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Ear Muffs

Fail

Demand is soft, at -68.9% this quarter, so Ear Muffs is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,848 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −9 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£427K/yr524K searches / yr
90-day growth
-68.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
72%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Ear Muffs against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ear Muffs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ear Muffs 524K times last year and spent an estimated £427K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 524K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -68.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £427K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
524K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-68.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£427Ka year
Peak month
December34.3× the quietest month
Top search term
ear muffs136K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £23.50.

Listings sell for £23.50 on average, from £4.05 to £120.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £23.50 that is £6K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£23.50inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.05–£120.79
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£12K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 26.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #219 within Safety & Security. It carries 7,235 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
26.2%
Average rank
#219in Safety & Security
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,235per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Ear Muffs 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 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£64K£128K£192K£256K1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

47

Est. top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • 3M59%
  • Peltor13%
  • YQXCC12%
  • Dr.meter8%
  • Portwest4%
  • awesafe3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Ear Muffs search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 34.3×

Search terms

Top Ear Muffs search terms shoppers use

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

  • ear muffs136K/yr
  • peltor ear defenders20K/yr
  • 3m ear defenders17K/yr
  • 3m peltor ear defenders13K/yr
  • earmuffs62K/yr
  • ear muffs women167K/yr
  • 3m peltor6K/yr
  • peltor6K/yr
  • ear defenders 3m4K/yr
  • 3m peltor optime iii3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ear Muffs

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
24%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.5%of orders come back
“it snapped in half without too much force when putting on”
A buyer, on “Durability”24% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ear Muffs 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