folding saw
Worth a lookShows low returns (1.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Great1.1%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Great$59.67avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Market size
Great$1.4M$1.4M/yr · 759K searches
Competition
Great37%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Brand share
Good72%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Review moat
Okay2,356.5avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Okay3.0%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Price range
Bad$5.21–$359.20cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-10.5%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, folding saw is a $1.4M/yr Amazon United States market (759K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
folding saw market data
- Units sold / yr
- 20K–25K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- $1.2M–$1.5M
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 3.0%
- Avg BSR
- #136
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 93%
- Sponsored
- 96%
- Out of stock
- 0.5%
- Avg brand age
- 55 months
- Avg seller age
- 159 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (37% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
22 falling
Sellers
115
Top-5 brand share
72%
Top 20: 99%
Top-5 click share
37%
Top 20: 76%
Open market
24%
- Silky33%
- REXBETI13%
- Bahco12%
- Craft9117%
- Fiskars6%
- Gerber5%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -10.5% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Top folding saw search terms
- folding saw203K/yr
- silky saw172K/yr
- camping saw62K/yr
- folding hand saw32K/yr
- camp saw29K/yr
- foldable saw25K/yr
- silky22K/yr
- folding pruning saw15K/yr
- silky saw folding26K/yr
- folding camp saw20K/yr
Top folding saw 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
Bahco BAH396LAP 7-1/2 Laplander Folding Saw for Trail Maintenance Wood Processing and Survival Use Rust-Protected Blade Secure Lock Ergonomic Grip Ideal Bushcraft and Camping Tool
Bahco$26.324.8★5,591 rev
REXBETI Folding Saw Heavy Duty 11 Inch Extra Long Blade Hand Saws for Wood Camping Dry Wood Pruning Saws With Hard Teeth Quality SK-5 Steel Gifts for men
REXBETI$17.294.6★10,484 rev
Folding Camping saw 11 Inch - Heavy Duty Pruning Saw with Triple-Cut SK5 Blade 7 TPI Razor Teeth for Tree Trimming Wood Cutting Camping Bushcraft and Gardening
Craft911$15.124.5★877 rev
Fiskars Hand Saw Folding Saw with Dual Position Locking Saw Blade for Overhand Cuts and Under Cuts and Power Tooth Blade with Triple Ground Teeth Soft Grip 10-Inch Pruning Saw
Fiskars$18.654.5★2,296 rev
Gerber Freescape Camp Saw Folding Hand Saw for Backpacking Hiking Camping Pruning and Bushcraft 12 Blade
Gerber$62.544.6★795 rev
Newest
by launch date
Amazon Basics Pruning Saw with 3-Sided Teeth 10 Folding Blade Hand Saws for Tree Trimming and Wood Cutting
Amazon Basics$10.3655 rev
Silky Limited Edition GomBoy Kuro 240mm Folding Saw (801-24)
Silky$89.4553 rev
Folding Camping saw 11 Inch - Heavy Duty Pruning Saw with Triple-Cut SK5 Blade 7 TPI Razor Teeth for Tree Trimming Wood Cutting Camping Bushcraft and Gardening
Craft911$15.12877 rev
HUNKENR Hand Saw Woodworking Tools Professional Folding Saw 500mm XXL Teeth
HUNKENR$75.55127 rev
REXBETI Folding Saw Extra Long 14 Inch Blade Backpacking Saws for Hiking Camping Dry Wood Trimming Pruning Saw With 4 Cutting Angle Hard Teeth Large Garden Saws with SK-5 Steel
REXBETI$28.4810,484 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumAmazon Basics Pruning Saw with 3-Sided Teeth 10 Folding Blade Hand Saws for Tree Trimming and Wood Cutting
Amazon Basics$10.364.4★
Silky KATANABOY Professional 650mm Folding Saw XL Teeth (710-65)
Silky$359.204.8★
Silky GomBoy Professional Folding Saw 240mm Medium Teeth (121-24)
Silky$68.334.8★
Silky Professional BIGBOY Folding Saw 360mm Large Teeth (354-36)
Silky$97.794.9★
Gerber Freescape Camp Saw Folding Hand Saw for Backpacking Hiking Camping Pruning and Bushcraft 12 Blade
Gerber$62.544.6★
What buyers say about folding saw
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Good quality tool”
“Good for the money”
“comfortable to use”
“Stays Sharp”
“It cuts clean”
“Rock solid”
“As advertised”
“The blade works well”
“Sharp lightweight”
“not too big”
What buyers complain about
“Not durable”
“Low quality”
“Not sturdy”
“Small”
“Not worth the price”
“too easy to bend”
“it was difficult for me to grasp”
“Cheap made and flimsy”
“Blade is floppy as it is large so a true pull is required to cut smoothly”
“Its misleading”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is folding saw profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $1.4M/yr across 46 tracked products. 3 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -10.5%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (56/100).
- How competitive is the folding saw niche?
- 22 brands and 115 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 37% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 72% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in folding saw?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Durability, Quality-Overall, Strength. The return rate is 1.1%.
- When does demand for folding saw peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the folding saw niche?
- Listings span $5.21–$359.20; the average listing price is $59.67 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 2,357 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.