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Laundry Detergent

Pass

Laundry Detergent scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $50.8M a year here, search demand grew +13.4% this quarter, and an estimated 0.2% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
66
66 / 100
Top 3% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +17 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$50.8M/yr24.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
+13.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 819 sellers

Flapen Score

Laundry Detergent against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Laundry Detergent is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

66Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Laundry Detergent market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Laundry Detergent 24.4M times last year and spent an estimated $50.8M. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 24.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +13.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $50.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
24.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+13.4%
Conversion, latest week
13.3%
Market size, estimated
$50.8Ma year
Peak month
July1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
laundry detergent14.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.66.

Listings sell for $15.66 on average, from $7.38 to $68.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 60,000 to 80,000 of them. At $15.66 that is $940K to $1.3M a year per listing.

Average price
$15.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.38–$68.85
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
60,000–80,000
Revenue per listing a year
$940K–$1.3M
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Laundry. It carries 29,450 reviews at 4.71 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#35in Laundry
Average rating
4.71 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
29,450per listing
Listings tracked
72

04 · Newcomers

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

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. 13 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Laundry Detergent 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

17 rising

Sellers

819

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 142%
  • Brand 228%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 6%)

Demand

Laundry Detergent search demand

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

1.0M600KPrime Day '24Spike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Laundry Detergent search terms shoppers use

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

  • laundry detergent14.0M/yr
  • detergent3.1M/yr
  • arm and hammer laundry detergent1.7M/yr
  • laundry1.4M/yr
  • laundry soap1.2M/yr
  • liquid laundry detergent484K/yr
  • washing detergent364K/yr
  • jabon de lavar ropa352K/yr
  • detergent liquid268K/yr
  • laundry detergent liquid341K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Laundry Detergent

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

33%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
19%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.2%of orders come back
“Smells like fish”
A buyer, on “Smell”19% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Laundry Detergent questions

Answered from the same tracked data.