Customers, users & segmentation · Core
Installed customer base
Also called: customer installed base
ELI5
Existing customers already using the product.
Used in conversation
“The installed customer base is the first expansion market.”
Definition
The set of customers currently using or holding a product.
Here “Installed customer base” means: The set of customers currently using or holding a product.
Pitch context
You will see “Installed customer base” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches customers, users & segmentation.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret customers, users & segmentation without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Connected terms
- Installed baseThe search label “installed customer base” can route to both entries.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16