market share

American

noun

Economics.

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

market share British

noun

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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The energy development company could likely win a 30% market share of new renewable and independent power producer contracts, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The bank thinks autonomous trucking, U.S. truck market share gains and new products in its construction equipment and Penta units could drive the upside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The metric measures how volume, rather than prices, is boosting revenue, to assess whether the company is winning market share.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

However, Clear Street analyst Greg Pendy sees the Blue Origin mishap as an opportunity for Rocket Lab to seize market share.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Clearly people had more positive associations with the name Christian Brothers than with E & J. That only deepened the mystery, because if Christian Brothers had a stronger brand, why were they losing market share?

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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