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

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

And while memory companies produce offerings for a diversified customer base, Woodring noted that data centers make up more than 80% of the revenue opportunity for HDD makers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 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