upper control arm bushing
Worth a lookShows a thin review moat (97 avg reviews), but weak search conversion (1.5%) keeps it on the watch list.
Review moat
Incredible97.19avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Incredible$33.85avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Great$9.74–$101.48cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Competition
Great32%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Quality gap
Great4.3★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Brand share
Good73%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Returns
Okay4.7%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Market size
Okay$113K$113K/yr · 225K searches
Growth
Bad-5.7%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Conversion
Bad1.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, upper control arm bushing is a $113K/yr Amazon United States market (225K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.
Data updated Jul 11, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
upper control arm bushing market data
- Units sold / yr
- 4K–5K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $135K–$169K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 1.5%
- Avg BSR
- #442
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 97%
- Sponsored
- 48%
- Out of stock
- 1.6%
- Avg brand age
- 51 months
- Avg seller age
- 180 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (32% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
23 falling
Sellers
113
Top-5 brand share
73%
Top 20: 98%
Top-5 click share
32%
Top 20: 61%
Open market
22%
- MOOG40%
- A-Premium16%
- NewYall6%
- ACDelco6%
- MOTOKU5%
- APDTY4%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 91 weeks — -5.7% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top upper control arm bushing search terms
- control arm bushings28K/yr
- upper control arm bushing24K/yr
- lower control arm bushings22K/yr
- lower control arm bushing kit19K/yr
- rear control arm bushing16K/yr
- front lower control arm bushing16K/yr
- control arm bushing kit17K/yr
- rear lower control arm bushing9K/yr
- front control arm bushing9K/yr
- automotive replacement control arm bushing kits8K/yr
Top upper control arm bushing 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.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
DRiV MOOG Suspension Control Arm Bushing Kit - K6658 - High-Quality Elastomer Suspension - Hassle-Free Installation - Long-Lasting Quiet Operation for Auto Repair Replacement
MOOG$20.794.5★455 rev
MOOG K6688 Suspension Control Arm Bushing Kit for Chevrolet Silverado 1500
MOOG$18.264.4★180 rev
MOOG K3128 Suspension Control Arm Bushing Kit for Jeep Wrangler
MOOG$10.824.6★1,138 rev
APDTY 146263x2 Front Lower Control Arm Replacement Bushing Set (Left & Right)
APDTY$49.133.9★3 rev
SCITOO Front Suspension Part K6658 Lower Control Arm Bushing fit for Cadillac Escalade 2002-2004 2006 for Cadillac Escalade EXT 2002-2005
SCITOO$28.173.9★14 rev
Newest
by launch dateAPDTY 146263x2 Front Lower Control Arm Replacement Bushing Set (Left & Right)
APDTY$49.133 rev
HEROFFIX 2 Pcs Control Arm Bushing for Honda Element CR-V Civic Odyssey for Acura RSX Integra Rear Lower No.52364S5A004 Replace Parts
HEROFFIX$18.275 rev
A-Premium 4 x Front Upper Control Arm Bushing Kit Compatible with Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Tahoe Suburban Express 2500 Avalanche & GMC Sierra 1500 Yukon Savana 3500 & Cadillac Escalade
A-Premium$47.797 rev
MOTOKU Front Upper and Lower Control Arm Bushing kit for Toyota Sienna Avalon Camry Highlander Solara for Lexus ES30 ES300h RX330 ES350 RX350 RX400h ES330
MOTOKU$33.4417 rev
A-Premium 4 x Front Rearward Lower Control Arm Bushing Kit Compatible with Ram 1500 2011-2018 1500 Classic 2019 & Dodge Ram 1500 2006-2010
A-Premium$69.9812 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumAPDTY 146263x2 Front Lower Control Arm Replacement Bushing Set (Left & Right)
APDTY$49.133.9★
HEROFFIX 2 Pcs Control Arm Bushing for Honda Element CR-V Civic Odyssey for Acura RSX Integra Rear Lower No.52364S5A004 Replace Parts
HEROFFIX$18.273.9★
A-Premium 4 x Front Upper Control Arm Bushing Kit Compatible with Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Tahoe Suburban Express 2500 Avalanche & GMC Sierra 1500 Yukon Savana 3500 & Cadillac Escalade
A-Premium$47.794.2★
DRiV MOOG Suspension Control Arm Bushing Kit - K6658 - High-Quality Elastomer Suspension - Hassle-Free Installation - Long-Lasting Quiet Operation for Auto Repair Replacement
MOOG$20.794.5★
A-Premium 2 x Front Upper Control Arm Bushing Kit Compatible with Jeep Grand Cherokee 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 WJ Series - Fits Control Arm and Axle
A-Premium$19.194.0★
What buyers say about upper control arm bushing
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Fit good”
“Good parts”
“great price”
“are very durable”
“Easy enough to install”
“product is what we expected”
“Worked as aspected”
“Sturdy”
“This fixed all my problems works good with my 09 polaris ranger 700xp good replacement parts”
“the part is still very new”
What buyers complain about
“They look smaller”
“Junk”
“The bushings don't even look like the picture”
“Getting the control arms off, pressing out the old bushings, and installing the new ones takes proper tools and time, especially if the original bushings are seized or dry-rotted”
“Cheap plastic”
“The tolerances on these bushings are not correct”
“Stiffened up the ole ride right up”
“They are to thick”
“This is not a quick job”
“so I don't expect these to last very long at all”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is upper control arm bushing profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $113K/yr across 63 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -5.7%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (51/100).
- How competitive is the upper control arm bushing niche?
- 23 brands and 113 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 32% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 73% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in upper control arm bushing?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Advertised Vs Actual Product. The return rate is 4.7%.
- When does demand for upper control arm bushing peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the upper control arm bushing niche?
- Listings span $9.74–$101.48; the average listing price is $33.85 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 97 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.