How competitive is the Bananas niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

3 brands and 10 sellers compete in Bananas on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Bananas products take 93% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Bananas?

Bananas buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Size-Overall, Stale/Rotten/Spoiled, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Bananas niche?

Bananas sells for £1.43 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £0.79–£2.36. The average incumbent carries 1,590 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Bananas

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Bananas doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Bananas profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Bananas is a £599K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (999K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Bananas: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -8.2% over the last 90 days and 41.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£599K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr600K

Search volume / yr-8.2%999K

Conversion rate41.9%

Avg price£1.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 10

Top-5 product click share93%

Open market0%

Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 7 products

Top Bananas products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Fyffes Bananas 5pk

Price: £0.93
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 1,518
Age: 9mo ago

Fyffes Medium Ripe & Ready Bananas 5 pack

Price: £0.79
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 3,193
Age: 4y ago

Fyffes Snack Size Bananas 7pk

Price: £0.98
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 885
Age: 9mo ago

by Amazon Organic Fairtrade Bananas 5 Pack

Price: £1.45
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,794
Age: 6y ago

Fyffes Organic Fairtrade Bananas 6pk

Price: £1.95
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 315
Age: 9mo ago

Newest

by launch date

Fyffes Bananas 5pk

Price: £0.93
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 1,518
Age: 9mo ago

Fyffes Snack Size Bananas 7pk

Price: £0.98
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 885
Age: 9mo ago

Fyffes Organic Fairtrade Bananas 6pk

Price: £1.95
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 315
Age: 9mo ago

Fyffes Large Ripen At Home Bananas 8 pack

Price: £1.51
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 298
Age: 3y ago

Fyffes Medium Ripe & Ready Bananas 5 pack

Price: £0.79
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 3,193
Age: 4y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 93% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Fyffes87%
by Amazon10%
Morrisons3%

Bananas demand & seasonality

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

Volume999KCVR41.9%Products7Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews1,590Avg BSR#4

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.2×

Top Bananas search terms shoppers use

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

bananas638K/yr -11.6%40.4% conv.
banana192K/yr -0.9%24.3% conv.
bananas fresh131K/yr +4.4%34.6% conv.
bannana5K/yr +7.7%14.4% conv.
bananas morrisons6K/yr +27.7%27.8% conv.
banan13K/yr -74.8%23.0% conv.
morrisons bananas3K/yr +11.8%38.1% conv.
banna4K/yr -21.3%10.4% conv.
banans3K/yr -7.7%38.3% conv.
bannas2K/yr -3.9%30.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bananas

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

What buyers love

95% of reviews

Freshness30%

“Nice and fresh”

Taste-Overall28%

“Great taste”

Quality-Overall12%

“Good quality bananas”

Size-Overall9%

“Nice size, not too small”

Value For Money7%

“arivved in perfect ripness good value for money”

What buyers complain about

85% of reviews

Size-Overall21%

“Very small”

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled12%

“Banana was not fresh”

Quality-Overall12%

“Bad quality”

Color11%

“Yellow,cheap,yum”

Storage Temperature8%

“Dissolved in 5 days flat”

Common Bananas questions

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

Flapen scores Bananas 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £599K/yr across 7 tracked products. 3 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.2% over the last 90 days.