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Hospital Socks

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 38% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -3.8% this quarter, so Hospital Socks is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 8% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +13 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$369K/yr535K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 37 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Hospital Socks against its category

The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, Hospital Socks is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hospital Socks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hospital Socks 535K times last year and spent an estimated $369K. The top 5 brands take 38% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 535K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $369K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
535K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.8%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
$369Ka year
Peak month
August2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
hospital socks273K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.67.

Listings sell for $14.67 on average, from $6.49 to $23.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $14.67 that is $4K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.67under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.49–$23.43
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$7K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #404 within Socks & Hosiery. It carries 4,195 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#404in Socks & Hosiery
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,195per listing
Listings tracked
62

04 · Newcomers

7 of last year's 13 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. 7 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Hospital Socks products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 28% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

37 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

38%

Top 20: 85%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

57%

  • Brand 111%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Hospital Socks search demand

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

40K30KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Hospital Socks search terms shoppers use

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

  • hospital socks273K/yr
  • non slip socks for elderly57K/yr
  • footies with grippers for women26K/yr
  • hospital socks with grips23K/yr
  • hospital grippy socks17K/yr
  • hospital socks for women19K/yr
  • hospital grip socks16K/yr
  • non slip hospital socks11K/yr
  • postpartum socks10K/yr
  • non skid socks for seniors13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hospital Socks

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Comfort-Overall”
27%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
2.1%of orders come back
“Too big”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”27% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hospital Socks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.