Customers, users & segmentation · Core
Market segmentation
Also called: segmentation
ELI5
Split a market into useful customer groups.
Used in conversation
“The market segmentation needs variables that change the offer or channel.”
Definition
The process of dividing a market into meaningful groups for analysis or action.
Here “Market segmentation” means: The process of dividing a market into meaningful groups for analysis or action.
Pitch context
You will see “Market segmentation” 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
- SegmentationThe search label “Market segmentation” 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