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Washing Machines

weak search conversion (1.2%) — Washing Machines doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Market size 100Growth 21Conversion 14Competition 58Returns 43Price range 21Avg price 44Brand share 26Review moat 79Quality gap 68
This niche Category average

Is Washing Machines profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Washing Machines is a £8.4M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (3.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Washing Machines: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -8.2% over the last 90 days and 1.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£8.4M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-8.2%3.3M
Conversion rate1.2%
Avg price£216.70

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 32
Top-5 product click share50%
Open market11%
Avg brand age36 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 · 23 products

Sponsored placement96%
New entrants (1y)6· 5 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews422

Top Washing Machines 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 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£840K£1.7M£2.5M£3.4M101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

8%

  • Hisense40%
  • COMFEE'23%
  • CANDY11%
  • Hoover11%
  • Bosch4%
  • TCL3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Washing Machines demand & seasonality

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

Volume3.3MCVR1.2%Products23Brands10Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate11.0%Rating4.3★Reviews422Avg BSR#11
125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Washing Machines search terms shoppers use

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

  • washing machines1.8M/yr
  • washing machine993K/yr
  • beko washing machine47K/yr
  • hisense washing machine66K/yr
  • hotpoint washing machine62K/yr
  • 10kg washing machine40K/yr
  • washing machine 10kg31K/yr
  • cheap washing machines34K/yr
  • hoover washing machine38K/yr
  • indesit washing machines31K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Washing Machines

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Value For Money26%

Excellent Value

Noise Level22%

noise level is excellent

Quality-Overall15%

I think the price-quality ratio is ideal

Ease Of Use11%

EASY TO USE

Ease Of Cleaning5%

great cleaning performance

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews
Durability15%

it has broken numerous times

Assembly/Installation11%

Appalling Installation

Noise Level9%

noisy

Size-Overall9%

To small

Leak-Proof7%

Leaking

Washing Machines return rate & reasons

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

3.6%

Return rate

16%

Fixable by listing

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

1Defective Material/Parts
20%
2Noise Level
17%
3Functionality-Overall
14%
4Size-Overall
12%
5Leak-Proof
9%

Common Washing Machines questions

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

Flapen scores Washing Machines 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £8.4M/yr across 23 tracked products. 5 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Washing Machines on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.