core drill
Worth a lookShows no brand lock-in (top 5 brands take 42% of clicks), but a small market ($67K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.
Brand share
Great42%top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche
Competition
Great26%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Avg price
Great£65.23avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Great386.48avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Great4.2★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Returns
Good2.2%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Bad£6.54–£384.84cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Growth
Bad-7.1%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Conversion
Bad1.4%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Bad£67K£67K/yr · 73K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, core drill is a £67K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (73K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 42% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.
Data updated Jul 22, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
core drill market data
- Units sold / yr
- 1K–1K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £65K–£82K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 1.4%
- Avg BSR
- #227
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 86%
- Sponsored
- 70%
- Out of stock
- 5.0%
- Avg brand age
- 59 months
- Avg seller age
- 180 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (26% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
37 rising
Sellers
98
Top-5 brand share
42%
Top 20: 85%
Top-5 click share
26%
Top 20: 69%
Open market
53%
- GVHAKG10%
- MOXPIFY10%
- UK DRILLS THE PROFESSIONALS CHOICE8%
- CMYKZONE8%
- DaduoRi7%
- DEWALT5%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -7.1% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top core drill search terms
- core drill26K/yr
- core drill set12K/yr
- core drill bit16K/yr
- diamond core drill bit6K/yr
- diamond core drill5K/yr
- masonry hole cutter5K/yr
- core drill bit set4K/yr
Top core drill products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
350MM Round Handle Sds Wall Drill Bit Concrete Cement Stone Tungsten Carbide Drill Bit With 30/40/50MM High Strength Stability Fast Drilling For Air Conditioners Washing Machines Pipe Punching
CMYKZONE£15.694.2★1,614 rev
GVHAKG 11Pcs Diamond Core Drill Set 42 mm 52 mm 65 mm 117 mm 127 mm Diamond Core Drills Concrete Core Drill for Brick Concrete Granite Marble and Stone
GVHAKG£102.035.0★2 rev
GVHAKG 7Pcs Diamond Core Drill Set 38 mm 52 mm 117 mm Diamond Cores Concrete Core Drill for Brick Concrete Granite Marble and Stone
GVHAKG£65.323.9★9 rev
REAWI 8-Piece Diamond Core Drill Bit Set with M14 Thread & Adapters for Angle Grinder Drill SDS Plus Hammer - for Porcelain Tile Granite Marble Stone - Includes Storage Case
REAWI£42.643.8★5 rev
Dewalt D21570K-GB Diamond Drill 240 V Yellow/Black 240 Volt
DEWALT£170.264.1★234 rev
Newest
by launch date
DaduoRi 44mm x 240mm Long Core Drill Bit Set with 240mm 110mm SDS Plus Adaptor & Centre Pilot Bit Diamond Core Drill Set for Brick Block Masonry Stone 1/2 BSP Thread(For hole 40/42mm)
DaduoRi£29.7923 rev
DaduoRi Pro 42mm x 240mm Core Drill Bit Set Includes 3 Adapters(240mm & Regular SDS Plus Hex) 2 Extra Long Centre Bits (280mm/300mm) - For Deep Holes in Concrete Brick Block Stone - 1/2 BSP
DaduoRi£34.848 rev
REAWI 8-Piece Diamond Core Drill Bit Set with M14 Thread & Adapters for Angle Grinder Drill SDS Plus Hammer - for Porcelain Tile Granite Marble Stone - Includes Storage Case
REAWI£42.645 rev
GVHAKG 7Pcs Diamond Core Drill Set 38 mm 52 mm 117 mm Diamond Cores Concrete Core Drill for Brick Concrete Granite Marble and Stone
GVHAKG£65.329 rev
GVHAKG 11Pcs Diamond Core Drill Set 42 mm 52 mm 65 mm 117 mm 127 mm Diamond Core Drills Concrete Core Drill for Brick Concrete Granite Marble and Stone
GVHAKG£102.032 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
MOXPIFY 65mm x 170mm Long Diamond Core Drill Bit Set with 240mm SDS Plus Shank. To Be Used In Concrete Masonry Brick Block Stone Granite.
MOXPIFY£28.064.6★
REAWI 8-Piece Diamond Core Drill Bit Set with M14 Thread & Adapters for Angle Grinder Drill SDS Plus Hammer - for Porcelain Tile Granite Marble Stone - Includes Storage Case
REAWI£42.643.8★
DaduoRi 44mm x 240mm Long Core Drill Bit Set with 240mm 110mm SDS Plus Adaptor & Centre Pilot Bit Diamond Core Drill Set for Brick Block Masonry Stone 1/2 BSP Thread(For hole 40/42mm)
DaduoRi£29.794.4★
MOXPIFY 52mm x 170mm Long Diamond Core Drill Bit Set with 240mm SDS Plus Shank. To Be Used In Concrete Masonry Brick Block Stone Granite.
MOXPIFY£26.324.6★
DaduoRi Pro 42mm x 240mm Core Drill Bit Set Includes 3 Adapters(240mm & Regular SDS Plus Hex) 2 Extra Long Centre Bits (280mm/300mm) - For Deep Holes in Concrete Brick Block Stone - 1/2 BSP
DaduoRi£34.844.6★
What buyers say about core drill
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Good value”
“Good kit and works well”
“Did the job”
“Easy to use”
“fit would recommend”
“Worked well”
“Perfect for porcelain”
“Very clean cuts with precise diameters”
“then this does the trick very well”
“Durability”
What buyers complain about
“cheap so what did I expect”
“Im not sure they will be as good after a number of uses”
“just as well as a more expensive bit”
“Unfortunately, these tile cutting bits were a complete waste of time and money”
“Flimsy and bent on 1st use you get what you pay for”
“Only smaller sizes work”
“the Arbor and the hole saw also get jammed together”
“now i can't remove the 50mm head to change for to use other attachments”
“its never coming off no matter how hard I try”
“The only other difficult part of use was getting the arbour part from the core drill bit after use”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is core drill profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £67K/yr across 56 tracked products. 2 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -7.1%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (55/100).
- How competitive is the core drill niche?
- 37 brands and 98 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 26% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 42% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in core drill?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Durability, Value For Money. The return rate is 2.2%.
- When does demand for core drill peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the core drill niche?
- Listings span £6.54–£384.84; the average listing price is £65.23 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 386 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.