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Placemats

Placemats shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 29% of clicks), but soft demand (-23.5% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 61Growth 13Conversion 20Competition 86Returns 66Price range 58Avg price 55Brand share 86Review moat 50Quality gap 60
This niche Category average

Is Placemats profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Placemats is a £531K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (2.7M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 49% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Placemats: 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 -23.5% over the last 90 days and 1.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£531K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-23.5%2.7M
Conversion rate1.6%
Avg price£12.61

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 49% of demand, so 51% of the market is open.

51%

open market share

Brands · sellers44 · 78
Top-5 product click share29%
Open market51%
Avg brand age35 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 70 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)13· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,488

Top Placemats 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (29% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£11K£21K£32K£43K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

44 falling

Sellers

78

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 84%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

46%

  • Purejoy11%
  • Myir JUN11%
  • SHACOS11%
  • Pimpernel10%
  • Homcomodar7%
  • APLKER4%

Placemats demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.7MCVR1.6%Products70Brands44Top 5 Brands49%OOS Rate2.8%Rating4.4★Reviews1,488Avg BSR#104
125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Top Placemats search terms shoppers use

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

  • placemats525K/yr
  • table mats402K/yr
  • place mats for table321K/yr
  • place mats223K/yr
  • table mats set of 6160K/yr
  • placemats and coaster sets 6178K/yr
  • table mats set of 4110K/yr
  • table placemats98K/yr
  • placemats set of 473K/yr
  • place mats for table 689K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Placemats

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Quality-Overall29%

Excellent product

Ease Of Cleaning11%

easy to clean down

Value For Money11%

Good for the price

Design-Overall8%

Beautiful design

Color7%

Colours are lovely

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

Low quality

Thickness12%

Lost one star as the thickness of the mats could be better quality

Size-Overall7%

Quite large

Value For Money6%

more expensive than they are

Stain Resistance6%

they do have some stains on them

Placemats return rate & reasons

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

2.4%

Return rate

66%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
37%
2Color
18%
3Quality-Overall
13%
4Thin
5%
5Material Quality
5%

Common Placemats questions

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

Flapen scores Placemats 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £531K/yr across 70 tracked products. 0 of 13 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -23.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Placemats on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.8× the quietest.