B2B

or B-to-B, b2b, b-to-b

[ bee-tuh-bee ]

1. business-to-business (denoting business transactions over the internet):

   B2B websites.

B2B

abbreviation for

1. business-to-business; denoting trade between commercial organizations rather than between businesses and private customers Compare B2C B2E

Word History and Origins

Origin of B2B¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The B2B publisher Blockworks hopes to double its revenues in 2022, to $20 million, by doing things like selling NFTs to readers.

From Digiday

If there’s one thing that 2021 has made evident to the B2B marketer, it’s that today’s B2B buyers are leveraging a digital-first approach.

From Search Engine Land

We already have stories in the works about no-code software, the emergence of edtech, proptech and B2B marketplaces, to name just a few.

From TechCrunch

For those of us lucky enough to have built that business over the years, it’s a kind of raft in the storm right now because of the turbulence of the B2B side.

From Digiday

As recently as six months ago, Industry Dive, a B2B publisher that covers 19 different verticals, was looking to buy an events company to help diversify into that business.

From Digiday

Consumer-facing networks are crashing, while B2B is booming.

From The Daily Beast