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Brick Acid

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But the top 5 products take 82% of clicks, so Brick Acid is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£126K/yr113K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Brick Acid against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Brick Acid is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Brick Acid market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Brick Acid 113K times last year and spent an estimated £126K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 113K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £126K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
113K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.2%
Conversion, latest week
8.9%
Market size, estimated
£126Ka year
Peak month
August2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
brick acid58K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.54.

Listings sell for £12.54 on average, from £6.81 to £29.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £12.54 that is £9K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.81–£29.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£13K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 33% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #577 within Building Supplies. It carries 617 reviews at 4.13 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
33%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#577in Building Supplies
Average rating
4.13 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
617per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Brick Acid 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 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£13K£25K£38K£50K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Sika40%
  • FILA Surface Care Solutions20%
  • Hometric17%
  • Stonecare4u5%
  • EDE Group4%
  • Households Direct4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Demand

Brick Acid search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Brick Acid search terms shoppers use

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

  • brick acid58K/yr
  • brick cleaner27K/yr
  • brick acid cleaner13K/yr
  • brick cleaner for exterior7K/yr
  • brick acid cleaner strong5K/yr
  • brick and patio cleaner4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Brick Acid

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall33%−0.43

Didn't work

Does not work very well pretty useless to be honest

Ineffective

Value For Money16%+0.50

A pity it is so expensive though

again not worth the money

Waste of money

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%−0.09

Disappointing outcome after following the instructions to the letter

Followed instructions and nothing

followed instructions very carefully- did not work whatsover-even tried it a second time to no visual effect

Strength6%−0.05

Not strong enough

Not strong enough to make a dent

A bit weak

Ease Of Use4%+0.14

Its not as good as I had to work hard

Needs a bit of help from a wire brush -

Love

Quality-Overall19%+1.33

Excellent Product

Quality

very impressed as shown in the before and after pic

Ease Of Cleaning18%+1.31

Cleans

Good cleaning

Excellent for cleaning toilets

Value For Money17%+0.50

Excellent value for money

Worth the money

Good price

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.44

this does the job

As Described

Worked as it should

Ease Of Use6%+0.14

Easy to use

Great product and easy to use, I just sloshed a little onto each cement/mortar/concrete patch and let it fizz away for while before rinsing down and then pressure washing a day or two later removed the lot of it

Does a great job easy on / easy of

Return

0.2% Return rate 21% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall38%▆▄▄▄█▅

Didn't work

Does not work very well pretty useless to be honest

Ineffective

Leak-Proof13%█▁▅▁▁▅
Size-Overall11%▁█▅▃▆▁

smaller container then expected

Defective Material/Parts5%▁▁▁█▁▁
Strength5%▁█▅▁▁▁

Not strong enough

Not strong enough to make a dent

A bit weak

FAQ

Common Brick Acid questions

Answered from the same tracked data.