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Pilchards in Tomato Sauce

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -1.9% this quarter, so Pilchards in Tomato Sauce is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 6% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +14 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£295K/yr159K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 43 sellers

Flapen Score

Pilchards in Tomato Sauce against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Pilchards in Tomato Sauce is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Pilchards in Tomato Sauce market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pilchards in Tomato Sauce 159K times last year and spent an estimated £295K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 159K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.6% 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 £295K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
159K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.9%
Conversion, latest week
9.6%
Market size, estimated
£295Ka year
Top search term
sardines in tomato sauce42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £19.34.

Listings sell for £19.34 on average, from £1.01 to £42.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £19.34 that is £10K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£19.34inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.01–£42.95
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£15K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

26% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 22% ship with Prime. On an average day, 18.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #195 within Tinned & Jarred Food. It carries 76 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
26%
Prime listings
22%
Out of stock, average day
18.6%
Average rank
#195in Tinned & Jarred Food
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
76per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
66 months

Products

Top Pilchards in Tomato Sauce products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£30K£59K£89K£118K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

12 flat

Sellers

43

Est. top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 94%

Est. top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

13%

  • Glenryck64%
  • RYYN6%
  • --6%
  • John West5%
  • Princes3%
  • Gifty Goodness3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 13%)

Demand

Pilchards in Tomato Sauce search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

3K2KPrime Day '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26

Search terms

Top Pilchards in Tomato Sauce search terms shoppers use

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

  • sardines in tomato sauce42K/yr
  • pilchards in tomato sauce42K/yr
  • pilchards29K/yr
  • glenryck pilchards in tomato sauce 155g12K/yr
  • tinned pilchards12K/yr
  • pilchards in tomato sauce 400g6K/yr
  • tinned sardines in tomato sauce3K/yr
  • tinned pilchards in tomato sauce4K/yr
  • glenryck pilchards4K/yr
  • glenryck pilchards in tomato sauce5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pilchards in Tomato Sauce

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

37%of positive reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
30%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Very pricey”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”30% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Pilchards in Tomato Sauce questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data