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Rescue Knife

Maybe

Products sell for $34.10 on average, inside the sweet spot. But buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so Rescue Knife is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 39% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$108K/yr225K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
23%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 118 sellers

Flapen Score

Rescue Knife against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Rescue Knife is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rescue Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Rescue Knife 225K times last year and spent an estimated $108K. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 225K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $108K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
225K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
$108Ka year
Peak month
June3.5× the quietest month
Top search term
rescue knife50K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $34.10.

Listings sell for $34.10 on average, from $8.25 to $103.10. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $34.10 that is $0 to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$34.10inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.25–$103.10
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$3K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #356 within Knives, Parts & Accessories. It carries 1,678 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#356in Knives, Parts & Accessories
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,678per listing
Listings tracked
94

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 15 launches as successful.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Rescue Knife products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 23% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$2K$4K$6K$9K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 flat

Sellers

118

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

23%

Top 20: 53%

Open market

17%

  • NedFoss60%
  • Kershaw6%
  • GOOD WORKER5%
  • Tac-Force4%
  • RESQME4%
  • GEAR AID3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (17 brands, 17%)

Demand

Rescue Knife search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Search terms

Top Rescue Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • rescue knife50K/yr
  • nedfoss knives56K/yr
  • ned foss knives33K/yr
  • firefighter knife19K/yr
  • emt knife12K/yr
  • knife with seat belt cutter and glass breaker5K/yr
  • nedfoss pocket knife11K/yr
  • nedfoss14K/yr
  • ned foss10K/yr
  • rescue knife with glass breaker4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rescue Knife

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Sharpness”
13%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.2%of orders come back
“Big”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”13% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Rescue Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.