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Dark Roast Ground Coffee

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — Dark Roast Ground Coffee doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Market size 13Growth 10Conversion 88Competition 57Returns 100Price range 52Avg price 48Brand share 3Review moat 61Quality gap 43
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Is Dark Roast Ground Coffee profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Dark Roast Ground Coffee is a £53K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (44K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Dark Roast Ground Coffee: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -29.9% over the last 90 days and 10.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£53K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-29.9%44K
Conversion rate10.2%
Avg price£11.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 43
Top-5 product click share51%
Open market1%
Avg brand age78 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 · 29 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,080

Top Dark Roast Ground Coffee products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

43

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

0%

  • Marley Coffee65%
  • illy21%
  • by Amazon8%
  • Grano Milano4%
  • Grumpy Mule1%
  • Lavazza1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Dark Roast Ground Coffee demand & seasonality

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

Volume44KCVR10.2%Products29Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate0.2%Rating4.5★Reviews1,080Avg BSR#87
800600Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Dark Roast Ground Coffee search terms shoppers use

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

  • marley coffee16K/yr
  • coffee dark roast ground4K/yr
  • bob marley coffee5K/yr
  • marley coffee beans5K/yr
  • illy intenso3K/yr
  • dark roast ground coffee4K/yr
  • ground coffee dark roast3K/yr
  • illy intenso ground coffee3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dark Roast Ground Coffee

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Taste-Overall33%

Rich taste

Caffeine Content17%

Good texture and perfect caffeine content

Flavor13%

Nice robust flavour

Quality-Overall10%

am pleased to say it is wonderfully consistent in quality

Value For Money10%

Good price

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Taste-Overall30%

Weird after taste

Value For Money8%

The price is rising steadily

Flavor7%

Both flavours have the same burnt after taste

Bitter7%

Very bitter

Strength6%

No strength

Common Dark Roast Ground Coffee questions

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

Flapen scores Dark Roast Ground Coffee 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £53K/yr across 29 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -29.9% over the last 90 days.
Dark Roast Ground Coffee buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Value For Money, Flavor, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.