market share

American  

noun

Economics.

1. the specific percentage of total industry sales of a particular product achieved by a single company in a given period of time.

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market share British  

noun

1. the percentage of a total market, in terms of either value or volume, accounted for by the sales of a specific brand

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Example Sentences

Instead, foreign exporters “are accepting reduced market share in the United States while maintaining their profit margins.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sass has found bargains with companies outside of tech that have done recent acquisitions to boost market share, including the financial services company Capital One; Somnigroup, formed from the merger of Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm; and the bottled water distributor Primo Brands.

From Barron's

Sales have also recently stagnated in the U.S. as competition intensifies, with newer rivals such as Alo Yoga and Vuori denting Lululemon’s market share.

From The Wall Street Journal

They’ve underperformed the chip makers this year, as the market tries to sort through which ones are likely to maintain or take market share and which ones don’t have competitive enough AI offerings to hold onto their share.

From Barron's

Still, it didn’t provide a “full system impact analysis that includes, among other things, market share projections.”

From Barron's