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Lidocaine Gel

Fail

Prices span $2.98–$13.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Lidocaine Gel is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,596 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£168K/yr238K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 97 sellers

Flapen Score

Lidocaine Gel against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lidocaine Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lidocaine Gel 238K times last year and spent an estimated £168K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 238K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £168K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
238K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.7%
Conversion, latest week
11.9%
Market size, estimated
£168Ka year
Peak month
February1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
anbesol57K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.92.

Listings sell for £5.92 on average, from £2.98 to £13.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £5.92 that is £15K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.92under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.98–£13.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£18K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #65 within Dental Care. It carries 4,491 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#65in Dental Care
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,491per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Lidocaine Gel 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 83% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£25K£50K£76K£101K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

97

Est. top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Anbesol51%
  • Orajel13%
  • Aloclair9%
  • Bonjela7%
  • AINxtolm7%
  • apipharma5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 7%)

Demand

Lidocaine Gel search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Lidocaine Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • anbesol57K/yr
  • anbesol liquid99K/yr
  • anbesol adult strength gel50K/yr
  • anbesol liquid adult20K/yr
  • ambesol6K/yr
  • anbesol adult strength liquid4K/yr
  • ambersol2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lidocaine Gel

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Tooth Sensitivity”
14%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Tastes bad”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”14% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lidocaine Gel 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