Business & revenue models · Core
Platform business model
Also called: platform model
ELI5
A business that helps others interact or build on top of it.
Used in conversation
“The platform business model depends on rules as much as technology.”
Definition
A model creating value by enabling interactions, transactions or complements across participants.
Here “Platform business model” means: A model creating value by enabling interactions, transactions or complements across participants.
Pitch context
You will see “Platform business model” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches business & revenue models.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business & revenue models without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
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