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Plumbing Tools

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 45% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -38.9% this quarter, so Plumbing Tools is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 21% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£147K/yr557K searches / yr
90-day growth
-38.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 43 brands · 141 sellers

Flapen Score

Plumbing Tools against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plumbing Tools market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plumbing Tools 557K times last year and spent an estimated £147K. The top 5 brands take 45% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 557K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -38.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £147K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
557K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-38.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
£147Ka year
Peak month
November2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
plumbing tools306K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.97.

Listings sell for £11.97 on average, from £3.20 to £56.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £11.97 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.20–£56.93
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
£1K–£3K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #164 within Building Supplies. It carries 1,256 reviews at 4.23 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.0%
Average rank
#164in Building Supplies
Average rating
4.23 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,256per listing
Listings tracked
56

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Plumbing Tools products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£9K£13K£18K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

43 falling

Sellers

141

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 83%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 68%

Open market

50%

  • Todays Tools12%
  • Generic11%
  • Heatlab10%
  • DURATECH6%
  • Monument6%
  • Fluxuator5%

Demand

Plumbing Tools search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Plumbing Tools search terms shoppers use

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

  • plumbing tools306K/yr
  • plumbing50K/yr
  • plumbing tools and equipment66K/yr
  • plumbers tools61K/yr
  • plumbing spanner18K/yr
  • plumber tools11K/yr
  • plumbers spanner12K/yr
  • plumbing wrench10K/yr
  • plumbing spanners6K/yr
  • plumbing accessories7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plumbing Tools

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall16%−0.18

Doesnt fit

Odd size

It is small

Quality-Overall15%+0.22

Not top quality

Cheap quality

Rubbish quality

Functionality-Overall8%−0.12

All 3 cutters dont work correctly

Didn't work

Did not do the job

Value For Money6%+0.45

Disappointing, even for the low price

Do not buy - Very Expensive

the Monument ones are pretty expensive

Grip6%−0.03

there was not enough space for this to grip the nut

The grip could be better

Doesn't grip

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.22

Good quality tool

Excellent product

The build quality feels solid

Ease Of Use21%+2.52

EASY TO USE

Very handy

removed with ease

Value For Money12%+0.45

Good price

Great value for money

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.28

As advertised

Exactly what I need

As described

Size-Overall5%−0.18

Perfect fit

fits like a glove

They're easy to fit

Return

1.6% Return rate 59% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall49%▇▇██▇▇

Doesnt fit

Odd size

It is small

Functionality-Overall10%▇█▇▇██

All 3 cutters dont work correctly

Didn't work

Did not do the job

Quality-Overall7%█▇▄▅▇▅

Not top quality

Cheap quality

Rubbish quality

Grip5%▆▄▅▅█▅

there was not enough space for this to grip the nut

The grip could be better

Doesn't grip

Compatibility-Overall5%█▆▇▇▄▇

FAQ

Common Plumbing Tools questions

Answered from the same tracked data.