market share

noun

: the percentage of the market for a product or service that a company supplies

Examples of market share in a Sentence

The company has gained market share in the past year. companies working to increase their market shares
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Tesla has been losing market share to EV competitors for years. Emma Bowman, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025 Per Figure 2, Skechers’ market share of U.S. clothing and footwear expenditures rose from 0.41% in 2014 to 0.65% in 2024. David Trainer, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Tesla may struggle to gain market share in oil-rich Saudi Arabia as EVs make up a little over 1% of all car sales in the country, according to a report by consultancy PwC published in September. Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025 Marketers, in turn, use slightly more advanced metrics, such as market share, brand equity and customer acquisition stats, but often still fail to translate ad results into the real metric that CFOs desire. Ben Kunz, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market share

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market share was in 1918

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“Market share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20share. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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market share

noun
: the percentage of the market for a product or service that a company supplies

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