Engineering:Market share of personal computer vendors

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The annual worldwide market share of personal computer vendors includes desktop computers, laptop computers, and netbooks but excludes mobile devices, such as tablet computers that do not fall under the category of 2-in-1 PCs. The global market leader has been Chinese technology company Lenovo in almost every year since 2013. Previously, Compaq was the global market leader in the late 1990s until the year 2000, while HP and Dell shared market leadership in the 2000s.

Top vendors market share (2022)

Top 6 vendors by number of units shipped, 2022
Rank Manufacturer Market share[1]
1 Lenovo 24.1%
2 HP 19.4%
3 Dell 17.5%
4 Apple 9.8%
5 Asus 7.2%
6 Acer 6.5%
Others 15.5%

Historical vendors market share

2021

Global PC market share by units, percent (2021)
Rank 2021 [2]
1 Lenovo 24.7
2 HP 21.8
3 Dell 17.6
4 Apple 7.6
5 Acer 7.2
Others 21.1

2016–2020

Global PC market share by units, percent (2016–2020)
Rank 2016 [3] 2017 [4] 2018 [5] 2019 [6] 2020 [7]
1 Lenovo 20.7 HP 21.0 Lenovo 22.5 Lenovo 24.1 Lenovo 24.6
2 HP 19.4 Lenovo 20.8 HP 21.7 HP 22.1 HP 22.1
3 Dell 14.6 Dell 15.2 Dell 16.2 Dell 16.8 Dell 16.4
4 Asus 7.6 Apple 7.4 Apple 6.9 Apple 7.0 Acer 7.3
5 Apple 6.9 Asus 6.8 Acer 6.1 Acer 5.6 Apple 7.1
Others 30.7 28.8 26.6 24.4 22.5

2011–2015

Global PC market share by units, percent (2011–2015)
Rank 2011 [8] 2012 [9] 2013 [10] 2014 [11] 2015 [12]
1 HP 16.6 HP 16.1 Lenovo 16.9 Lenovo 18.8 Lenovo 19.8
2 Lenovo 12.5 Lenovo 14.9 HP 16.2 HP 17.5 HP 18.2
3 Dell 11.7 Dell 10.7 Dell 11.6 Dell 12.8 Dell 13.6
4 Acer 10.8 Acer 10.2 Acer 8.0 Acer 7.9 Asus 7.3
5 Asus 5.7 Asus 6.9 Asus 6.6 Asus 7.2 Apple 7.2
Others 42.8 41.2 40.7 35.7 33.9

2006–2010

Global PC market share by units, percent (2006–2010)
Rank 2006 [13] 2007 [14] 2008 [15] 2009 [16] 2010 [17]
1 Dell 15.9 HP 18.1 HP 18.2 HP 19.1 HP 17.9
2 HP 15.9 Dell 14.2 Dell 14.1 Acer 12.9 Acer 13.9
3 Acer 7.6 Acer 9.7 Acer 10.6 Dell 12.1 Dell 12.0
4 Lenovo 7.0 Lenovo 7.4 Lenovo 7.5 Lenovo 8.0 Lenovo 10.9
5 Toshiba 3.8 Toshiba 4.0 Toshiba 4.6 Toshiba 5.0 Asus 5.4
Others 49.8 46.5 44.9 42.8 40.0

2001–2005

Global PC market share by units, percent (2001–2005)
Rank 2001 [18] 2002 [19] 2003 [20] 2004 [20] 2005 [21]
1 HP 18.4 HP 14.2 Dell 14.9 Dell 16.4 Dell 16.8
2 Dell 13.2 Dell 13.2 HP 14.6 HP 14.6 HP 14.6
3 IBM 6.4 IBM 5.2 IBM 5.3 Lenovo 6.8 Lenovo 6.9
4 NEC 3.8 Fujitsu 3.8 Fujitsu 3.7 Fujitsu 3.8 Acer 4.6
5 Toshiba 2.8 Toshiba 2.8 Acer 2.9 Acer 3.4 Toshiba 3.3
Others 55.4 60.9 58.6 55.1 53.8

