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title: "245/45/17 Tires — $102K/yr Amazon US Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 49/100 · $102K/yr market · 82K searches/yr · $158.47 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **245/45/17 tires**
**Skip it**
Weak search conversion (0.8%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 25Growth 47Conversion 10Competition 73Returns 100Price range 15Avg price 56Brand share 72Review moat 64Quality gap 24
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.0%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Competition**
**Good****41%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Brand share**
**Good****62%**
top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
**Review moat**
**Good****957.66**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Avg price**
**Good****$158.47**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Growth**
**Okay****+17.9%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Market size**
**Okay****$102K**
$102K/yr · 82K searches
**Quality gap**
**Bad****4.6★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Price range**
**Bad****$62.73–$310.65**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Conversion**
**Bad****0.8%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Signals**[** High Price**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=us&signal=high_price "Avg price > $50")
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 245/45/17 tires is a $102K/yr Amazon United States market (82K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.
Data updated Jul 11, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **245/45/17 tires market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **1K–2K**
- avg 0–100/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **$198K–$238K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **0.8%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#1,097**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **43%**
- **Sponsored**
- **66%**
- **Out of stock**
- **2.2%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **74 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **147 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products take 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**18 **▼falling
**Sellers**
**33**
**Top-5 brand share**
**62%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**41%**
Top 20: 86%
**Open market**
**32%**
- Fullway27% - Lexani11% - Forceum11% - Aplus7% - Landspider6% - Accelera6%
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 103 weeks — +17.9% search growth over the last 90 days.
2K2KSpike '26 seasonDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/us/automotive/245-45-17-tires/trend)
## **Top 245/45/17 tires search terms**
- **245/45r17**25K/yr+24.5%0.8% conv. - **245 45 17**11K/yr+8.7%1.2% conv. - **245/45/17 tires**12K/yr-17.7%0.9% conv. - **255/45r17**8K/yr+30.7%0.2% conv. - **245/45/17**10K/yr+14.7%1.3% conv. - **245/45r17 tires**6K/yr+30.5%0.4% conv. - **255/45r17 tires**5K/yr+61.1%0.1% conv. - **255/45/17**4K/yr+31.5%0.9% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/us/automotive/245-45-17-tires/search-terms)
## **Top 245/45/17 tires products on Amazon**
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
0%3%$3K6%$6K9%$9K12%$12K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Lexani LXUHP-207-245/45R17 99W Summer High Performance Passenger Tire**Lexani**$79.83**4.4★127 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MC5FVV3) [2**Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tire-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA**Fullway**$76.18**4.5★13,514 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZFVW6HL) [3**Set of 2 (TWO) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA**Fullway**$151.40**4.6★244 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZH5HKQH) [4**Set of 4 (FOUR) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA**Fullway**$306.33**4.9★10 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2YDPKR4) [5**Falken Ziex ZE950 All-Season Radial Tire - 245/45R17 99W**Falken**$96.59**4.6★151 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J02FUKY)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**HORSESHOE SLEIPNIR 2 New 245/45ZR17 245/45R17 99Y XL Andalusia Ultra High Performance Radial Tires 245 45 17 Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW M/S UHP All Season (2 245/45ZR17 99Y XL)**HORSESHOE**$149.05**1 rev1mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1VRD95W) [**Set of 4 (FOUR) Forceum Hexa-R All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA**Forceum**$310.65**0 rev2mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZW7WZ9F) [**Set of 4 (FOUR) Aplus PRO Racing All Season Passenger High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 420AA**Aplus**$300.29**2 rev5mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKGJCPLZ) [**Set of 2 (TWO) Landgolden LG27 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 500AA**Landgolden**$151.33**0 rev7mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3XP1PQ9) [**Aplus Pro Racing 245/45ZR17 99W XL Racing Tire**Aplus**$68.55**269 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FG7TZ328)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Set of 4 (FOUR) Forceum Hena All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-225/45R17 225/45ZR17 225/45/17 225/45-17 94W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA**Forceum**$272.22**4.6★**▲ 281%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZW3M8KW) [**HORSESHOE SLEIPNIR 2 New 245/45ZR17 245/45R17 99Y XL Andalusia Ultra High Performance Radial Tires 245 45 17 Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW M/S UHP All Season (2 245/45ZR17 99Y XL)**HORSESHOE**$149.05**5.0★**▲ 277%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1VRD95W) [**Set of 4 (FOUR) Forceum Hexa-R All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA**Forceum**$310.65**0.0★**▲ 270%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZW7WZ9F) [**Set of 4 (FOUR) Aplus PRO Racing All Season Passenger High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 420AA**Aplus**$300.29**5.0★**▲ 245%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKGJCPLZ) [**Set of 2 (TWO) Landgolden LG27 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-245/45R17 245/45ZR17 245/45/17 245/45-17 99W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 500AA**Landgolden**$151.33**0.0★**▲ 147%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3XP1PQ9)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about 245/45/17 tires**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Value For Money**34%
*“Worth the money”*
**Wheel Quality**25%
*“Wheels are very nice”*
**Quality-Overall**22%
*“They seem well-made”*
**Durability**4%
*“durable good treated tires”*
**Tread Pattern Pitch**4%
*“Good looking tires, nice, deep tread, a great value for the money”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**4%
*“Better than expected”*
**Size-Overall**3%
*“They fit”*
**Grip**1%
*“Good grip attraction would definitely recommend to buy again”*
**Weight Light**1%
*“That this is a great tire balance with very little weight”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Durability**15%
*“the belts broke in all of them”*
**Pressure**11%
*“latter that same day the tire pressure went low”*
**Ease Of Cleaning**11%
*“Just dirty”*
**Functionality-Overall**11%
*“dont do well with potholes”*
**Quality-Overall**6%
*“Cheap construction”*
**Size-Overall**6%
*“I made a mistake in the size”*
**Value For Money**6%
*“these tires are expensive”*
**Maintenance And Repair**6%
*“has to be completely replaced”*
**Assembly/Installation**4%
*“though the installers did have a little problem mounting them”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Size-Overall**75%
**Compatibility-Overall**8%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**4%
**Quality-Overall**3%
**Value For Money**3%
**Functionality-Overall**2%
**Product Condition**1%
**Assembly/Installation**1%
**Maintenance And Repair**1%
**Thin**1%
## **Common questions**
- **Is 245/45/17 tires profitable to sell on Amazon United States?**
- The niche generates $102K/yr across 35 tracked products. 0 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +17.9%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
- **How competitive is the 245/45/17 tires niche?**
- 18 brands and 33 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 41% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 62% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in 245/45/17 tires?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Durability, Pressure, Ease Of Cleaning. The return rate is 0.0%.
- **When does demand for 245/45/17 tires peak?**
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the 245/45/17 tires niche?**
- Listings span $62.73–$310.65; the average listing price is $158.47 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 958 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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