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

AT&T continued to expand its customer base, adding 294,000 net subscribers for its postpaid phone service, compared with analysts’ estimates of 272,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Nick Briggs, a partner in the Pittvale Service Station in Winchester for 60 years, said the business had a loyal customer base to help it through the current difficulties.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Constellation has been pressured by weaker spending among Hispanic consumers, who account for roughly half of its beer customer base, as immigration raids and affordability issues weighed on the group’s sentiment.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 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

The eighty-column mind was thought by most hackers to dominate IBM's customer base and its thinking.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.