customer base

American  

[kuhs-tuh-mer bays] / ˈkʌs tə mər ˌbeɪs /

noun

• customer bases
  plural

1. the established customers of a business; the market segment on which a business depends.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• customer bases
  plural

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Example Sentences

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customer base

And Iren specifically enjoys a diversified customer base as well as a “well calibrated” financial management, the analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Bangladesh is also seeking to diversify its customer base, with Japan, Australia, Canada, India and other Asian markets.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Noren of Sage Road Research said that Anthropic needs a wider customer base and that it is still too early to gauge whether it will remain at the top of the industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

This is all impressive, yet it says a “significant portion of our customer base consists of startups and technology-oriented enterprises that may be more sensitive to adverse macroeconomic conditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In internal company correspondence, attacks on the hypocrisy of the music companies and defenses of a democratic communications structure imperceptibly gave way to discussions of "customer base," "user experience," and "saleable demographics."

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

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