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Small Dog Food

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Small Dog Food is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 12% of 875 Pet Supplies niches · +10 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£1.8M/yr840K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 136 sellers

Flapen Score

Small Dog Food against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Small Dog Food is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Small Dog Food market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Small Dog Food 840K times last year and spent an estimated £1.8M. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Mar–Aug. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

16.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 840K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
840K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.9%
Conversion, latest week
16.1%
Market size, estimated
£1.8Ma year
Peak month
March3.6× the quietest month
Top search term
pooch and mutt dog food271K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.24.

Listings sell for £13.24 on average, from £2.41 to £42.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £13.24 that is £26K to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.24under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.41–£42.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£26K–£33K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #128 within Food. It carries 1,111 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#128in Food
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,111per listing
Listings tracked
54

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 82 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
82 months

Products

Top Small Dog Food 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 only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£54K£107K£161K£214K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

136

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

0%

  • Pooch & Mutt64%
  • IAMS24%
  • Bakers6%
  • James Wellbeloved4%
  • by Amazon2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Small Dog Food search demand

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

30K20KBlack Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Search terms

Top Small Dog Food search terms shoppers use

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

  • pooch and mutt dog food271K/yr
  • pooch and mutt157K/yr
  • iams dog food154K/yr
  • bakers small dog food55K/yr
  • small dog food31K/yr
  • dry dog food small breed24K/yr
  • dog biscuits small dog17K/yr
  • small dog biscuits15K/yr
  • james wellbeloved dog food small10K/yr
  • small breed dry dog food12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Small Dog Food

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

Complain

Indigestion16%−0.11

Diarrhea

Stomach upset

Made both my dogs sick

Size-Overall15%−0.02

They are large

small

bigger pellets

Smell13%−0.06

Strange smell

Smell horrible

Smell like rotten fish

Value For Money6%+1.26

Price exponentially raised

a little pricey

I think these are fairly expensive at full price so I only buy when on offer

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing4%−0.02

Im afraid my dog wont be able to chew -

would end up just swallowing the biscuits whole instead

Hard large chews that out of 7 dogs only one ate it

Love

Pet Friendly33%

good good for dogs

Dog's happy

Dog loves it

Value For Money18%+1.26

Good value for money

Decent price

Excellent value

Quality-Overall12%+0.38

Good quality food

Always good quality delivered on time

Excellent product

Taste-Overall7%+0.13

Love the food

My little dog likes this food

Great food

Size-Overall5%−0.02

good size

Just right size for little dogs

perfect for a little dog

Return

0.1% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Moist/Dry100%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Small Dog Food questions

Answered from the same tracked data.