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Candles

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -34.8% this quarter, so Candles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 7% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +13 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£2.6M/yr7.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-34.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 91 sellers

Flapen Score

Candles against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Candles is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Candles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Candles 7.5M times last year and spent an estimated £2.6M. The top 5 brands take 38% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 7.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -34.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
7.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-34.8%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
£2.6Ma year
Peak month
December7.2× the quietest month
Top search term
candles2.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.23.

Listings sell for £9.23 on average, from £2.15 to £16.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £9.23 that is £28K to £37K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.23under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.15–£16.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£28K–£37K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #102 within Alternative Medicine. It carries 1,452 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.5%
Average rank
#102in Alternative Medicine
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,452per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Candles 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 only 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£103K£207K£310K£414K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

91

Top-5 brand share

38%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

57%

  • Yankee Candle14%
  • Woodwick7%
  • TTRWIN6%
  • CHILLFLAME6%
  • EasyBreez5%
  • IDEALHOUSE5%

Demand

Candles search demand

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

600K400KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.2×

Search terms

Top Candles search terms shoppers use

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

  • candles2.8M/yr
  • candle1.6M/yr
  • candles gifts for women1.0M/yr
  • scented candles721K/yr
  • scented candle149K/yr
  • candle set171K/yr
  • candle gift set197K/yr
  • large candle119K/yr
  • candle gift78K/yr
  • scented candles gifts for women114K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Candles

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

Complain

Smell34%−0.14

the smell of smoke spread everywhere

No smell

Just have a slight smell

Size-Overall13%−0.07

Wick too small

Small candles

Really small

Quality-Overall6%+0.27

Not good quality

it still didn't look as good as it should have

Rubbish

Value For Money6%+0.40

just looks very cheap for the price

feel expensive

A waste of money

Durability5%−0.04

Broke within a month

Stopped working

Stopped working after a handful of use

Love

Smell33%−0.14

natural smell

Great aroma

Great fragrances

Gifting Purpose19%+2.62

Birthday gift

Beautiful gift

great for gifting

Value For Money11%+0.40

Excellent value

Excellent value for money

Good price

Quality-Overall10%+0.27

The quality feels consistent across the pack

Excellent Quality & A Perfect Present

Excellent product

Brightness/Shine/Glow7%+0.40

give off a nice warm glow

Gives a nice light

great light

Return

0.4% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall27%▄▅█▆▆▆

Wick too small

Small candles

Really small

Smell22%█▇▃▄▇▆

the smell of smoke spread everywhere

No smell

Just have a slight smell

Gifting Purpose9%▂▇▅█▄█
Functionality-Overall8%▄▃▄█▆▆
Defective Material/Parts7%▆▅▆█▅▃

FAQ

Common Candles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.