dried apricots
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.75–$17.18) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Conversion
Incredible20.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Great467.73avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Good4.3★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Market size
Okay£174K£174K/yr · 110K searches
Growth
Bad-6.8%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Avg price
Bad£7.61avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Bad77%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Brand share
Bad93%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£1.75–£17.18cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, dried apricots is a £174K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (110K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
dried apricots market data
- Units sold / yr
- 20K–25K
- avg 2,000–2,500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £152K–£190K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 20.8%
- Avg BSR
- #535
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 64%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 65 months
- Avg seller age
- 178 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
7 falling
Sellers
34
Top-5 brand share
93%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
77%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
3%
- by Amazon59%
- Morrisons20%
- Whitworths5%
- Biopocket4%
- Eastanbul4%
- Grape Tree4%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -6.8% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×
Top dried apricots search terms
- dried apricots58K/yr
- apricots29K/yr
- apricot10K/yr
- dried apricots 1kg7K/yr
- dried apricot3K/yr
- dry apricot3K/yr
Top dried apricots 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
by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack
by Amazon£2.244.4★1,052 rev
Morrisons Soft Apricots 250g
Morrisons£2.784.5★562 rev
by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 7 pack
by Amazon£13.704.4★1,052 rev
Apricots Punnet 325g
Morrisons£2.014.4★168 rev
Whitworths Snack on Golden Malatya Apricots 140g
Whitworths£1.914.2★157 rev
Newest
by launch dateby Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack
by Amazon£2.241,052 rev
by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 7 pack
by Amazon£13.701,052 rev
Eastanbul Dried Apricots 410g Apricots Dried Fruits Snacks No Sugar Added Turkish Fruit Yet Moist & Plump Halal Natural Whole Pitted Vegan
Eastanbul£8.90279 rev
by Amazon Apricots Ripen at Home 320g
by Amazon£1.7561 rev
Grape Tree (1kg) New Season Dried Apricot. Sweet and Chewy Dried Fruit Snacks Perfect for Vegan and Healthy Snacking High in Fibre Low in Fat. Ideal Lunchbox Snacking. No Added Sugar.
Grape Tree£13.7299 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumEastanbul Dried Apricots 410g Apricots Dried Fruits Snacks No Sugar Added Turkish Fruit Yet Moist & Plump Halal Natural Whole Pitted Vegan
Eastanbul£8.904.4★
Apricots Punnet 325g
Morrisons£2.014.4★
by Amazon Apricots Ripen at Home 320g
by Amazon£1.753.9★
Grape Tree (1kg) New Season Dried Apricot. Sweet and Chewy Dried Fruit Snacks Perfect for Vegan and Healthy Snacking High in Fibre Low in Fat. Ideal Lunchbox Snacking. No Added Sugar.
Grape Tree£13.724.4★
by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack
by Amazon£2.244.4★
What buyers say about dried apricots
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“These apricots are soft and absolutely delicious”
“Excellent quality”
“Good and healthy little bit dry its good”
“Ideal apricot for eating with breakfast”
“These were cheaper”
“Like honey and toffee”
“Health snack even diabetics can eat them”
“Lovely and juicy”
“Just as advertised and good value”
“Delicious soft and chewy”
What buyers complain about
“Mine were tough as old boots”
“Dried Apricots”
“These apricots taste absolutely awful”
“Chewy, not overly sweet and filling”
“Not cheap so hoped for better”
“Inferior quality in my estimation”
“The first bag was twice as fat as this two”
“Overdried you think they were burnt”
“Fermented”
“These are not consistent in the packet some very hard”
Common questions
- Is dried apricots profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £174K/yr across 11 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -6.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (46/100).
- How competitive is the dried apricots niche?
- 7 brands and 34 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 77% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in dried apricots?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Hard Feel, Moist/Dry, Taste-Overall. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for dried apricots peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the dried apricots niche?
- Listings span £1.75–£17.18; the average listing price is £7.61 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 468 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.