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Tape Measure

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -12.9% this quarter, so Tape Measure is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 7% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£2.4M/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 108 sellers

Flapen Score

Tape Measure against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tape Measure market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tape Measure 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated £2.4M. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.9%
Conversion, latest week
15.5%
Market size, estimated
£2.4Ma year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
tape measure1.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.69.

Listings sell for £7.69 on average, from £1.61 to £19.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £7.69 that is £62K to £77K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.61–£19.09
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£62K–£77K
Returns
0.3%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, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Measuring & Layout Tools. It carries 4,080 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#14in Measuring & Layout Tools
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,080per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Tape Measure 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£73K£146K£219K£292K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

108

Est. top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

20%

  • STANLEY27%
  • OX Tools19%
  • Rolson10%
  • Amazon Basics10%
  • Woodland Leathers8%
  • G4GADGET6%

Demand

Tape Measure search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Tape Measure search terms shoppers use

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

  • tape measure1.3M/yr
  • measuring tape367K/yr
  • stanley tape measure68K/yr
  • 5m tape measure40K/yr
  • tape measures35K/yr
  • metric tape measure30K/yr
  • measurement tape24K/yr
  • retractable tape measure19K/yr
  • tape measure 5 metre26K/yr
  • stanley tape measure 8m24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tape Measure

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
0.3%of orders come back
“Broke after one use”
A buyer, on “Durability”20% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Tape Measure 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