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Laundry Detergent

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the products selling today already average 4.7★, so Laundry Detergent is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 6% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +14 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£2.9M/yr4.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 209 sellers

Flapen Score

Laundry Detergent against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Laundry Detergent is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Laundry Detergent market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Laundry Detergent 4.6M times last year and spent an estimated £2.9M. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 4.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.2%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£2.9Ma year
Peak month
April1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
laundry detergent1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.95.

Listings sell for £6.95 on average, from £0.92 to £23.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £6.95 that is £42K to £56K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.95under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.92–£23.95
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£42K–£56K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #353 within Laundry. It carries 1,350 reviews at 4.69 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
3.4%
Average rank
#353in Laundry
Average rating
4.69 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,350per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 7 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 7 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Laundry Detergent products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£144K£287K£431K£575K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

209

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

9%

  • Fairy Non Bio27%
  • Persil19%
  • Surf17%
  • Ariel14%
  • Bold8%
  • Fairy6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Demand

Laundry Detergent search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

150K100KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Laundry Detergent search terms shoppers use

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

  • laundry detergent1.2M/yr
  • washing liquid565K/yr
  • fairy390K/yr
  • fairy non bio381K/yr
  • washing detergent274K/yr
  • laundry270K/yr
  • ariel washing liquid178K/yr
  • washing liquid laundry142K/yr
  • non bio washing liquid127K/yr
  • laundry liquid137K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Laundry Detergent

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Smell13%+1.06

Bad smell

Overpowering smell

Unpleasant strong smell

Leak-Proof7%

Slight leakage

Item has leaked

Leaks

Value For Money7%+2.19

Waste of money

High price

A bit pricey

Size-Overall5%+0.20

Small bottle

Smaller than expected

Huge

Allergies5%−0.03

Caused irritation

Made us itchy

Skin irritation

Love

Smell25%+1.06

smells beautiful

Long lasting smell

Smells fresh

Value For Money24%+2.19

Great Value

Decent price

Great deal

Quality-Overall9%+0.08

Good quality, by the time I got them, most of the pods had burst

Good product good results

Excellent Product

Washability7%+0.25

Washed well

Washes beautifully

Very good Wash perfect

Ease Of Cleaning6%

Cleans well

It cleans really well

cleans up well

Return

0.1% Return rate 8% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof62%▇▇████

Slight leakage

Item has leaked

Leaks

Smell6%▅▅▃█▄▅

Bad smell

Overpowering smell

Unpleasant strong smell

Size-Overall5%█▅▆▄█▃

Small bottle

Smaller than expected

Huge

Value For Money5%▄█▅▇▄█

Waste of money

High price

A bit pricey

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▁▂▅▄▆█

FAQ

Common Laundry Detergent questions

Answered from the same tracked data.