tomato plants
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Quality gap
Incredible4.0★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Great351.03avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Good43%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Growth
Good+41.9%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Good68%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Conversion
Good4.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Avg price
Okay£10.49avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Bad£2.79–£18.85cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Market size
Bad£67K£67K/yr · 142K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, tomato plants is a £67K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (142K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Verdict: Worth a look — 61/100.
Data updated Jul 26, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
tomato plants market data
- Units sold / yr
- 8K–10K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- £84K–£105K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 4.5%
- Avg BSR
- #264
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 23%
- Sponsored
- 60%
- Out of stock
- 25.7%
- Avg brand age
- 46 months
- Avg seller age
- 179 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
15 rising
Sellers
25
Top-5 brand share
68%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
43%
Top 20: 83%
Open market
26%
- Carbeth Plants28%
- Bedwen16%
- Tropical Plants UK10%
- Gardeners Kitchen7%
- Thompson & Morgan7%
- Perfect Plants6%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +41.9% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 74.0×
Top tomato plants search terms
- tomato plants86K/yr
- tomato plants ready to plant now16K/yr
- tomato plant13K/yr
- tomatoes plants7K/yr
- cherry tomato plants6K/yr
- tomato plants for sale6K/yr
- tomato plug plants4K/yr
- tomato plants ready to plant3K/yr
Top tomato plants products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Carbeth Plants 3 x Tomato Plant Mix in 9cm Pots - Grow Your Own
Carbeth Plants£15.683.4★491 rev
3 x Cherry Tomato Plants Fresh Vine Tomatoes | Outdoor Garden Ready Plants in 10.5cm Pots | Greenhouse or Patio Growing | 15-30cm Tall (Sweet Aperitif)
Tropical Plants UK£12.924.2★247 rev
Gardeners Kitchen - Tomato Plants - F1 Shirley - 3 X 9cm Pot Vegetable Plants.
Gardeners Kitchen£12.964.5★130 rev
Carbeth Plants 3 x Tomato Plant Moneymaker in 9cm Pots - Cherry Tomatoes
Carbeth Plants£15.943.4★288 rev
Cherry Tomato Rapunzel. Plug Plant x 5. Grow Your own Tomatoes Super Sweet. Available from Bedwen Plants
Bedwen£10.944.1★31 rev
Newest
by launch date
Tomato 1 x 9cm Pot Plant Summerlast F1 Dwarf Blight Resistant Variety Compact Patio Tomato High Yielding Vegetable Plant for Pots & Small Gardens by Thompson & Morgan
Thompson & Morgan£6.765 rev
Verdant Living 3 Large Tomato Plants - Healthy & Well Established 10.5cm Root Ball. Compact Ready to Fruit & High Yielding. Perfect for Window Boxes & Hanging Baskets. Tumbling Tom Yellow Variety
Verdant Living£14.8810 rev
Tomato Seed Pack 6-in-1 Gardeners Delight Marmande Moneymaker Cherry Cerise Roma & Yellow Pear Easy-to-Grow Vegetable Seeds for Garden Patio & Greenhouse
Simply Garden£6.2986 rev
Fothergills Oh Sow Simple Tomato Red Cherry Vegetable Seeds Sow: JanApr
Mr Fothergill's£2.79141 rev
3 x Cherry Tomato Plants Fresh Vine Tomatoes | Outdoor Garden Ready Plants in 10.5cm Pots | Greenhouse or Patio Growing | 15-30cm Tall (Sweet Aperitif)
Tropical Plants UK£12.92247 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Tomato Moneymaker Plug Plants
YouGarden£9.984.0★
Tomato 1 x 9cm Pot Plant Summerlast F1 Dwarf Blight Resistant Variety Compact Patio Tomato High Yielding Vegetable Plant for Pots & Small Gardens by Thompson & Morgan
Thompson & Morgan£6.763.9★
Gardeners Kitchen - Tomato Plants - F1 Shirley - 3 X 9cm Pot Vegetable Plants.
Gardeners Kitchen£12.964.5★
Mixed Pack Tomato Plug Plants Beef Cherry Mini Plum Standard Grow Your Own Vegetables from Our Premium Quality Plants (5 Plug Plants Mixed Pack)
Root Source£15.434.0★
Mr Fothergills - RHS Tomato Outdoor Girl red
Mr Fothergill's£3.444.7★
What buyers say about tomato plants
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“They are growing”
“Excellent product”
“Excellent price”
“Easy to use”
“product as advertised”
“Good, sturdy plant”
“Good size”
“Up to now growing well”
“the leaves a nice colour”
“they had a most beautiful display of potted plants inside their house”
What buyers complain about
“Didnt grow”
“The plants are small”
“Not good quality”
“Arrived extremely dry”
“Poor value”
“Not same as described”
“Not sturdy”
“16 days and not a thing”
“Didn't work”
“Awful waste of money”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is tomato plants profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £67K/yr across 35 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +41.9%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (61/100).
- How competitive is the tomato plants niche?
- 15 brands and 25 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 43% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 68% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in tomato plants?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Plant Growth, Size-Overall, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for tomato plants peak?
- Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun; the busiest month runs 74.0× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the tomato plants niche?
- Listings span £2.79–£18.85; the average listing price is £10.49 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 351 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.