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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plural

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market share

Chief Executive Sal Mancuso said Altria Group’s cigarette brands are gaining market share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Walmart, the Wedbush analysts said on Monday, was the leader in those sales, with market share of 30.9%, beating out Amazon’s 23.6%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

This is because it would take three to five years to build out the coverage and it could take a decade, they estimate, to approach a market share of 20%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Chile's market share has fallen from 34 percent in 2010 to around 23 percent today, according to the US Geological Survey.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 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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