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title: "Dried Apricots — £174K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 46/100 · £174K/yr market · 110K searches/yr · £7.61 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **dried apricots**
**Skip it**
Prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.75–$17.18) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 36Growth 22Conversion 100Competition 19Returns 100Price range 14Avg price 21Brand share 18Review moat 77Quality gap 68
**Conversion**
**Incredible****20.8%**
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****467.73**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Quality gap**
**Good****4.3★**
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****£7.61**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Competition**
**Bad****77%**
top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
**Brand share**
**Bad****93%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Price range**
**Bad****£1.75–£17.18**
cheapest 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 ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **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.
3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/dried-apricots/trend)
## **Top dried apricots search terms**
- **dried apricots**58K/yr-15.0%15.9% conv. - **apricots**29K/yr+11.1%18.1% conv. - **apricot**10K/yr-3.3%8.2% conv. - **dried apricots 1kg**7K/yr-1.7%9.5% conv. - **dried apricot**3K/yr-15.4%13.6% conv. - **dry apricot**3K/yr-23.8%10.8% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/dried-apricots/search-terms)
## **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.
0%15%£26K30%£52K45%£78K60%£104K101001K10K 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 Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack**by Amazon**£2.24**4.4★1,052 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWNZN9WR) [2**Morrisons Soft Apricots 250g**Morrisons**£2.78**4.5★562 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VLNVQP6) [3**by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 7 pack**by Amazon**£13.70**4.4★1,052 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWP9XRNW) [4**Apricots Punnet 325g**Morrisons**£2.01**4.4★168 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071KHGQ4Y) [5**Whitworths Snack on Golden Malatya Apricots 140g**Whitworths**£1.91**4.2★157 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01DPAXYUY)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack**by Amazon**£2.24**1,052 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWNZN9WR) [**by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 7 pack**by Amazon**£13.70**1,052 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWP9XRNW) [**Eastanbul Dried Apricots 410g Apricots Dried Fruits Snacks No Sugar Added Turkish Fruit Yet Moist & Plump Halal Natural Whole Pitted Vegan**Eastanbul**£8.90**279 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLBDF9ZF) [**by Amazon Apricots Ripen at Home 320g**by Amazon**£1.75**61 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BCQG1WP9) [**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**£13.72**99 rev6y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085QLQ1T6)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Eastanbul Dried Apricots 410g Apricots Dried Fruits Snacks No Sugar Added Turkish Fruit Yet Moist & Plump Halal Natural Whole Pitted Vegan**Eastanbul**£8.90**4.4★**▲ 250%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLBDF9ZF) [**Apricots Punnet 325g**Morrisons**£2.01**4.4★**▲ 112%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071KHGQ4Y) [**by Amazon Apricots Ripen at Home 320g**by Amazon**£1.75**3.9★**▲ 53%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BCQG1WP9) [**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**£13.72**4.4★**▲ 21%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085QLQ1T6) [**by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack**by Amazon**£2.24**4.4★**— 1%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWNZN9WR)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about dried apricots**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Taste-Overall**21%
*“These apricots are soft and absolutely delicious”*
**Quality-Overall**19%
*“Excellent quality”*
**Moist/Dry**9%
*“Good and healthy little bit dry its good”*
**Nutritional Content**8%
*“Ideal apricot for eating with breakfast”*
**Value For Money**8%
*“These were cheaper”*
**Sweetness**6%
*“Like honey and toffee”*
**Health Benefits-Overall**4%
*“Health snack even diabetics can eat them”*
**Crispiness**4%
*“Lovely and juicy”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**3%
*“Just as advertised and good value”*
**Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing**3%
*“Delicious soft and chewy”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Hard Feel**25%
*“Mine were tough as old boots”*
**Moist/Dry**16%
*“Dried Apricots”*
**Taste-Overall**10%
*“These apricots taste absolutely awful”*
**Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing**6%
*“Chewy, not overly sweet and filling”*
**Value For Money**5%
*“Not cheap so hoped for better”*
**Quality-Overall**5%
*“Inferior quality in my estimation”*
**Thickness**2%
*“The first bag was twice as fat as this two”*
**Burnt/Roasted/Overbaked**2%
*“Overdried you think they were burnt”*
**Stale/Rotten/Spoiled**2%
*“Fermented”*
**Texture/Consistency-Overall**2%
*“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.
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