bananas
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Conversion
Incredible41.9%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Market size
Good£599K£599K/yr · 999K searches
Review moat
Okay1,589.57avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-8.2%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
Bad93%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Avg price
Bad£1.43avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£0.79–£2.36cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
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.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
bananas market data
- Units sold / yr
- 500K–600K
- avg 60,000–80,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- £715K–£858K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 41.9%
- Avg BSR
- #4
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 0%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 50 months
- Avg seller age
- 171 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 93% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
3 flat
Sellers
10
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
93%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Fyffes87%
- by Amazon10%
- Morrisons3%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -8.2% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.2×
Top bananas search terms
- bananas638K/yr
- banana192K/yr
- bananas fresh131K/yr
- bannana5K/yr
- bananas morrisons6K/yr
- banan13K/yr
- morrisons bananas3K/yr
- banna4K/yr
- banans3K/yr
- bannas2K/yr
Top bananas products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 7 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Newest
by launch date
What buyers say about bananas
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Nice and fresh”
“Great taste”
“Good quality bananas”
“Nice size, not too small”
“arivved in perfect ripness good value for money”
“Banana are so good for you plenty of passium”
“They kept well”
“Lovely flavour”
“No sugar so good for health”
“ready to eat”
What buyers complain about
“Very small”
“Banana was not fresh”
“Bad quality”
“Yellow,cheap,yum”
“Dissolved in 5 days flat”
“bad bananas”
“Arrived with a couple bit squashed”
“Not like expected o very soggy”
“went soft and brown very quickly”
“by the time they ripe they gone off”
Common questions
- Is bananas profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £599K/yr across 7 tracked products. 3 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -8.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (40/100).
- How competitive is the bananas niche?
- 3 brands and 10 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 93% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in bananas?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Stale/Rotten/Spoiled, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for bananas peak?
- Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug; the busiest month runs 5.2× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the bananas niche?
- Listings span £0.79–£2.36; the average listing price is £1.43 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,590 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.