hollow wall anchor
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.9%), but a small market ($58K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.9%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Brand share
Great45%top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche
Competition
Great40%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Conversion
Good6.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Review moat
Good795.57avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Price range
Okay£2.20–£21.24cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Avg price
Okay£9.24avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Bad-17.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£58K£58K/yr · 93K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, hollow wall anchor is a £58K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (93K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.
Data updated Jul 22, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
hollow wall anchor market data
- Units sold / yr
- 5K–6K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £46K–£55K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 6.8%
- Avg BSR
- #341
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 98%
- Sponsored
- 82%
- Out of stock
- 4.4%
- Avg brand age
- 37 months
- Avg seller age
- 170 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (40% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
34 rising
Sellers
75
Top-5 brand share
45%
Top 20: 90%
Top-5 click share
40%
Top 20: 81%
Open market
49%
- T.K.Excellent12%
- PLASPLUGS11%
- TOPWAY8%
- BESTYCHAO7%
- SCREWBOX7%
- fiXte5%
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 33 weeks — -17.4% search growth over the last 90 days.Top hollow wall anchor search terms
- cavity wall fixings21K/yr
- hollow wall anchor22K/yr
- hollow wall fixings23K/yr
- molly bolts6K/yr
- cavity wall fixings for plasterboard7K/yr
- hollow wall anchors5K/yr
- molly bolts for plasterboard5K/yr
- molly bolt3K/yr
Top hollow wall anchor 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
T. K. Excellent Heavy Duty Zinc Plated Steel Molly Bolt Hollow Drive Plasterboard Fixings Screws for Drywall Multiple Sizes Assortment Kit 68 Pieces
T.K.Excellent£13.884.4★5,755 rev
TOPWAY Wall Anchor Setting Tool Kit 63Pcs Zinc Plated Metal Plasterboard Cavity Hollow Wall Fixings Screws Anchors Plugs Assortment Set 405508
TOPWAY£14.184.6★441 rev
Plasterboard Hollow Cavity Drywall Plugs Raw Rawl Plug Fixings Professional Picture Frame Object Hanging Screw Fixing Clamps Pack of 50
PLASPLUGS£3.354.6★902 rev
52pcs Heavy Duty Zinc Plated Steel Hollow Wall Anchor Screws Set
BESTYCHAO£10.384.4★257 rev
SCREWBOX Plasterboard Fixings 20pcs Heavy Duty Drywall Anchors & Screws Metal Self Drilling Wall Plugs for Strong Grip
SCREWBOX£7.224.4★833 rev
Newest
by launch date
HLWGFJDY 25pcs M4×38 Heavy Duty Plasterboard Fixings Hollow Wall Anchors Metal Wall Plugs Dry Wall Anchor Screws Bolts Expansion Screws Bolts for Drywall Sheetrock Plaster Board Wall Fixings
HLWGFJDY£4.292 rev
HLWGFJDY 25pcs M4×46 Heavy Duty Plasterboard Fixings Hollow Wall Anchors Metal Wall Plugs Dry Wall Anchor Screws Bolts Expansion Screws Bolts for Drywall Sheetrock Plaster Board Wall Fixings
HLWGFJDY£5.255 rev
UKDeals Direct Plasterboard Fixings Plasplugs Heavy Duty Cavity Hollow Wall Drywall Plugs 30s
UKDeals Direct£5.0814 rev
Hollow Wall Fixings Anchor 50 PCS Heavy Duty Metal Plasterboard Cavity Wall Fixings Anchors Plugs Plasterboard Fixing Heavy Duty Screws Assorted
ZYETGH£6.923 rev
Bullfix Extra Plasterboard Fixings Heavy Duty - Starter 10 Pack
Bullfix£11.501,078 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumHLWGFJDY 25pcs M4×38 Heavy Duty Plasterboard Fixings Hollow Wall Anchors Metal Wall Plugs Dry Wall Anchor Screws Bolts Expansion Screws Bolts for Drywall Sheetrock Plaster Board Wall Fixings
HLWGFJDY£4.295.0★
HLWGFJDY 25pcs M4×46 Heavy Duty Plasterboard Fixings Hollow Wall Anchors Metal Wall Plugs Dry Wall Anchor Screws Bolts Expansion Screws Bolts for Drywall Sheetrock Plaster Board Wall Fixings
HLWGFJDY£5.255.0★
Bullfix Extra Plasterboard Fixings Heavy Duty - Starter 10 Pack
Bullfix£11.504.5★
UKDeals Direct Plasterboard Fixings Plasplugs Heavy Duty Cavity Hollow Wall Drywall Plugs 30s
UKDeals Direct£5.084.2★
Rapid Hollow Wall Anchors Pack of 10 Heavy Duty Metal Plasterboard Fixings for 32-45 mm Wall Thickness 40 kg Load Cavity Wall Fixings Wall Plugs Plasterboard & Chipboard Plugs (5001552)
Rapid£11.344.5★
What buyers say about hollow wall anchor
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Excellent product”
“Fantastic, easy to use and a sturdy support”
“Easy to use”
“Brilliant,works as it should”
“Good for the price”
“Excellent fixings, work well and easy to use”
“Great cavity raw plugs worked a treat”
“Works well”
“Good quality wall screws”
“much more reliable Grip it fixings”
What buyers complain about
“Bad quality”
“Dont work”
“Not fit for purpose screw does not reach end of plug”
“Don't always grip well”
“Not fit for purpose”
“Out of the 20 about 4 of them broke whilst using them with the plasterboard gun”
“Not cheap and useless like some others”
“Unfortunately the plugs were quite fragile”
“Bit of strength needed to install the anchor correctly”
“Useless, just pull through plasterboard,”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is hollow wall anchor profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £58K/yr across 44 tracked products. 1 of 10 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -17.4%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (54/100).
- How competitive is the hollow wall anchor niche?
- 34 brands and 75 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 40% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 45% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in hollow wall anchor?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Functionality-Overall, Mounting. The return rate is 0.9%.
- What does it cost to enter the hollow wall anchor niche?
- Listings span £2.20–£21.24; the average listing price is £9.24 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 796 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.