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1 1/8 Hole Saw

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 90% of clicks) — 1 1/8 Hole Saw doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Ranks 4,568 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · on the category median

Market size 43Growth 27Conversion 89Competition 35Returns 86Price range 32Avg price 91Brand share 25Review moat 63Quality gap 33
This niche Category average · 9,536 niches

Is 1 1/8 Hole Saw profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 1 1/8 Hole Saw is a $224K/yr Amazon United States market (38K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

1 1/8 Hole Saw: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +1.3% over the last 90 days and 10.4% of searches end in a purchase.

$224K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr+1.3%38K
Conversion rate10.4%
Avg price$56.27

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 129
Top-5 product click share64%
Open market10%
Avg brand age60 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement38%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews965

Top 1 1/8 Hole Saw 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

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$11K$22K$34K$45K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

129

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

8%

  • Lenox63%
  • VIKITON14%
  • Bosch5%
  • ALLWIN4%
  • SALI4%
  • ITOOLFIRM2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

1 1/8 Hole Saw demand & seasonality

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

Volume38KCVR10.4%Products24Brands12Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews965Avg BSR#146
1K600Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top 1 1/8 Hole Saw search terms shoppers use

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

  • lenox hole saw kit15K/yr
  • 1 1/8 hole saw13K/yr
  • lenox hole saw7K/yr
  • 1-1/8 hole saw3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 1 1/8 Hole Saw

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

95% of reviews
Quality-Overall26%

Good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%

As advertised, works good

Precision Of Cut14%

It cut the hole so Im happy

Value For Money13%

great price

Durability7%

Smooth and durable

What buyers complain about

89% of reviews
Precision Of Cut33%

do not put presure straight easy does it

Size-Overall17%

fortunately the saw was slightly undersize

Quality-Overall14%

Some reviews are ridiculous in expectations vs. actual performance

Product Condition11%

Sent me a used set at a new price

Durability11%

First, 3 teeth broke off and then the bit broke in half

1 1/8 Hole Saw return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.5%

Return rate

59%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
46%
2Product Condition
10%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
4Defective Material/Parts
8%
5Functionality-Overall
4%

Common 1 1/8 Hole Saw questions

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

Flapen scores 1 1/8 Hole Saw 48/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $224K/yr across 24 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +1.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 1 1/8 Hole Saw on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.