きぞんきゃく
noun
existing customer
businessbusinessperson
1. existing customer; current client
A customer a business already has, as opposed to one it is trying to win. Standard marketing and sales vocabulary, usually contrasted with 新規(しんき)(きゃく) (new customers).
既存客(きぞんきゃく)大切(たいせつ)にしたい。
We want to take good care of our existing customers.
This discount applies only to existing customers.
Retaining existing customers costs less than developing new ones.

Formed from 既存(きぞん) (existing, already in place) plus (きゃく) (customer). The fuller 既存(きぞん)顧客(こきゃく) is also common and sounds slightly more formal.

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