courgette
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
Review moat
Great459.64avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-7.0%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£84K£84K/yr · 145K searches
Competition
Bad86%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Avg price
Bad£1.39avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£0.84–£2.38cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, courgette is a £84K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (145K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–Sep–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
courgette market data
- Units sold / yr
- 60K–80K
- avg 6,000–8,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- £83K–£111K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 41.9%
- Avg BSR
- #27
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 9%
- Out of stock
- 7.0%
- Avg brand age
- 74 months
- Avg seller age
- 198 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 86% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
2 flat
Sellers
6
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
86%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Morrisons69%
- by Amazon31%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -7.0% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Mar, Apr, Sep, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×
Top courgette search terms
- green beans128K/yr
- frozen green beans5K/yr
- fine beans4K/yr
- frozen beans3K/yr
- green bean2K/yr
- string beans2K/yr
Top courgette 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 11 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 courgette
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“These tasted pretty fresh”
“Tasted fresh”
“Lovely size packet so great value for money”
“Excellent quality”
“Good texture”
“The 400g pack is the ideal size to feed a couple of people, and the beans are consistently sized and cleaned, confirming a solid build quality”
“As described”
“These were at a cold crunch freshness on delivery”
“A nice and cost effective option of getting vegetables into the kid's diet”
“tender snap to them without being overly soft”
What buyers complain about
“Bad quality”
“Didn't look fresh”
“So hard to cut”
“werent very finely sliced”
“not strong taste”
“no different to standard”
“Really small bag”
Common questions
- Is courgette profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £84K/yr across 11 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -7.0%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (38/100).
- How competitive is the courgette niche?
- 2 brands and 6 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 86% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in courgette?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Stale/Rotten/Spoiled, Ease Of Use. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for courgette peak?
- Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–Sep–Dec; the busiest month runs 3.5× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the courgette niche?
- Listings span £0.84–£2.38; the average listing price is £1.39 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 460 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.