Shop Vac
MaybeShoppers spend $26.0M a year here. But the average product has 6,035 reviews to catch up to, so Shop Vac is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 59 / 100Top 10% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +11 vs the category median of 4859
- Market size
- $26.0M/yr7.6M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +11.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 39%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 121 sellers
Flapen Score
Shop Vac against its category
The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Shop Vac is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Shop Vac market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shop Vac 7.6M times last year and spent an estimated $26.0M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
3.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 7.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $26.0M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 7.6M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +11.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.7%
- Market size, estimated
- $26.0Ma year
- Peak month
- July1.8× the quietest month
- Top search term
- shop vac3.1M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $92.56.
Listings sell for $92.56 on average, from $36.86 to $212.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $92.56 that is $370K to $463K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $92.56inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $36.86–$212.03
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 200K–250K
- Units per listing a year
- 4,000–5,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $370K–$463K
- Returns
- 4.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Power Tools. It carries 6,035 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 98%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.1%
- Average rank
- #33in Power Tools
- Average rating
- 4.45 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 6,035per listing
- Listings tracked
- 48
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 35 months
Products
Top Shop Vac products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
CRAFTSMAN CMXEVBE17250 2.5 Gallon 2.5 Peak HP Wet Dry Shop Vacuum
- Price
- $44.90
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 9,962
- Age
- 7y ago

Stanley - SL18116P Wet/Dry Vacuum 6 Gallon 4 Horsepower Black
- Price
- $56.47
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14,246
- Age
- 12y ago

Amazon Basics Wet Dry Shop Vacuum Cleaner 4 Gallon 3 HP Stainless Steel Grey/Black
- Price
- $53.64
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 3,249
- Age
- 3y ago

Armor All AA155 1.5-Gallon 2 Peak HP Portable Wet/Dry Vacuum Orange
- Price
- $36.86
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 3,015
- Age
- 2y ago

Vacmaster Professional Beast Series VFB511H 0201 5-Gallon 5.5 Peak HP Wet/Dry Vac Black
- Price
- $98.66
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 964
- Age
- 2y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Shop-Vac 5430112 4 Gallon 4 Peak HP Wet/Dry Vacuum with Blower Function
- Price
- $61.60
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 139
- Age
- 1y ago

Koblenz WD-2L Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner Home Car Garage Workshop 2.0 PHP
- Price
- $38.79
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 4,664
- Age
- 3y ago

Armor All AA155 1.5-Gallon 2 Peak HP Portable Wet/Dry Vacuum Orange
- Price
- $36.86
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 3,015
- Age
- 2y ago

DEWALT 9 Gallon Wet/Dry VAC Heavy-Duty Shop Vacuum with Attachments 5 Peak HP with Blower Function DXV09PA
- Price
- $117.19
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,699
- Age
- 6y ago

DEWALT STEALTHSONIC 5 Gallon Ultra Quiet Wet Dry Shop Vac DXV05P-QT
- Price
- $134.73
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 376
- Age
- 2y ago
Newest
by launch date
Shop-Vac 5430112 4 Gallon 4 Peak HP Wet/Dry Vacuum with Blower Function
- Price
- $61.60
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 139
- Age
- 1y ago

BISSELL Little Green Mini Portable Carpet Cleaner 4075
- Price
- $82.42
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 9,667
- Age
- 1y ago

Vacmaster VOC812SF 1101 8-Gallon Premium Stainless Steel Wet/Dry Vacuum Red Edition 8 Gal
- Price
- $90.29
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 3,288
- Age
- 2y ago

Vacmaster Professional Beast Series VFB511H 0201 5-Gallon 5.5 Peak HP Wet/Dry Vac Black
- Price
- $98.66
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 964
- Age
- 2y ago

DEWALT STEALTHSONIC 5 Gallon Ultra Quiet Wet Dry Shop Vac DXV05P-QT
- Price
- $134.73
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 376
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
17 rising
Sellers
121
Top-5 brand share
65%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
39%
Top 20: 75%
Open market
25%
- CRAFTSMAN16%
- Vacmaster15%
- DEWALT12%
- STANLEY11%
- Amazon Basics11%
- Shop-Vac10%
Demand
Shop Vac search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Search terms
Top Shop Vac search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- shop vac3.1M/yr
- shop vacuum wet and dry1.3M/yr
- wet dry vacuum cleaner818K/yr
- wet dry vacuum345K/yr
- wet vac261K/yr
- wet vacuum162K/yr
- shop vacuum248K/yr
- shopvac197K/yr
- wet dry vac251K/yr
- water vacuum92K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shop Vac
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Doesn't suction”
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
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