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

Cinemark, a sector favorite on Wall Street with a strong balance sheet, said it’s been picking up market share since Covid and that domestic box office results surpassed North American industry growth by over 200 basis points year-over-year. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026

Chinese companies Agibot, Unitree and UBTech accounted for the top-three humanoid companies by installation market share last year, according to Counterpoint. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 July 2026

The Detroit 3 have lost 16 points in global market share over the last 20 years — almost a point a year. — Philipp Kampshoff, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Now the streaming giant, with more than 325 million subscribers, is in competition with the likes of YouTube and TikTok to command market share in the attention economy. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 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