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Butane Gas Canisters

Butane Gas Canisters clears our launch bar: a $1.2M/yr market growing +16.3% this quarter with returns at 0.1%.

Flapen Score

61
Launch it
Market size 81Growth 45Conversion 74Competition 56Returns 100Price range 72Avg price 74Brand share 41Review moat 48Quality gap 24
This niche Category average

Is Butane Gas Canisters profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Butane Gas Canisters is a £1.2M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Launch it — 61/100.

Butane Gas Canisters: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +16.3% over the last 90 days and 6.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.2M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr+16.3%1.2M
Conversion rate6.9%
Avg price£14.82

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand, so 20% of the market is open.

20%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 67
Top-5 product click share52%
Open market20%
Avg brand age48 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 32 products

Sponsored placement78%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews1,722

Top Butane Gas Canisters 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 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£48K£96K£144K£192K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

16%

  • Campingaz26%
  • Straame20%
  • Coleman13%
  • Easy Shopping13%
  • Green Haven9%
  • UR CHOICE4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Butane Gas Canisters demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.2MCVR6.9%Products32Brands14Top 5 Brands80%OOS Rate6.9%Rating4.6★Reviews1,722Avg BSR#12
35K25KBlack Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Butane Gas Canisters search terms shoppers use

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

  • camping gas200K/yr
  • gas canisters for camping stove200K/yr
  • butane gas canisters168K/yr
  • camping gas canister117K/yr
  • gas98K/yr
  • butane gas82K/yr
  • gas bottle51K/yr
  • campingaz42K/yr
  • gas canister43K/yr
  • campingaz gas canisters25K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butane Gas Canisters

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

What buyers love

92% of reviews
Value For Money36%

Excellent value

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%

As advertised

Quality-Overall19%

The product is satisfactory as far as I can tell

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to use

Size-Overall4%

Good fit

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Size-Overall14%

It didnt fit my gas stove

Value For Money13%

Expensive

Quality-Overall10%

Poor quality

Flammable8%

burns every drop

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

the items not being the same as ordered

Butane Gas Canisters return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

48%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
38%
2Compatibility-Overall
13%
3Defective Material/Parts
8%
4Functionality-Overall
7%
5Connectivity-Overall
6%

Common Butane Gas Canisters questions

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

Flapen scores Butane Gas Canisters 61/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Launch it. The niche generates £1.2M/yr across 32 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +16.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Butane Gas Canisters on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.