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Toothbrushes

Toothbrushes shows a $31.1M/yr market, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

66
Worth a look
Market size 100Growth 22Conversion 78Competition 73Returns 93Price range 80Avg price 95Brand share 23Review moat 22Quality gap 70
This niche Category average

Is Toothbrushes profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Toothbrushes is a £31.1M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (13.5M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 66/100.

Toothbrushes: 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 -5.4% over the last 90 days and 7.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£31.1M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1.0M
Search volume / yr-5.4%13.5M
Conversion rate7.8%
Avg price£29.72

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 288
Top-5 product click share41%
Open market9%
Avg brand age43 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 38 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)4· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews10,161

Top Toothbrushes 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 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£1.2M£2.5M£3.7M£5.0M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

288

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

8%

  • Oral-B75%
  • Colgate9%
  • AJELU3%
  • PHILIPS2%
  • Bitvae2%
  • SURI2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Toothbrushes demand & seasonality

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

Volume13.5MCVR7.8%Products38Brands12Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate5.9%Rating4.3★Reviews10,161Avg BSR#6
600K400KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.6×

Top Toothbrushes search terms shoppers use

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

  • electric toothbrush5.8M/yr
  • toothbrush2.1M/yr
  • oral b electric toothbrushes2.2M/yr
  • oral b toothbrush822K/yr
  • electric toothbrush adults317K/yr
  • oral b474K/yr
  • oral b electric toothbrush283K/yr
  • electric toothbrush oral b258K/yr
  • tooth brush165K/yr
  • toothbrushes126K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Toothbrushes

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Oral Hygiene30%

Keeps The Teeth Clean

Value For Money16%

Great deal

Quality-Overall11%

Great value and quality arrived quickly

Charging5%

Holds charge well

Battery Life3%

battery lasts ages

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews
Charging26%

No charge

Oral Hygiene11%

Obviously not as good as an Oral B

Durability9%

Broke immediately

Battery Life8%

Rubbish battery life

Quality-Overall5%

Bad quality

Toothbrushes return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

Return rate

3%

Fixable by listing

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

1Charging
42%
2Functionality-Overall
12%
3Oral Hygiene
6%
4Defective Material/Parts
5%
5Battery Life
4%

Common Toothbrushes questions

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

Flapen scores Toothbrushes 66/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £31.1M/yr across 38 tracked products. 4 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Toothbrushes on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.6× the quietest.