Collocations for expand - verb

considerably, dramatically, enormously, exponentially, greatly, massively, radically, significantly, vastly
The business has expanded greatly over the last year.

further
globally, internationally, nationally, nationwide, worldwide
A number of the rental companies are expanding globally.

abroad, overseas
Internet companies expanding abroad

fast, quickly, rapidly
aggressively
Both companies are aggressively expanding their business models in Europe.

successfully
Several brands have successfully expanded their market presence.

gradually, slowly
constantly, continually, continuously
suddenly
steadily
outwards/outward

aim to, be eager to, be keen to, hope to, intend to, look to, plan to, seek to, want to, work to
The company is looking to expand its operations overseas.

attempt to, try to
American publishers attempted to expand their markets overseas.

need to
I needed to expand my possibilities of making a living.

help (to)
The store has helped expand the British cheese market by encouraging small dairy farmers.

begin to, start to
continue to
seem to

beyond
He has plans to expand beyond computer consulting to include engineer training.

from
The number of managers has expanded from 700 to 1 300.

into
The town has expanded into a city.

to

Expand is used with these nouns as the subject:
business, chest, company, economy, enterprise, firm, industry, market, metal, scope, trade, universe, workload

Expand is used with these nouns as the object:
availability, balance sheet, base, business, capability, capacity, choice, circle, collection, coverage, credit, definition, economy, effort, empire, export, facility, focus, franchise, frontier, horizon, influence, initiative, knowledge, limit, market, membership, memory, menu, network, offering, output, partnership, per cent, pool, presence, production, programme, range, reach, repertoire, role, sale, scale, scope, service, size, trade, understanding, vocabulary, workforce, workload