1996–2000

Global PC market share by units, percent (1996–2000)
Rank 1996 [22] 1997 [23] 1998 [23] 1999 [24] 2000
1 Compaq 10.0 Compaq 13.1 Compaq 13.8 Compaq 13.2 Compaq 12.8
2 IBM 8.6 IBM 8.6 IBM 8.2 Dell 9.8 Dell 10.8
3 Packard Bell NEC 6.0 Dell 5.5 Dell 7.9 IBM 7.9 HP 7.6
4 Apple 5.9 HP 5.3 HP 5.8 HP 6.4 IBM 6.8
5 HP 4.3 Packard Bell NEC 5.1 Packard Bell NEC 4.3 Packard Bell NEC 5.2 NEC 4.3
Others 65.2 62.2 60.1 57.5 57.7
  • Toshiba personal computer division was sold to Sharp in 2019, now Dynabook.
  • IBM sold its personal computer business to Lenovo in 2005, and its x86 server division in 2014.
  • Compaq was acquired by HP in 2002.
  • Fujitsu figures include Fujitsu Siemens.
  • Figures include desktop PCs, mobile PCs, and servers using the Intel x86 processor architecture. 1996–1999 figures exclude x86 PCs.
  • Figures subject to revision in later data releases.

Unit sales

Worldwide (1996–2022)

Unit sales of global PC market 1996-2009
Year 1996 [22] 1997 [23] 1998 [23] 1999 [24] 2000 2001 [25] 2002 [18] 2003 [19] 2004 [20] 2005 [21] 2006 [13] 2007 [14] 2008 [15] 2009 [16]
Units (M) 70.9 80.6 92.9 113.5 134.7* 128.1 132.4 168.9 189.0 218.5 239.4 271.2 302.2 305.9
Growth (pct.) 17.8 13.7 15.3 22.2 18.7* -4.9 3.4 27.6 11.9 15.6 9.6 13.3 11.4 1.2
Unit sales of global PC market 2010-2022
Year 2010 [17] 2011 [8] 2012 [9] 2013 [10] 2014 [11] 2015 [12] 2016 [3] 2017 [4] 2018 [5] 2019 [6] 2020 [7] 2021 [2] 2022 [1]
Units (M) 351 352.8 352.7 316 315.9 287.7 269.7 262.5 259.4 262.6 275 339.8 286.2
Growth (pct.) 14.7 0.5 -0.0 -10.4 -0.2 -8.9 -6.3 -2.7 -1.3 0.6 4.8 9.9 -16.2

Sales volume worldwide grew rapidly in the late 1990s but declined briefly around the early 2000s recession. Sales increased again for the rest of the decade though more slowly during the late 2000s recession. After substantial growth in 2010, sales volume started declining in 2012 which continued for seven consecutive years until 2019. A consumer-lead spike in PC sales occurred in 2020 and 2021 as a result of stay-at-home orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(*) Figures include desktop PCs, mobile PCs, and servers using the Intel x86 processor architecture. 1996–1999 figures exclude x86 PCs.

Worldwide (1975–1995)

