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Cat Scratching Mat

soft demand (-26.3% this quarter) — Cat Scratching Mat doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Market size 19Growth 12Conversion 68Competition 42Returns 97Price range 14Avg price 25Brand share 71Review moat 34Quality gap 89
This niche Category average

Is Cat Scratching Mat profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cat Scratching Mat is a £75K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (135K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Cat Scratching Mat: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -26.3% over the last 90 days and 6.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£75K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-26.3%135K
Conversion rate6.2%
Avg price£8.95

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand, so 38% of the market is open.

38%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 31
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market38%
Avg brand age23 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 23 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)7· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews3,102

Top Cat Scratching Mat 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 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£11K£15K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

31%

  • vacvad20%
  • FUKUMARU13%
  • Coching12%
  • RAM ONLINE10%
  • Gimars8%
  • SOL6%

Cat Scratching Mat demand & seasonality

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

Volume135KCVR6.2%Products23Brands17Top 5 Brands62%OOS Rate8.6%Rating4.1★Reviews3,102Avg BSR#57
4K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Cat Scratching Mat search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat scratching mat82K/yr
  • cat scratch mat22K/yr
  • scratch matt for cats9K/yr
  • scratch mat6K/yr
  • sisal mat6K/yr
  • cat scratcher mat4K/yr
  • scratching mat5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Scratching Mat

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Pet Friendly33%

Cats love it

Quality-Overall15%

Good quality

Value For Money9%

Overall good value for money and great performance

Scratch Resistance9%

Saves my walls being scratched

Adhesion/Stickiness5%

It sticks well

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Size-Overall33%

Not fit for purpose

Adhesion/Stickiness15%

Not very strong adhesive

Durability7%

They simply fall apart not even a day after I put them on

Quality-Overall5%

Poor quality

Value For Money5%

Waste of money

Cat Scratching Mat return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

61%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
45%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
13%
3Quality-Overall
10%
4Color
5%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
5%

Common Cat Scratching Mat questions

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

Flapen scores Cat Scratching Mat 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £75K/yr across 23 tracked products. 1 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -26.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cat Scratching Mat on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.