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Highlighters

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But prices span $1.65–$10.67, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Highlighters is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 28% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£892K/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 187 sellers

Flapen Score

Highlighters against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Highlighters is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Highlighters market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Highlighters 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated £892K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £892K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.7%
Conversion, latest week
10.0%
Market size, estimated
£892Ka year
Peak month
August2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
highlighters1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.56.

Listings sell for £4.56 on average, from £1.65 to £10.67. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £4.56 that is £36K to £46K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.56under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.65–£10.67
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£36K–£46K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 9,985 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#23in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
9,985per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Highlighters 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 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£36K£71K£107K£143K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

187

Est. top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

14%

  • STABILO23%
  • BIC20%
  • Amazon Basics18%
  • STAEDTLER16%
  • Q-Connect5%
  • Westcott5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 14%)

Demand

Highlighters search demand

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

120K80KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Highlighters search terms shoppers use

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

  • highlighters1.4M/yr
  • highlighters pens252K/yr
  • highlighter151K/yr
  • highlighter pens58K/yr
  • highlighter pen16K/yr
  • highlights13K/yr
  • high lighters13K/yr
  • staedtler highlighters14K/yr
  • markers & highlighters14K/yr
  • highlighter set10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Highlighters

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Color”
13%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.1%of orders come back
“I didnt want a colour”
A buyer, on “Color”13% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Highlighters 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