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same-store

 
 
adjective [before noun] COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING

Definition

used to compare sales at company's stores in one period with the same stores in a different period, not including stores that have opened or closed during the period: On a same-store basis, Boots The Chemists increased sales by 5.1%.
(Definition of same-store adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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