Vice Grips
MaybeShoppers spend $2.4M a year here. But the products selling today already average 4.6★, so Vice Grips is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 64 / 100Top 3% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +16 vs the category median of 4864
- Market size
- $2.4M/yr1.3M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -0.1%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 43%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 119 sellers
Flapen Score
Vice Grips against its category
The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Vice Grips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Vice Grips market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Vice Grips 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated $2.4M. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
6.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.4M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 1.3M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -0.1%
- Conversion, latest week
- 6.9%
- Market size, estimated
- $2.4Ma year
- Peak month
- December1.2× the quietest month
- Top search term
- vice grips347K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $26.60.
Listings sell for $26.60 on average, from $7.79 to $99.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $26.60 that is $53K to $67K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $26.60inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $7.79–$99.52
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 80K–100K
- Units per listing a year
- 2,000–2,500
- Revenue per listing a year
- $53K–$67K
- Returns
- 1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #40 within Pliers. It carries 1,393 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 64%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.2%
- Average rank
- #40in Pliers
- Average rating
- 4.64 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,393per listing
- Listings tracked
- 33
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 2Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 59 months
Products
Top Vice Grips 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
WORKPRO 5-Piece Locking Pliers Set Pliers Tool Set Vice Grips with Chrome-vanadium Steel 5/7/10 inch Curved Jaw Pliers 6.5/9 inch Long Nose Pliers
- Price
- $22.23
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 3,175
- Age
- 10y ago

IRWIN Vise-Grip Original Locking Pliers with Wire Cutter Set 2 Piece 36
- Price
- $30.13
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 2,726
- Age
- 17y ago

Amazon Basics 5-Piece CR-V Locking Pliers Set with Wire Cutters 2 Straight Jaw 3 Curved Jaw 6.5-10 inch Silver Carrying Case
- Price
- $20.70
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,553
- Age
- 5y ago

WORKPRO Locking Pliers 4-inch Mini Curved Jaw Vice Grips pliers Chromium-Vanadium Steel Locking Pliers with Wire Cutter Locking Adjustable Vise Grips for Clamping Twisting Welding
- Price
- $7.79
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 1,813
- Age
- 3y ago

WORKPRO 10-inch Curved Jaw Locking Pliers Chromium-Vanadium Steel Vice Grips With Wire Cutter Adjustable Vise Grips for Clamping Twisting Welding
- Price
- $10.08
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 1,813
- Age
- 3y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
DEKOPRO 3-Piece Locking Pliers Locking Jaw Plier Vice Grips with Cr-V 7 and 10 Curved Jaw Plier 6-1/2 Long Nose Plier
- Price
- $19.29
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 4mo ago

Locking Pliers Set 5/7/10 Curved Jaw Vise Grip 6-1/2and 9-1/2 Needle Nose Vice Grips 6 C-Clamp for Woodworking Metal Working and Welding
- Price
- $20.73
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 181
- Age
- 1y ago

WORKPRO Locking Pliers 7-inch Curved Jaw Vice Grips pliers Chromium-Vanadium Steel Locking Pliers with Wire Cutter Locking Adjustable Vise Grips for Clamping Twisting Welding
- Price
- $10.78
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 1,813
- Age
- 3y ago

WORKPRO Locking Pliers 4-inch Mini Curved Jaw Vice Grips pliers Chromium-Vanadium Steel Locking Pliers with Wire Cutter Locking Adjustable Vise Grips for Clamping Twisting Welding
- Price
- $7.79
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 1,813
- Age
- 3y ago

Klein Tools 38665 Locking Pliers Set Long Nose 6-Inch Curved Jaw 7 and 10-Inch High Torque Mole Grips for Clamping and Gripping 3-Piece
- Price
- $38.35
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 117
- Age
- 1y ago
Newest
by launch date
DEKOPRO 3-Piece Locking Pliers Locking Jaw Plier Vice Grips with Cr-V 7 and 10 Curved Jaw Plier 6-1/2 Long Nose Plier
- Price
- $19.29
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 4mo ago

Klein Tools 38665 Locking Pliers Set Long Nose 6-Inch Curved Jaw 7 and 10-Inch High Torque Mole Grips for Clamping and Gripping 3-Piece
- Price
- $38.35
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 117
- Age
- 1y ago

Klein Tools 38600 Curved Jaw Locking Pliers with Quick Release Handles Intuitive Thumb Knob High Torque Mole Grips for Clamping and Gripping 5-Inch
- Price
- $13.32
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 622
- Age
- 1y ago

SK 5-Piece Locking Pliers Set Long Nose & Curved Jaw Vice Grips
- Price
- $67.72
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 205
- Age
- 1y ago

Locking Pliers Set 5/7/10 Curved Jaw Vise Grip 6-1/2and 9-1/2 Needle Nose Vice Grips 6 C-Clamp for Woodworking Metal Working and Welding
- Price
- $20.73
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 181
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
15 falling
Sellers
119
Top-5 brand share
79%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
43%
Top 20: 86%
Open market
16%
- WORKPRO32%
- IRWIN28%
- Amazon Basics7%
- KLEIN TOOLS7%
- Evertools5%
- DURATECH4%
- Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 16%)
Demand
Vice Grips search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×
Search terms
Top Vice Grips search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- vice grips347K/yr
- locking pliers157K/yr
- vise grip pliers152K/yr
- vise grip93K/yr
- vise grips65K/yr
- vice grips pliers set59K/yr
- vise grips & locking pliers50K/yr
- vice grip55K/yr
- pinzas de presion55K/yr
- irwin vise grips55K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vice Grips
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Obvious low- quality product”
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.
16 topics
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FAQ
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