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Burkini

Burkini shows demand growing +128.9% this quarter, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look
Market size 10Growth 95Conversion 5Competition 90Returns 1Price range 84Avg price 95Brand share 42Review moat 93Quality gap 82
This niche Category average

Is Burkini profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Burkini is a £40K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (401K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Burkini: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +128.9% over the last 90 days and 0.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£40K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr+128.9%401K
Conversion rate0.4%
Avg price£27.06

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand, so 20% of the market is open.

20%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 35
Top-5 product click share25%
Open market20%
Avg brand age35 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 83 products

Sponsored placement82%
New entrants (1y)25· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews141

Top Burkini products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (25% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£4K£5K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 55%

Open market

16%

  • Odizli37%
  • seafanny22%
  • IBTOM CASTLE8%
  • AGYMNX7%
  • IBAKOM6%
  • OBEEII4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 16%)

Burkini demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume401KCVR0.4%Products83Brands15Top 5 Brands80%OOS Rate5.0%Rating4.2★Reviews141Avg BSR#23
30K20KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Top Burkini search terms shoppers use

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

  • burkini116K/yr
  • burkini swimwear for ladies95K/yr
  • modest swimwear91K/yr
  • muslim swimming costume women27K/yr
  • burkini swimwear17K/yr
  • islamic swimming costume women11K/yr
  • full body swimsuit11K/yr
  • modest swimsuit9K/yr
  • full body swimsuit women8K/yr
  • birkini5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Burkini

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Size-Overall26%

Fits nicely

Quality-Overall16%

Good quality suit

Comfort-Overall14%

Very comfortable

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Just as expected

Material Quality8%

Nice comfy material

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Size-Overall47%

Poor fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

Is not what you in the pictures

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity8%

not as stretchy as normally the swimsuits are

Material Quality8%

It has a strange material

Burkini return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

11.8%

Return rate

90%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
79%
2Material Quality
3%
3Shape/Style
2%
4Quality-Overall
2%
5Chest Fit
2%

Common Burkini questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Burkini 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £40K/yr across 83 tracked products. 0 of 25 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +128.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Burkini on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 3.6× the quietest.