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Olive Oil

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But the products selling today already average 4.7★, so Olive Oil is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 4% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +16 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£3.4M/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 107 sellers

Flapen Score

Olive Oil against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Olive Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Olive Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Olive Oil 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated £3.4M. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.9%
Conversion, latest week
11.4%
Market size, estimated
£3.4Ma year
Peak month
November1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
olive oil1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.85.

Listings sell for £14.85 on average, from £3.08 to £44.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £14.85 that is £89K to £119K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.85under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.08–£44.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£89K–£119K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

28% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #164 within Oils, Vinegars & Salad Dressings. It carries 2,988 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
28%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#164in Oils, Vinegars & Salad Dressings
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,988per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 74 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
74 months

Products

Top Olive Oil 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£169K£339K£508K£677K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

107

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

19%

  • Filippo Berio38%
  • by Amazon20%
  • Morrisons9%
  • November Polyphenols5%
  • Napolina5%
  • Odysea4%

Demand

Olive Oil search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Olive Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • olive oil1.1M/yr
  • olive oil extra virgin381K/yr
  • extra virgin olive oil300K/yr
  • greek olive oil25K/yr
  • cold pressed olive oil22K/yr
  • extra-virgin olive oil10K/yr
  • filippo berio extra virgin olive oil21K/yr
  • evoo15K/yr
  • virgin olive oil22K/yr
  • extra virgin olive oil cold pressed12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Olive Oil

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

Complain

Value For Money14%−0.01

A little expensive

Overpriced

Expensive

Taste-Overall14%+0.26

tastes all degrees of NASTY

hence not the usual taste

Bad taste

Oily/Greasy8%+0.56

I still seem to poor oil over more things than I wanted

leading to the oil becoming rancid

Oil

Quality-Overall6%+0.71

The so called tin is very flimsy so not the quality product they suggest

Low quality

Very pure in the colour which slightly make me question the quality

Bitter4%−0.05

It was extremely bitter

Very bitter oil

Has a bitter tastes

Love

Quality-Overall26%+0.71

Amazing quality

The bottle quality is decent

The quality feels consistent

Taste-Overall20%+0.26

Taste is fresh

Amazing taste

The taste is really smooth

Value For Money14%−0.01

Good value for money

Excellent value

Decent price

Oily/Greasy7%+0.56

Absolutely delicious oil

A fine tasting oil

The oil pours cleanly

Flavor5%+0.51

The flavor is rich

Great flavor

strong flavor

FAQ

Common Olive Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.