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Peanuts

Peanuts shows low returns (0.0%), but pricing outside the sweet spot ($5.57 avg) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look
Market size 60Growth 23Conversion 98Competition 49Returns 100Price range 59Avg price 15Brand share 25Review moat 64Quality gap 47
This niche Category average

Is Peanuts profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Peanuts is a £514K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (558K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Peanuts: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -3.4% over the last 90 days and 16.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£514K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-3.4%558K
Conversion rate16.5%
Avg price£5.57

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 83
Top-5 product click share55%
Open market10%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 29 products

Sponsored placement31%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews936

Top Peanuts products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£26K£51K£77K£103K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

83

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

8%

  • KP44%
  • by Amazon20%
  • Morrisons19%
  • KP Nuts5%
  • Leagrams2%
  • SUJASH2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 8%)

Peanuts demand & seasonality

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

Volume558KCVR16.5%Products29Brands13Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate0.2%Rating4.5★Reviews936Avg BSR#901
18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Peanuts search terms shoppers use

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

  • peanuts281K/yr
  • salted peanuts54K/yr
  • kp nuts44K/yr
  • peanut39K/yr
  • dry roasted peanuts45K/yr
  • kp peanuts28K/yr
  • roasted peanuts21K/yr
  • peanuts salted14K/yr
  • kp dry roasted peanuts9K/yr
  • dry roasted nuts6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Peanuts

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Value For Money23%

Cost effective

Quality-Overall19%

Good quality according to well over 30 blue

Taste-Overall17%

Delicious peanuts

Pet Friendly9%

Good enough for the birds

Salt Content6%

Not too salty

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Salt Content21%

Very salty

Quality-Overall15%

poor quality bag sent out in

Size-Overall10%

Small nuts

Taste-Overall10%

Strange Taste

Hard Feel5%

Too soft

Common Peanuts questions

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

Flapen scores Peanuts 54/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £514K/yr across 29 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -3.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Peanuts on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.