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Cat Scratching Post

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -8.1% this quarter, so Cat Scratching Post is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 6% of 875 Pet Supplies niches · +14 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£3.4M/yr5.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat Scratching Post against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Cat Scratching Post is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat Scratching Post market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cat Scratching Post 5.6M times last year and spent an estimated £3.4M. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 5.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.1%
Conversion, latest week
2.1%
Market size, estimated
£3.4Ma year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
cat tree2.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £28.74.

Listings sell for £28.74 on average, from £7.63 to £80.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £28.74 that is £43K to £57K a year per listing.

Average price
£28.74inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.63–£80.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£43K–£57K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #27 within Cats. It carries 3,570 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
70%
Out of stock, average day
3.5%
Average rank
#27in Cats
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,570per listing
Listings tracked
61

04 · Newcomers

9 of last year's 12 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. 9 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Cat Scratching Post products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 28, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 28% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£102K£203K£305K£407K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

33

Est. top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 99%

Est. top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

24%

  • HOMIDEC21%
  • Feandrea18%
  • Heybly13%
  • Yaheetech11%
  • Amazon Basics7%
  • Taoqimiao5%

Demand

Cat Scratching Post search demand

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

175K125KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Cat Scratching Post search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat tree2.3M/yr
  • cat scratching post1.4M/yr
  • cat tower433K/yr
  • cat tree for indoor cats329K/yr
  • cat tree for large cats163K/yr
  • cat scratch post124K/yr
  • cat towers for indoor cats98K/yr
  • cat climbing frame87K/yr
  • large cat tree83K/yr
  • scratch post for cats68K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Scratching Post

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

28%of positive reviews mention “Pet Friendly”
23%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“Not fit for purpose”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”23% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Cat Scratching Post questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data