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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 Lenovo in every year since 2013, followed by HP and Dell. 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 (2023)

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Top 6 vendors by number of units shipped, 2023
Rank	Manufacturer	Market share^[1]
1	Lenovo	24.7%
2	HP	21.9%
3	Dell	16.6%
4	Apple	9.0%
5	Asus	7.1%
6	Acer	6.6%
	Others	14.1%

Historical vendors market share

2022

More information Global PC market share by units, percent (2022), Rank ...

Global PC market share by units, percent (2022)
Rank	2022 ^[2]
1	Lenovo	24.1%
2	HP	19.4%
3	Dell	17.5%
4	Apple	9.8%
5	Asus	7.2%
6	Acer	6.5%
7	Others	15.5%

2021

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Global PC market share by units, percent (2021)
Rank	2021 ^[3]
1	Lenovo	24.4%
2	HP	21.7%
3	Dell	17.4%
4	Apple	7.9%
5	Acer	7.1%
6	Asus	6.3%
7	Others	15.1%

2016–2020

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Global PC market share by units, percent (2016–2020)
Rank	2016 ^[4]		2017 ^[5]		2018 ^[6]		2019 ^[7]		2020 ^[8]
1	Lenovo	20.7	Lenovo	21.0	Lenovo	22.5	Lenovo	24.1	Lenovo	24.6
2	HP	19.4	HP	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

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Global PC market share by units, percent (2011–2015)
Rank	2011 ^[9]		2012 ^[10]		2013 ^[11]		2014 ^[12]		2015 ^[13]
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

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Global PC market share by units, percent (2006–2010)
Rank	2006 ^[14]		2007 ^[15]		2008 ^[16]		2009 ^[17]		2010 ^[18]
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

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Global PC market share by units, percent (2001–2005)
Rank	2001 ^[19]		2002 ^[20]		2003 ^[21]		2004 ^[21]		2005 ^[22]
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

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Global PC market share by units, percent (1996–2000)
Rank	1996 ^[23]		1997 ^[24]		1998 ^[24]		1999 ^[25]		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)

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Unit sales of global PC market 1996-2009
Year	1996 ^[23]	1997 ^[24]	1998 ^[24]	1999 ^[25]	2000	2001 ^[26]	2002 ^[19]	2003 ^[20]	2004 ^[21]	2005 ^[22]	2006 ^[14]	2007 ^[15]	2008 ^[16]	2009 ^[17]
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

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Unit sales of global PC market 2010-2022
Year	2010 ^[18]	2011 ^[9]	2012 ^[10]	2013 ^[11]	2014 ^[12]	2015 ^[13]	2016 ^[4]	2017 ^[5]	2018 ^[6]	2019 ^[7]	2020 ^[8]	2021 ^[3]	2022 ^[2]
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)

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Personal computer architectures by units sold (1975–1995)^[27]
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^[update]	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

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Year	Annual sales (units sold)			NEC		Fujitsu		Sharp		MSX
Year	8-bit^[28]	16-bit^[28]	Annual	Share	Units	Share	Units	Share	Units	Units
1983	719,000	166,000	885,000^[28]	41%^[29]	360,000^[29]^[28]	Unknown	Unknown	13%^[29]	120,000^[29]^[28]	500,000^[30]
1984	917,000	279,000	1,200,000^[31]	39%^[29]	470,000^[29]^[31]	11%^[29]	130,000^[29]^[31]	20%^[32]	240,000^[32]^[31]	500,000^[30]
1985	789,000	398,000	1,200,000^[31]	36%^[29]	430,000^[29]^[31]	Unknown	Unknown	9%^[29]	110,000^[29]^[31]	Unknown
1986	685,000	551,000	1,236,000^[28]	41%^[29]	510,000^[29]^[28]	9%^[29]	110,000^[29]^[28]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1987	426,000	760,000	1,206,000^[31]	45%^[29]	540,000^[29]^[31]	10%^[29]	120,000^[29]^[31]	Unknown	Unknown	340,000^[33]
1988	253,000	973,000	1,375,000^[31]	51%^[34]	700,000^[34]^[31]	14%^[34]	190,000^[34]^[31]	Unknown	Unknown	150,000^[33]
1989	Unknown	Unknown	2,500,000^[35]	41%^[29]	1,030,000^[29]^[35]	13%^[29]	330,000^[29]^[35]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1990	Unknown	Unknown	2,300,000^[36]	50%^[36]	1,100,000^[36]	12%^[29]	270,000^[29]^[36]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1991	Unknown	Unknown	3,300,000^[35]	52%^[34]	1,720,000^[34]^[35]	12%^[29]	430,000^[29]^[35]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1992	Unknown	Unknown	2,150,000^[37]	52%^[34]	1,120,000^[34]^[37]	12%^[29]	260,000^[29]^[37]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1993	Unknown	Unknown	2,300,000^[37]	49%^[34]	1,200,000^[34]^[37]	7%^[34]	160,000^[34]^[37]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1994	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	43%^[34]	Unknown	9%^[34]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1995	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	40%^[34]	Unknown	19%^[29]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1996	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	33%^[34]	Unknown	23%^[29]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

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