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Surge Protector

Maybe

An estimated 0.9% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -8.5% this quarter, so Surge Protector is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£136K/yr190K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
41%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 122 sellers

Flapen Score

Surge Protector against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Surge Protector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Surge Protector 190K times last year and spent an estimated £136K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 190K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £136K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
190K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.5%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
£136Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
surge protector90K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.53.

Listings sell for £14.53 on average, from £4.17 to £99.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.53 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.53under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.17–£99.62
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–£4K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #73 within Electrical. It carries 2,405 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.8%
Average rank
#73in Electrical
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,405per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Surge Protector 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£22K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

122

Est. top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 99%

Est. top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

26%

  • Masterplug44%
  • Belkin12%
  • HANYCONY6%
  • PRO ELEC5%
  • DEWENWILS4%
  • Brennenstuhl3%

Demand

Surge Protector search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Surge Protector search terms shoppers use

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

  • surge protector90K/yr
  • switched extension lead33K/yr
  • power strip surge protector18K/yr
  • power surge protector11K/yr
  • surge protected extension lead 1m8K/yr
  • surge protection5K/yr
  • 2m extension lead surge protection6K/yr
  • surge protector power strip4K/yr
  • 1m extension lead surge protection4K/yr
  • switchable extension lead4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surge Protector

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
14%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
0.9%of orders come back
“Not durable”
A buyer, on “Durability”14% 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 Surge Protector 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