2 Carpenters Block Plane
- Price
- £16.39
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 708
- Age
- 7y ago

Spear & Jackson CBP95 9 1/2 Carpenters Block Plane
- Price
- £21.48
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 521
- Age
- 7y ago

STANLEY Fully Adjustable Block Plane 9.5 inch 1-12-020
- Price
- £33.29
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,539
- Age
- 16y ago

STANLEY 6.1/4 Fully Adjustable Block Plane with Storage Pouch 5-12-2020
- Price
- £44.94
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 783
- Age
- 18y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
Robert Sorby Select Carpenters Block Plane No 9 1/2 Cast Iron Body 35mm Low Angle Cutter Adjustable Mouth Precision Woodworking Plane
- Price
- £26.63
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 9mo ago

TOOLCOOL Low Angle Block Plane Wood Plane Mini Hand Plane for Woodworking Aluminum Alloy Body Adjustable Blade Depth (Silver)
- Price
- £24.39
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 5mo ago

Robert Sorby Select Carpenters Block Plane No 6 1/2 Cast Iron Body 35mm Low Angle Cutter Adjustable Mouth Precision Woodworking Plane
- Price
- £26.48
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 9mo ago

Japanese Wood Block Plane Kanna 40mm Carenters Tool Double Edge Senkichi
- Price
- £13.60
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,400
- Age
- 5y ago

Spear & Jackson CBP95 9 1/2 Carpenters Block Plane
- Price
- £21.48
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 521
- Age
- 7y ago
Newest
by launch date
TOOLCOOL Low Angle Block Plane Wood Plane Mini Hand Plane for Woodworking Aluminum Alloy Body Adjustable Blade Depth (Silver)
- Price
- £24.39
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 5mo ago

Robert Sorby Select Carpenters Block Plane No 6 1/2 Cast Iron Body 35mm Low Angle Cutter Adjustable Mouth Precision Woodworking Plane
- Price
- £26.48
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 9mo ago

Robert Sorby Select Carpenters Block Plane No 9 1/2 Cast Iron Body 35mm Low Angle Cutter Adjustable Mouth Precision Woodworking Plane
- Price
- £26.63
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 9mo ago

Spear & Jackson CTP3 Carpenters 3 Trimming Plane
- Price
- £6.73
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 175
- Age
- 1y ago

JORGENSEN Mini Wood Plane Hand Planer Trimming Planer Smoothing Adjustable Compact Wood Planer for Doors Wood Craft Processing Carving Carpenter DIY Model Making
- Price
- £12.76
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 1,956
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
12 falling
Sellers
82
Est. top-5 brand share
88%
Top 20: 100%
Est. top-5 click share
52%
Top 20: 98%
Open market
9%
- STANLEY39%
- Spear & Jackson26%
- Faithfull10%
- Robert Sorby10%
- Toolzone5%
- Jorgensen3%
- Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 9%)
Demand
Block Plane search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7× · 8 of 12 months tracked
Search terms
Top Block Plane search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- block plane33K/yr
- block planes for wood8K/yr
- stanley block plane4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Block Plane
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“This plane is much smaller”
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.
21 topics
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FAQ
Common Block Plane questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
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