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Pencil Sharpeners

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But prices span $0.95–$8.91, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pencil Sharpeners is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 23% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£525K/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 112 sellers

Flapen Score

Pencil Sharpeners against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pencil Sharpeners market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pencil Sharpeners 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £525K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £525K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.2%
Conversion, latest week
11.6%
Market size, estimated
£525Ka year
Peak month
August2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
pencil sharpener721K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.61.

Listings sell for £3.61 on average, from £0.95 to £8.91. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £3.61 that is £18K to £22K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.61under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.95–£8.91
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
£18K–£22K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

48% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 2,715 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
48%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#22in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,715per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Pencil Sharpeners 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£21K£42K£63K£84K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

112

Est. top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

22%

  • STAEDTLER27%
  • Solvica16%
  • Swordfish12%
  • JEFURE11%
  • Derwent7%
  • Q-Connect5%

Demand

Pencil Sharpeners search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Pencil Sharpeners search terms shoppers use

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

  • pencil sharpener721K/yr
  • sharpener241K/yr
  • pencil sharpener with container81K/yr
  • pencil sharpeners50K/yr
  • sharpner21K/yr
  • sharpeners17K/yr
  • sharpner for pencils7K/yr
  • pencil sharpeners manual11K/yr
  • pencil sharpener for kids19K/yr
  • pencil sharpner13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pencil Sharpeners

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
0.3%of orders come back
“Break really easily”
A buyer, on “Durability”17% 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 Pencil Sharpeners 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