How competitive is the Meatballs niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

8 brands and 48 sellers compete in Meatballs on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Meatballs products take 75% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Meatballs?

Meatballs buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Quality-Overall, Stale/Rotten/Spoiled, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Meatballs niche?

Meatballs sells for £3.92 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £0.99–£12.95. The average incumbent carries 364 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Meatballs

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.99–$12.95) — Meatballs doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Meatballs profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Meatballs is a £138K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (164K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Meatballs: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.6% over the last 90 days and 21.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£138K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K

Search volume / yr-10.6%164K

Conversion rate21.5%

Avg price£3.92

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 48

Top-5 product click share75%

Open market7%

Avg brand age51 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Top Meatballs products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Morrisons Market Street Pork And Beef Meatballs 624g

Price: £4.28
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 190
Age: 2y ago

Morrisons 12 Beef Meatballs 5% Fat 340 g

Price: £3.99
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 946
Age: 6y ago

Oresundschark Original Swedish Meatballs 600g (Frozen)

Price: £4.63
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 841
Age: 5y ago

by Amazon British Beef Meatballs 360g

Price: £3.87
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 564
Age: 5y ago

Morrisons 12 Beef Meatballs 340g

Price: £3.51
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 863
Age: 4y ago

Newest

by launch date

Iceland Lean Beef Meatballs 5% Fat 400g

Price: £4.19
Rating: 3.7/5
Reviews: 41
Age: 1y ago

Dolmio Bolognese Meatball Tomato and Basil Pasta Sauce Jar 450g

Price: £2.31
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 69
Age: 2y ago

Morrisons Market Street Pork And Beef Meatballs 624g

Price: £4.28
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 190
Age: 2y ago

Öresundschark AB Swedish Meatballs 900g (Frozen)

Price: £5.76
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 95
Age: 3y ago

Iceland Beef Meatballs 600g (Frozen)

Price: £4.45
Rating: 3.8/5
Reviews: 46
Age: 3y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 75% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Morrisons53%
Oresundschark17%
by Amazon11%
Fray Bentos8%
Iceland4%
Dolmio4%
Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Meatballs demand & seasonality

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

Volume164KCVR21.5%Products16Brands8Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate0.7%Rating4.3★Reviews364Avg BSR#25

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Meatballs search terms shoppers use

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

meatballs148K/yr -10.2%21.0% conv.
meat balls8K/yr -20.3%21.9% conv.
meatball8K/yr -8.2%12.3% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Meatballs

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews

Taste-Overall28%

“Makes a great meal”

Flavor18%

“Im sure if you like that kind of flavour they are perfectly lovely”

Value For Money9%

“Good value for money”

Crispiness8%

“Fantastic Sauce”

Cooking Instructions7%

“easy to cook etc”

What buyers complain about

83% of reviews

Taste-Overall22%

“Poor taste, processed meat”

Quality-Overall14%

“Poor quality”

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled14%

“Rubbish”

Value For Money10%

“Bit costly”

Thickness6%

“Thin sauce and questionable meat”

Common Meatballs questions

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

Flapen scores Meatballs 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £138K/yr across 16 tracked products. Search demand moved -10.6% over the last 90 days.