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Carpet Cleaner

Maybe

Shoppers spend $16.3M a year here. But demand is soft, at -9.8% this quarter, so Carpet Cleaner is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 8% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +12 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£16.3M/yr4.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 350 sellers

Flapen Score

Carpet Cleaner against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Carpet Cleaner is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Carpet Cleaner market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Carpet Cleaner 4.0M times last year and spent an estimated £16.3M. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 4.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £16.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.8%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
£16.3Ma year
Peak month
October1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
carpet cleaner1.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £85.19.

Listings sell for £85.19 on average, from £2.79 to £165.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £85.19 that is £341K to £426K a year per listing.

Average price
£85.19inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.79–£165.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£341K–£426K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #17 within Household Cleaners. It carries 3,897 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#17in Household Cleaners
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,897per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Carpet Cleaner 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£490K£980K£1.5M£2.0M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

350

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

6%

  • Vax60%
  • Dr. Beckmann12%
  • Shark8%
  • BISSELL5%
  • VYTRONIX4%
  • Akitas4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)

Demand

Carpet Cleaner search demand

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

200K150KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Carpet Cleaner search terms shoppers use

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

  • carpet cleaner1.8M/yr
  • carpet cleaner machines1.2M/yr
  • vax carpet cleaner381K/yr
  • carpet washers96K/yr
  • carpet washer73K/yr
  • carpet cleaners60K/yr
  • carpet shampooer53K/yr
  • rug cleaner46K/yr
  • carpet cleaner machine42K/yr
  • carpet shampooer machine32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Carpet Cleaner

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

Complain

Ease Of Cleaning12%+2.20

doesn't clean very well at all

difficult to clean

Worse cleaner ever

Durability8%−0.08

Didnt last

Broke after first use

Breaks easily

Leak-Proof7%

Started to leak

Leaked everywhere

Leaking

Quality-Overall6%

Not good quality

Poor quality control

shoddy quality

Functionality-Overall5%−0.06

Did not work

this is not effective

doesn't really work well

Love

Ease Of Cleaning32%+2.20

Cleans like a dream

Cleans up well

Cleans well

Ease Of Use12%+0.98

Easy to operate

Ease of use

easy to remove

Value For Money11%+0.45

Good value for money

Brilliant for the money

Excellent Value For Money

Quality-Overall10%

Good product 👍 Very good product for the

good quality, nice big container

Amazing quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.28

As described

works as advertised

Exactly what I needed

Return

1.2% Return rate 9% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall21%█▆▅▇▆█

Did not work

this is not effective

doesn't really work well

Leak-Proof15%██▇▇▇▆

Started to leak

Leaked everywhere

Leaking

Ease Of Cleaning8%▆▅█▇▇▇

doesn't clean very well at all

difficult to clean

Worse cleaner ever

Size-Overall6%▅▇█▇█▇
Spray/Flow5%▇▇█▆▅▆

Sprayer Stucks frequently

Won't spray water

Spray does not work

FAQ

Common Carpet Cleaner questions

Answered from the same tracked data.