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Insulation

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -22.1% this quarter, so Insulation is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 17% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£232K/yr405K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 44 sellers

Flapen Score

Insulation against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Insulation market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Insulation 405K times last year and spent an estimated £232K. The top 5 brands take 64% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 405K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £232K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
405K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.1%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
£232Ka year
Peak month
January3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
insulation roll74K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.24.

Listings sell for £20.24 on average, from £7.08 to £94.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £20.24 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.24inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.08–£94.37
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 42% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #46 within Building Supplies. It carries 785 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
42%
Out of stock, average day
9.3%
Average rank
#46in Building Supplies
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
785per listing
Listings tracked
48

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Insulation 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 37% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

44

Est. top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 93%

Est. top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

33%

  • BLOSTM31%
  • Fabian Clarke London16%
  • SuperFOIL7%
  • Green Loft6%
  • Haltons4%
  • volila4%

Demand

Insulation search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Insulation search terms shoppers use

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

  • insulation roll74K/yr
  • foil insulation roll36K/yr
  • insulation77K/yr
  • loft insulation64K/yr
  • insulation foil18K/yr
  • shed insulation26K/yr
  • foil insulation17K/yr
  • loft insulation roll19K/yr
  • shed insulation kit10K/yr
  • reflectix5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Insulation

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
18%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.4%of orders come back
“need more adhesive”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”18% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Insulation 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