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

Dashboards track revenue, margin, market share, customer satisfaction, employee productivity and measures in near real time. — Janita Pannu, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

And according to market surveys like Guidant Financial, the retail sector makes up about 18 percent of the total small business market share. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

That’s driving down prices in the short term, and farmers worry that market share will be lost in the long term. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

For Lilly, Zepbound’s higher efficacy than the original doses of Wegovy has also been key to securing its market share lead over Novo in the injectable space. — Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for market share

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Legal Definition

market share

noun

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