Personal computer architectures by units sold (1975–1995)[26]
Year Annual sales IBM PC compatible Apple II Macintosh Atari 400/800 Atari ST Commodore 64 Amiga PET Altair TRS-80 NeXT Other
1975 5,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,000 0 0 0
1976 46,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,000 0 0 40,000
1977 150,000 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 4,000 10,000 100,000 0 50,000
1978 258,000 0 7,600 0 0 0 0 0 30,000 4,000 150,000 0 100,000
1979 580,000 0 35,000 0 100,000 0 0 0 45,000 0 200,000 0 200,000
1980 724,000 0 78,000 0 200,000 0 0 0 90,000 0 290,000 0 424,000
1981 1,400,000 35,000 210,000 0 300,000 0 0 0 40,000 0 250,000 0 605,000
1982 2,800,000 240,000 279,000 0 600,000 0 200,000 0 10,000 0 300,000 0 1,181,000
1983 4,920,000 1,300,000 420,000 0 500,000 0 2,000,000 0 0 0 200,000 0 500,000
1984 6,322,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 372,000 200,000 0 2,500,000 0 0 0 50,000 0 200,000
1985 7,610,000 3,700,000 900,000 200,000 100,000 100,000 2,500,000 100,000 0 0 10,000 0 0
1986 9,000,000 5,020,000 700,000 380,000 0 200,000 2,500,000 200,000 0 0 0 0 0
1987 9,200,000 5,950,000 500,000 550,000 0 400,000 1,500,000 300,000 0 0 0 0 0
1988 15,000,000 11,900,000 200,000 900,000 0 350,000 1,250,000 400,000 0 0 0 12,000 0
1989 21,000,000 17,550,000 200,000 1,100,000 0 300,000 1,250,000 600,000 0 0 0 12,000 0
1990 20,000,000 16,838,000 100,000 1,300,000 0 300,000 700,000 750,000 0 0 0 12,000 0
1991 18,750,000 14,399,000 100,000 2,100,000 0 300,000 800,000 1,035,000 0 0 0 16,000 0
1992 20,800,000 18,300,000 100,000 2,500,000 0 120,000 300,000 390,000 0 0 0 10,000 0
1993 31,050,000 27,750,000 30,000 3,300,000 0 30,000 175,000 155,000 0 0 0 5 0
1994 41,000,000 37,200,000 0 3,800,000 0 0 0 50,000 0 0 0 0 0
1995 50,000,000 45,880,000 0 4,120,000 0 0 0 42,000 0 0 0 0 0
(As of 1995) 260,615,000 208,062,000 4,860,200 20,622,000 2,000,000 2,100,000 15,675,000 4,022,000 219,000 25,000 1,550,000 62,000 3,300,000

Japan

Year Annual sales (units sold) NEC Fujitsu Sharp MSX
8-bit[27] 16-bit[27] Annual Share Units Share Units Share Units Units
1983 719,000 166,000 885,000[27] 41%[28] 360,000[28][27] Unknown Unknown 13%[28] 120,000[28][27] 500,000[29]
1984 917,000 279,000 1,200,000[30] 39%[28] 470,000[28][30] 11%[28] 130,000[28][30] 20%[31] 240,000[31][30]
1985 789,000 398,000 1,200,000[30] 36%[28] 430,000[28][30] Unknown Unknown 9%[28] 110,000[28][30] Unknown
1986 685,000 551,000 1,236,000[27] 41%[28] 510,000[28][27] 9%[28] 110,000[28][27] Unknown Unknown Unknown
1987 426,000 760,000 1,206,000[30] 45%[28] 540,000[28][30] 10%[28] 120,000[28][30] Unknown Unknown 340,000[32]
1988 253,000 973,000 1,375,000[30] 51%[33] 700,000[33][30] 14%[33] 190,000[33][30] Unknown Unknown 150,000[32]
1989 Unknown Unknown 2,500,000[34] 41%[28] 1,030,000[28][34] 13%[28] 330,000[28][34] Unknown Unknown Unknown
1990 Unknown Unknown 2,300,000[35] 50%[35] 1,100,000[35] 12%[28] 270,000[28][35] Unknown Unknown Unknown
1991 Unknown Unknown 3,300,000[34] 52%[33] 1,720,000[33][34] 12%[28] 430,000[28][34] Unknown Unknown Unknown
1992 Unknown Unknown 2,150,000[36] 52%[33] 1,120,000[33][36] 12%[28] 260,000[28][36] Unknown Unknown Unknown
1993 Unknown Unknown 2,300,000[36] 49%[33] 1,200,000[33][36] 7%[33] 160,000[33][36] Unknown Unknown Unknown
1994 Unknown Unknown Unknown 43%[33] Unknown 9%[33] Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
1995 Unknown Unknown Unknown 40%[33] Unknown 19%[28] Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
1996 Unknown Unknown Unknown 33%[33] Unknown 23%[28] Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown

See also

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