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Vacuum Cleaner

Maybe

Shoppers spend $22.4M a year here. But demand is soft, at -2.5% this quarter, so Vacuum Cleaner is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 18% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£22.4M/yr11.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 151 sellers

Flapen Score

Vacuum Cleaner against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Vacuum Cleaner is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Vacuum Cleaner market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Vacuum Cleaner 11.3M times last year and spent an estimated £22.4M. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 11.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £22.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
11.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.5%
Conversion, latest week
2.6%
Market size, estimated
£22.4Ma year
Peak month
October1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
vacuum cleaner2.9M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £76.71.

Listings sell for £76.71 on average, from £23.76 to £165.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £76.71 that is £384K to £460K a year per listing.

Average price
£76.71inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£23.76–£165.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
£384K–£460K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Vacuums & Floor Care. It carries 3,727 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.7%
Average rank
#23in Vacuums & Floor Care
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,727per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 10 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 10 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
10Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Vacuum Cleaner products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£1.1M£2.2M£3.4M£4.5M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

151

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

26%

  • Amazon Basics26%
  • VACTechPro13%
  • VYTRONIX9%
  • Akitas9%
  • Shark9%
  • Vax8%

Demand

Vacuum Cleaner search demand

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

500K300KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Vacuum Cleaner search terms shoppers use

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

  • vacuum cleaner2.9M/yr
  • cordless vacuum cleaner2.6M/yr
  • hoover2.2M/yr
  • hoover vacuum cleaner726K/yr
  • vacuum426K/yr
  • hoover cordless321K/yr
  • cordless hoover378K/yr
  • hoovers250K/yr
  • cordless vacuum266K/yr
  • upright vacuum cleaners180K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vacuum Cleaner

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Durability13%−0.22

Already coming apart

Didnt last

Breaks easily

Battery Life10%−0.08

Battery does not last long

short battery life

Bad battery life

Charging7%−0.06

Doesnt charge

won't hold charge

Not charging

Quality-Overall6%+0.11

quite flimsy quality

Awful quality

Terrible quality control

Weight Heavy5%−0.03

Way too heavy

heavier than expected

Heavier than expected

Love

Value For Money20%+1.43

Money well spent

Excellent value for money

Fair price

Weight Light14%+1.25

Lightweight and easy to handle

Delighted that I have a cordless lightweight

Lightweight and easy to use

Ease Of Cleaning12%+0.79

cleans exceptionally well

Cleans well

Cleans really well

Ease Of Use10%+0.55

easy to do

Easy to control

Ease of Use

Quality-Overall9%+0.11

Build quality feels solid

Build quality is great

Quality at a fair price

Return

2.2% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall24%█▇▆▆▇▆

Doesn't work

Dont work properly

Stopped working

Charging10%▆▄▅▆▇█

Doesnt charge

won't hold charge

Not charging

Weight Heavy10%▅██▆▅▇

Way too heavy

heavier than expected

Heavier than expected

Battery Life7%█▅▅▆▇▇

Battery does not last long

short battery life

Bad battery life

Quality-Overall6%▆█▇▆▄▅

quite flimsy quality

Awful quality

Terrible quality control

FAQ

Common Vacuum Cleaner questions

Answered from the same tracked data.