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Sunscreen

Sunscreen clears our launch bar: a $40.3M/yr market growing +72.8% this quarter with returns at 0.6%.

Flapen Score

77
Launch it

Top 1% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +29 vs the category median of 48

Market size 100Growth 80Conversion 82Competition 90Returns 97Price range 79Avg price 77Brand share 66Review moat 21Quality gap 28
This niche Category average · 10,978 niches

Is Sunscreen profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Sunscreen is a $40.3M/yr Amazon United States market (28.7M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Launch it — 77/100.

Sunscreen: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +72.8% over the last 90 days and 8.8% of searches end in a purchase.

$40.3M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1.0M
Search volume / yr+72.8%28.7M
Conversion rate8.8%
Avg price$15.96

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand, so 35% of the market is open.

35%

open market share

Brands · sellers29 · 316
Top-5 product click share25%
Open market35%
Avg brand age51 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 82 products

Sponsored placement93%
New entrants (1y)11· 11 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews10,993

Top Sunscreen 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 (25% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$807K$1.6M$2.4M$3.2M1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

316

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

30%

  • Neutrogena38%
  • Banana Boat12%
  • BLUE LIZARD6%
  • Sun Bum5%
  • Coppertone4%
  • Hawaiian Tropic4%

Sunscreen demand & seasonality

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

Volume28.7MCVR8.8%Products82Brands29Top 5 Brands65%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews10,993Avg BSR#67
1.5M1.0MSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Top Sunscreen search terms shoppers use

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

  • sunscreen9.1M/yr
  • sunscreen spray2.2M/yr
  • sunscreen for face2.3M/yr
  • mineral sunscreen1.6M/yr
  • face sunscreen1.6M/yr
  • korean sunscreen2.0M/yr
  • neutrogena sunscreen1.3M/yr
  • spray sunscreen721K/yr
  • protector solar para la cara1.2M/yr
  • reef safe sunscreen1.1M/yr

Common Sunscreen questions

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

Flapen scores Sunscreen 77/100 on Amazon United States — Launch it. The niche generates $40.3M/yr across 82 tracked products. 11 of 11 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +72.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Sunscreen on Amazon United States peaks in May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 4.4× the quietest.