Phrase guide

market share

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The percentage of some market held by a company, country, (sub)sector or any other actor or aggregate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • They continued to lose market share.
  • They have increased their market share.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From market + share.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 市場佔有率 /市场占有率 (shìchǎng zhànyǒulǜ) — percentage of some market
  • Chinese Mandarin: 市佔率 /市占率 (shìzhànlǜ) — percentage of some market
  • Chinese Mandarin: 市場份額 /市场份额 (shìchǎng fèn'é) — percentage of some market
  • Danish: markedsandel — percentage of some market
  • Dutch: marktaandeel — percentage of some market
  • Finnish: markkinaosuus — percentage of some market
  • French: part de marché — percentage of some market
  • Georgian: საბაზრო წილი (sabazro c̣ili) — percentage of some market
  • Georgian: ბაზრის წილი (bazris c̣ili) — percentage of some market
  • German: Marktanteil — percentage of some market
  • Greek: μερίδιο αγοράς (merídio agorás) — percentage of some market
  • Hungarian: piaci részesedés — percentage of some market
  • Japanese: 市場占有率 (shijō senyūritsu) — percentage of some market
  • Norwegian Bokmål: markedsandel — percentage of some market
  • Polish: udział rynkowy — percentage of some market
  • Portuguese: fatia de mercado — percentage of some market
  • Portuguese: participação no mercado — percentage of some market
  • Portuguese: parcela de mercado — percentage of some market
  • Portuguese: participação em mercado — percentage of some market
  • Russian: до́ля ры́нка (dólja rýnka) — percentage of some market
  • Spanish: cuota de mercado — percentage of some market
  • Spanish: porción del mercado — percentage of some market
  • Swedish: marknadsandel — percentage of some market
  • Thai: ส่วนครองตลาด (sùuan-krɔɔng-dtà-làat) — percentage of some market
  • Thai: ส่วนแบ่งการตลาด (sùuan-bɛ̀ng-gaan-dtà-làat) — percentage of some market
  • Ukrainian: ча́стка ри́нку (částka rýnku) — percentage of some market