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Utility Knife

Fail

Demand is soft, at -20.6% this quarter, so Utility Knife is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,774 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£566K/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Utility Knife against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Utility Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Utility Knife 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated £566K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

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. In the latest week, 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £566K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£566Ka year
Peak month
November2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
stanley knife1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.94.

Listings sell for £7.94 on average, from £2.12 to £17.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £7.94 that is £24K to £32K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.12–£17.72
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£24K–£32K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

26% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Hand Tools. It carries 2,708 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
26%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#14in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,708per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Utility Knife 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£57K£113K£170K£226K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • OX Tools21%
  • STANLEY FATMAX18%
  • STANLEY17%
  • Amazon Basics16%
  • Milwaukee13%
  • Homebay9%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Demand

Utility Knife search demand

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

120K80KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Utility Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • stanley knife1.1M/yr
  • utility knife252K/yr
  • milwaukee knife209K/yr
  • work knife77K/yr
  • dewalt knife45K/yr
  • milwaukee fastback31K/yr
  • stanley knife retractable31K/yr
  • retractable knife37K/yr
  • folding utility knife33K/yr
  • stanley knives24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Utility Knife

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

Complain

Quality-Overall14%+1.77

Inferior quality, fell apart after a couple of weeks

the build quality is really poor

Bad quality

Ease Of Use13%

Very awkward to use

Quite difficult to open and close

I couldn't get it to open

Durability12%−0.12

Broke after a few months

didnt last

Broke after one week

Size-Overall6%

Not fit for purpose

But, and its a big but

Smaller than I expected

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting5%−0.04

Needs better instructions

The instructions are totally inadequate

needs better instructions

Love

Quality-Overall29%+1.77

Excellent product

Good quality knife

A solid good quality knife

Value For Money13%+0.92

Good for the price

Reasonable price

Good value for money

Ease Of Use13%

easy to operate

Easy to use

easy to fold

Strength7%+0.77

Nice and sturdy

Very solid construction

Seems a well made sturdy product

Grip4%+0.10

comfortable grip

The handle has a great grip to it

The only best little thing about it is its easy grip

Return

0.8% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall17%█▇▇▇▅█

Blade wont come out

Makes it pretty useless for work

screw doesnt do up

Mechanism Issues14%▄█▄▆▆▇
Size-Overall10%█▄▄▂▇▂

Not fit for purpose

But, and its a big but

Smaller than I expected

Defective Material/Parts7%█▃▇▃▂▇
Quality-Overall7%▃▄▅█▁▄

Inferior quality, fell apart after a couple of weeks

the build quality is really poor

Bad quality

FAQ

Common Utility Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.