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Carbon Monoxide Detector

Carbon Monoxide Detector shows searches that convert (16.6% search→purchase), but soft demand (-23.6% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look
Market size 97Growth 13Conversion 98Competition 23Returns 97Price range 38Avg price 54Brand share 40Review moat 25Quality gap 27
This niche Category average

Is Carbon Monoxide Detector profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Carbon Monoxide Detector is a £5.0M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (2.4M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Carbon Monoxide Detector: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -23.6% over the last 90 days and 16.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£5.0M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr400K
Search volume / yr-23.6%2.4M
Conversion rate16.6%
Avg price£12.51

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand, so 19% of the market is open.

19%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 29
Top-5 product click share72%
Open market19%
Avg brand age42 months

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 · 14 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews4,426

Top Carbon Monoxide Detector 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 capture 72% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£497K£994K£1.5M£2.0M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Fireangel36%
  • Kidde20%
  • Safeliveo9%
  • XINDUM8%
  • X-Sense8%
  • Fenary6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 13%)

Carbon Monoxide Detector demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.4MCVR16.6%Products14Brands9Top 5 Brands81%OOS Rate6.3%Rating4.6★Reviews4,426Avg BSR#10
80K60KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Carbon Monoxide Detector search terms shoppers use

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

  • carbon monoxide detector1.3M/yr
  • carbon monoxide alarm391K/yr
  • carbon monoxide alarms for home146K/yr
  • co2 detector110K/yr
  • fire angel carbon monoxide alarm56K/yr
  • carbon monoxide detectors52K/yr
  • fireangel carbon monoxide detector23K/yr
  • co2 monitor48K/yr
  • co alarm38K/yr
  • co2 alarm41K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Carbon Monoxide Detector

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Value For Money19%

Good value for money

Quality-Overall18%

Good quality device

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

As advertised

Assembly/Installation10%

Easily installed

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to read

What buyers complain about

63% of reviews
Durability16%

stopped working after 1.5 years of barely being used

Battery Life11%

battery only lasted 10 weeks

Functionality-Overall9%

think the unit isn't working

Noise Level5%

Very loud

Quality-Overall5%

Poor quality control

Carbon Monoxide Detector return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

7%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
23%
2Defective Material/Parts
17%
3Alarm/Timer Accuracy
14%
4Battery Life
5%
5Size-Overall
5%

Common Carbon Monoxide Detector questions

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

Flapen scores Carbon Monoxide Detector 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £5.0M/yr across 14 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -23.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Carbon Monoxide Detector on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.