customer base

American  

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

noun

plural

customer bases

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

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Example Sentences

Within that customer base, the company served 229,100 active customers during the quarter compared with 147,300 in the period last year, though the increase includes new customers added through acquired brands.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

“Our customer base was the people who looked up release dates and who went to the Arclight, and that sense of community is just not there anymore post-pandemic,” Karp says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“We see Neo driving meaningful adoption for first-time Mac owners with a distinct customer base relative to the Air and Pro models,” Mohan wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Motability will start to bring in the changes on new leases from 13 April for the first 15% of its 930,000 customer base.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Before long, a network of environmentally concerned gardeners had formed around Territorial's customer base, including several Tilth communities, groups of gardeners concerned with promoting earth stewardship and organic husbandry in both rural and urban settings.

From Organic Gardener's Composting by Solomon, Steve