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

Recent Examples on the Web

Nvidia's chips dominate the market for data center GPUs with more than 90% market share. —Kif Leswing,seema Mody, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025

According to analysts at Third Bridge, in July, Google’s global search market share dropped below 90% for the first time in 10 years. —Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025

Meanwhile, rival electric vehicle makers, including China’s BYD, are stealing market share with cheaper, high-quality offerings. —CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025

This holiday period will be a crucial test of whether recent merchandising changes online and on the selling floors are resonating with customers and whether Kohl’s can recapture market share that over the years has primarily been lost to Amazon, Walmart, Target, TJMaxx and other off-pricers. —David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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Legal Definition

market share

noun

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