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Oil Filter

Oil Filter clears our launch bar: a $5.4M/yr market growing +18.0% this quarter with returns at 0.8%.

Flapen Score

69
Launch it

Top 1% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +20 vs the category median of 49

Market size 98Growth 48Conversion 62Competition 96Returns 96Price range 81Avg price 56Brand share 60Review moat 48Quality gap 17
This niche Category average · 7,287 niches

Is Oil Filter profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Oil Filter is a $5.4M/yr Amazon United States market (7.8M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand. Verdict: Launch it — 69/100.

Oil Filter: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +18.0% over the last 90 days and 5.4% of searches end in a purchase.

$5.4M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr600K
Search volume / yr+18.0%7.8M
Conversion rate5.4%
Avg price$12.77

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand, so 31% of the market is open.

31%

open market share

Brands · sellers21 · 279
Top-5 product click share18%
Open market31%
Avg brand age54 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 131 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews1,685

Top Oil Filter products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (18% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$108K$215K$323K$431K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

279

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

18%

Top 20: 44%

Open market

23%

  • Purolator19%
  • Wix18%
  • K&N14%
  • Toyota9%
  • Motorcraft9%
  • ACDelco8%

Oil Filter demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume7.8MCVR5.4%Products131Brands21Top 5 Brands69%OOS Rate2.8%Rating4.7★Reviews1,685Avg BSR#145
200K150KPrime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Oil Filter search terms shoppers use

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

  • oil filter5.6M/yr
  • oil filter for my car487K/yr
  • filtro de aceite de motor256K/yr
  • fram oil filter164K/yr
  • automotive replacement oil filters185K/yr
  • wix oil filter210K/yr
  • engine oil filter200K/yr
  • mobil 1 oil filter113K/yr
  • oil filters83K/yr
  • oil filter fram47K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Oil Filter

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

92% of reviews
Filtration30%

Nice quality filter

Size-Overall19%

Fits as advertised

Quality-Overall16%

Decent quality

Value For Money13%

Fair price

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Just as described

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Filtration21%

Damaged filters

Size-Overall15%

Does NOT fit

Compatibility-Overall11%

Not compatible

Quality-Overall7%

Bad quality control

Leak-Proof7%

it leaks

Oil Filter return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.8%

Return rate

46%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
40%
2Filtration
20%
3Compatibility-Overall
17%
4Value For Money
5%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%

Common Oil Filter questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Oil Filter 69/100 on Amazon United States — Launch it. The niche generates $5.4M/yr across 131 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +18.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Oil Filter on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.