De facto monopoly

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A de facto monopoly is a monopoly that was not created by the government. It is most often used in contrast to de jure monopoly, which is one that is protected from competition by government action.^[1]

In a free market without government intervention this kind of monopoly is theoretically unobtainable for any extended amount of time.^{[citation needed]} A de facto monopoly is only able to be achieved by providing a far demanded product at all times compared to the competition, and even then there would not be a 100% market share.^[2]