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

Inflected Forms

noun

• customer bases
  plural

Example Sentences

Still, Buchalter said Broadcom will likely support about 10 gigawatts of custom chip deployments across its customer base next year, which would add “material upside” to its AI chip revenue.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Berenberg says it has greater conviction that Ferrari intends to introduce a combustion engine successor to the 296, which would reinvigorate the core customer base.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

For that to happen, Kuntz said, 1400-seat theater will need to screen a regular supply of films to a diverse customer base, including nearby students that have long been among its most frequent customers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

D-Wave, known for annealing quantum systems, is expanding into gate-model technology to broaden its customer base.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 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 Boyle, James