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Toilet Roll

Toilet Roll shows a $16.0M/yr market, but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 94% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look
Market size 100Growth 21Conversion 100Competition 45Returns 100Price range 36Avg price 22Brand share 15Review moat 21Quality gap 38
This niche Category average

Is Toilet Roll profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Toilet Roll is a £16.0M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (8.8M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Toilet Roll: 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 -7.8% over the last 90 days and 22.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£16.0M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1.0M
Search volume / yr-7.8%8.8M
Conversion rate22.9%
Avg price£7.91

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 127
Top-5 product click share58%
Open market6%
Avg brand age54 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 · 22 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews11,001

Top Toilet Roll 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 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£799K£1.6M£2.4M£3.2M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

127

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

3%

  • Andrex37%
  • by Amazon33%
  • Velvet17%
  • Morrisons4%
  • Cushelle4%
  • Nicky3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Toilet Roll demand & seasonality

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

Volume8.8MCVR22.9%Products22Brands8Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews11,001Avg BSR#197
225K175KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Toilet Roll search terms shoppers use

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

  • toilet roll5.5M/yr
  • toilet paper949K/yr
  • toilet rolls600K/yr
  • andrex toilet rolls494K/yr
  • andrex195K/yr
  • loo roll178K/yr
  • toilet rolls bulk buy178K/yr
  • toilet tissue93K/yr
  • toilet roll 3 ply61K/yr
  • andrex toilet roll66K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Toilet Roll

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Value For Money39%

Great deal

Quality-Overall23%

Quality is fair for the price

Soft Feel9%

Soft tissues

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As described

Thickness3%

The thickness of these toilet rolls are very good

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Quality-Overall19%

Average Quality

Size-Overall17%

Tube bigger

Thickness15%

Thought 4ply would be thicker

Value For Money10%

Too expensive

Hard Feel6%

NOT Super Soft

Toilet Roll return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

23%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Quality-Overall
19%
2Value For Money
13%
3Size-Overall
12%
4Thin
7%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%

Common Toilet Roll questions

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

Flapen scores Toilet Roll 54/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £16.0M/yr across 22 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -7.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Toilet Roll on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.