Market share analysis is a part of market analysis and indicates how well a firm is doing in the marketplace compared to its competitors. Market share analysis is a part of market analysis and indicates how well a firm is doing in the marketplace compared to its competitors. Givon, Mahajan, and Muller have researched spreadsheet and word processing software firms to give a clearer image of how to determine market share in the software industry. They propose six factors to help estimate the value of market share (1997):