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Hearing Aid

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.9★. But demand is soft, at -20.6% this quarter, so Hearing Aid is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 6% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +14 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.8M/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Hearing Aid against its category

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

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

Market

The Hearing Aid market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hearing Aid 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £1.8M. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.6%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
£1.8Ma year
Peak month
October1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
hearing aids for adults602K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £72.09.

Listings sell for £72.09 on average, from £11.43 to £294.25. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £72.09 that is £7K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£72.09inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.43–£294.25
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£18K
Returns
6.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

99% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 38.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #49 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 253 reviews at 3.85 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
99%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
38.8%
Average rank
#49in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
3.85 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
253per listing
Listings tracked
74

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 16 of last year's 54 launches as successful.

54 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 16 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
54
Successful launches
16Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Hearing Aid 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 28% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£37K£73K£110K£147K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 falling

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

42%

  • Kaiouli15%
  • JD Health Tech15%
  • Guirfly1N18%
  • HIBRIQ8%
  • Beurer6%
  • TooPower6%

Demand

Hearing Aid search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Hearing Aid search terms shoppers use

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

  • hearing aids for adults602K/yr
  • hearing aids239K/yr
  • hearing aid98K/yr
  • hearing aids for adults rechargeable49K/yr
  • hearing aids for seniors24K/yr
  • hearing amplifier16K/yr
  • hearing amplifier for adults10K/yr
  • bluetooth hearing aids for adults14K/yr
  • rechargeable hearing aid for adults8K/yr
  • in the ear hearing aids for adults12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hearing Aid

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

Complain

Size-Overall20%−0.47

Small

Just the fit not suitable for me

Too big

Quality-Overall10%−0.13

Complete rubbish

Poor quality

Cheaply and poorly made

Functionality-Overall7%−0.25

Didn't work for me

not working that well

Never worked properly

Value For Money6%+0.55

nothing special just a lot cheaper

Total waste of money

So not great value sorry to say

Durability6%−0.17

Broken after just over a month

fall out all the time

Stopped working

Love

Value For Money16%+0.55

great value

Good value for money

Good for the price

Ease Of Use14%+1.43

Easy to use

Easy to operate

easy to follow

Quality-Overall13%−0.13

Good quality, comfortable product

Excellent product

The build quality seems decent enough

Comfort-Overall10%+0.95

Its very comfortable

Comfortable to wear

Very comfortable to use

Charging10%+0.32

Good charge from what i can see

Charging is quick

Easy to charge

Return

6.5% Return rate 46% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall40%▆██▇██

Small

Just the fit not suitable for me

Too big

Functionality-Overall22%▆█▆█▆▆

Didn't work for me

not working that well

Never worked properly

Comfort-Overall7%█▅▇▇▇▅

Uncomfortable to wear. too bulky

very slightly uncomfortable

are uncomfortable to wear

Charging6%▅▄▆▇▅█

Only keeps charged for a short time

the on/off switch is a bit vague leading to uncertain charge levels

Will not charge

Quality-Overall4%█▅▅▃▆▄

Complete rubbish

Poor quality

Cheaply and poorly made

FAQ

Common Hearing Aid questions

Answered from the same tracked data.