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Gym Shirt

Gym Shirt shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 13% of clicks), but weak search conversion (0.8%) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 25Growth 35Conversion 9Competition 97Returns 41Price range 59Avg price 65Brand share 90Review moat 25Quality gap 62
This niche Category average

Is Gym Shirt profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Gym Shirt is a £103K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.0M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Gym Shirt: 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 +8.0% over the last 90 days and 0.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£103K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+8.0%1.0M
Conversion rate0.8%
Avg price£13.74

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand, so 55% of the market is open.

55%

open market share

Brands · sellers60 · 135
Top-5 product click share13%
Open market55%
Avg brand age43 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 198 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)40· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews4,564

Top Gym Shirt 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 (13% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£3K£4K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

60 rising

Sellers

135

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 83%

Top-5 click share

13%

Top 20: 38%

Open market

50%

  • Under Armour11%
  • GYMSHARK11%
  • Boyzn9%
  • Gaiatiger8%
  • HOPLYNN5%
  • BOOJO5%

Gym Shirt demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.0MCVR0.8%Products198Brands60Top 5 Brands45%OOS Rate5.8%Rating4.4★Reviews4,564Avg BSR#199
100K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Top Gym Shirt search terms shoppers use

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

  • gym tops for men95K/yr
  • gym t shirts men97K/yr
  • mens gym t shirt83K/yr
  • muscle fit t shirt56K/yr
  • gymshark87K/yr
  • gym shirts for men52K/yr
  • gymshark men67K/yr
  • mens sports t shirt36K/yr
  • quick dry t shirt26K/yr
  • gym shark65K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gym Shirt

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

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Great quality and arrived on time

Size-Overall17%

Excellent fit

Value For Money12%

Excellent value

Comfort-Overall10%

Extremely comfortable

Exercise/Sports Suitability5%

the shirts move well during exercise

What buyers complain about

47% of reviews
Size-Overall19%

To short

Quality-Overall9%

Not made good

Material Quality3%

Nasty material

Thickness3%

The polyester also feels a little thicker than the lighter weight ones I prefer, so it can feel a touch warmer, not terrible, just noticeable

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

The description is misleading

Gym Shirt return rate & reasons

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

3.8%

Return rate

76%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
64%
2Material Quality
8%
3Quality-Overall
5%
4Thin
4%
5Length
3%

Common Gym Shirt questions

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

Flapen scores Gym Shirt 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £103K/yr across 198 tracked products. 1 of 40 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +8.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gym Shirt on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.2× the quietest.