Red Pens Market Report: Sales Volume, Market Share, Leading Brands & Market Trends

BIC is the best-performing red pens brand in July 2026, moving 33,000 units across 4 ASINs for 61.1% of Top 10 volume. PILOT follows with 10,000 units (18.5%), ahead of Sharpie on 9,000 units (16.7%).

With 4 brands splitting the Top 10 and 96.3% of volume sitting with three of them, this is a concentrated shelf — the leaders hold multiple listings or one very high-velocity ASIN, so a new entrant competes against established review moats rather than an open field. Average selling prices among the leaders run from $4.38 to $9.68, which frames the price band a competing listing has to justify.

Based on July 2026 data, this shortlist surfaces the two kinds of ASIN worth keeping an eye on — the ones that just broke into the Top 10, and the ones growing fastest month over month. Specifically, 2 ASINs forced its way in: B00006IFFK booked 2K units at $14.99, with ▲ 100.0% MoM change. On the growth side, B0CYRFJX34 leads positive momentum with ▲ 900.0% MoM growth on 1K units.

The two signals carry different weight. A fresh entrant means share has already changed hands — an incumbent gave up its place to make room, so any competitive set drawn up a month ago is now out of date. A steep growth rate works as the earlier warning: it marks demand that is still compounding, usually a month or two before the ranking catches up to it.