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title: "Courgette — £84K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 38/100 · £84K/yr market · 145K searches/yr · £1.39 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **courgette**
**Skip it**
Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 21Growth 22Conversion 100Competition 11Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 4Brand share 0Review moat 77Quality gap 55
**Conversion**
**Incredible****41.9%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.0%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Review moat**
**Great****459.64**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Quality gap**
**Good****4.4★**
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**
**Bad****86%**
top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
**Avg price**
**Bad****£1.39**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Brand share**
**Bad****100%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Price range**
**Bad****£0.84–£2.38**
cheapest 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 ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **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.
25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
Peak months: Mar, Apr, Sep, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/courgette/trend)
## **Top courgette search terms**
- **green beans**128K/yr-9.0%23.2% conv. - **frozen green beans**5K/yr+57.1%11.7% conv. - **fine beans**4K/yr-5.1%14.1% conv. - **frozen beans**3K/yr+17.2%5.2% conv. - **green bean**2K/yr-11.8%12.8% conv. - **string beans**2K/yr-24.3%20.0% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/courgette/search-terms)
## **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.
0%10%£8K20%£17K30%£25K40%£34K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 11 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**by Amazon Green Beans 200g**by Amazon**£0.84**4.6★964 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0863CVQ67) [2**Morrisons Fine Green Beans 170g**Morrisons**£1.48**4.5★551 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQKFBK3X) [3**Savers Green Beans 200g**Morrisons**£0.85**4.5★462 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DG95GJB4) [4**Morrisons Fine Whole Green Beans 900g**Morrisons**£1.56**3.0★2 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2W77DY9) [5**Morrisons Green Fine Beans 80g**Morrisons**£1.35**4.3★22 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FN8FLGCB)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Morrisons Fine Whole Green Beans 900g**Morrisons**£1.56**2 rev2mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2W77DY9) [**by Amazon Green Beans 400g**by Amazon**£1.33**492 rev10mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DR34YRCH) [**Morrisons Green Fine Beans 80g**Morrisons**£1.35**22 rev12mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FN8FLGCB) [**Morrisons Fine Beans and Tenderstem 190g**Morrisons**£2.38**12 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLLC1RH3) [**Savers Green Beans 200g**Morrisons**£0.85**462 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DG95GJB4)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Morrisons Fine Whole Green Beans 900g**Morrisons**£1.56**3.0★**▲ 252%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H2W77DY9) [**Savers Green Beans 200g**Morrisons**£0.85**4.5★**▲ 206%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DG95GJB4) [**by Amazon Green Beans 400g**by Amazon**£1.33**4.6★**▲ 28%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DR34YRCH) [**by Amazon Sugarsnap Peas 150g**by Amazon**£1.17**4.7★**— 6%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0863F2B7X) [**Morrisons Stringless Beans 180g**Morrisons**£1.51**4.4★**— 10%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LQ6F5II)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about courgette**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Freshness**30%
*“These tasted pretty fresh”*
**Taste-Overall**28%
*“Tasted fresh”*
**Value For Money**13%
*“Lovely size packet so great value for money”*
**Quality-Overall**11%
*“Excellent quality”*
**Texture/Consistency-Overall**4%
*“Good texture”*
**Size-Overall**3%
*“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”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**3%
*“As described”*
**Crispiness**2%
*“These were at a cold crunch freshness on delivery”*
**Nutritional Content**2%
*“A nice and cost effective option of getting vegetables into the kid's diet”*
**Soft Feel**1%
*“tender snap to them without being overly soft”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Quality-Overall**20%
*“Bad quality”*
**Stale/Rotten/Spoiled**20%
*“Didn't look fresh”*
**Ease Of Use**10%
*“So hard to cut”*
**Cutting/Trimming**10%
*“werent very finely sliced”*
**Taste-Overall**10%
*“not strong taste”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**10%
*“no different to standard”*
**Size-Overall**10%
*“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.
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