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.

For data about PC vendors' market shares in laptop computers specifically, see Laptop#Historic market share.

Current top vendors market share (2024)

class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
colspan="4" | Top 6 vendors by number of units shipped, 2024
|Rank

!|Manufacturer

!|Country of origin

!|Market share{{cite web |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Increased 1.4% in Fourth Quarter of 2024 and 1.3% for the Year |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-01-15-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-increased-1-point-4-percent-in-fourth-quarter-of-2024 |access-date=4 March 2025 |publisher=Gartner}}

| 1LenovoChina25.5%
| 2HPUSA21.6%
| 3DellUSA16.1%
| 4AppleUSA9.2%
| 5AsusTaiwan7.1%
| 6AcerTaiwan6.9%
| -othervarious13.7%

Historical vendors market share

=2020s=

class="wikitable"
colspan="21" | {{center|Global PC market share by units, percent (2020–2022)}}
Rank

! colspan="2" | 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-01-11-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-grew-10-point-7-percent-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2020-and-4-point-8-percent-for-the-year |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 10.7% in Fourth Quarter of 2020 and 4.8% for the Year |publisher=Gartner |date=January 11, 2021 |access-date=April 15, 2023}}

! colspan="2" | 2021{{cite news |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-01-12-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-declined-5-percent-in-fourth-quarter-of-2021-but-grew-nearly-10-percent-for-the-year |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 5% in Fourth Quarter of 2021 but Grew Nearly 10% for the Year |publisher=Gartner |date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=January 13, 2022}}

! colspan="2" | 2022{{cite news |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-01-11-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-declined-28-percent-in-fourth-quarter-of-2022-and-16-percent-for-the-year |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 28.5% in Fourth Quarter of 2022 and 16.2% for the Year |publisher=Gartner |date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=January 11, 2023}}

! colspan="2" | 2023{{cite web |date=January 11, 2024 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Increased 0.3% in Fourth Quarter of 2023 but Declined 14.8% for the Year |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/01-10-2024-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-increased-zero-point-three-percent-in-fourth-quarter-of-2023-but-declined-fourteen-point-eight-percent-for-the-year |access-date=January 11, 2024 |publisher=Gartner}}

1

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 24.9

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 24.4

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 24.1

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 24.7

2

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 21.2

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 21.7

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 19.4

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 21.9

3

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.4

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 17.4

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 17.5

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.6

4

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.2

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.9

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.8

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.0

5

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.0

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.1

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.2

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.1

6

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.3

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.5

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.6

Others

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 22.5

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 15.1

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 15.5

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.1

=2010s=

class="wikitable"
colspan="21" | {{center|Global PC market share by units, percent (2010–2019)}}
Rank

! colspan="2" | 2010{{cite news|url=http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1519417 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113003048/http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1519417 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2011 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2010 Grew 3.1 Percent; Year-End Shipments Increased 13.8 Percent |publisher=Gartner |date=January 12, 2011 |access-date=June 17, 2013}}

! colspan="2" | 2011{{cite news|url=http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1893523 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114104825/http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1893523 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2011 Declined 1.4 Percent; Year-End Shipments Increased 0.5 Percent |publisher=Gartner |date=January 11, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2013}}

! colspan="2" | 2012{{cite news|url=http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2301715 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115050601/https://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2301715 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=Gartner Says Declining Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2012 Signal Structural Shift of PC market |publisher=Gartner |date=January 14, 2013 |access-date=June 17, 2013}}

! colspan="2" | 2013{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2647517 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110052948/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2647517 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 6.9 Percent in Fourth Quarter of 2013 |publisher=Gartner |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2014}}

! colspan="2" | 2014{{cite news|url=http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2960125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116123910/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2960125 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 1 Percent in Fourth Quarter of 2014 |publisher=Gartner |date=January 12, 2015 |access-date=February 8, 2015}}

! colspan="2" | 2015{{cite news|url=http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3185224 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115091707/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3185224 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 8.3 Percent in Fourth Quarter of 2015 |publisher=Gartner |date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=April 22, 2016}}

! colspan="2" | 2016{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2017-01-11-gartner-says-2016-marked-fifth-consecutive-year-of-worldwide-pc-shipment-decline |title=Gartner Says 2016 Marked Fifth Consecutive Year of Worldwide PC Shipment Decline |publisher=Gartner |date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=January 12, 2017}}

! colspan="2" | 2017{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2018-01-11-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-declined-2-percent-in-4q17-and-28-percent-for-the-year |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 2 Percent in 4Q17 and 2.8 Percent for the Year |publisher=Gartner |date=January 11, 2018 |access-date=February 23, 2018}}

! colspan="2" | 2018{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2019-01-10-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-declined-4-3-perc |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 4.3 Percent in 4Q18 and 1.3 Percent for the Year |publisher=Gartner |date=January 10, 2019 |access-date=January 11, 2019}}

! colspan="2" | 2019{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-01-13-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-grew-2-point-3-percent-in-4q19-and-point-6-percent-for-the-year |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 2.3% in 4Q19 and 0.6% for the Year |publisher=Gartner |date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=April 15, 2023}}

1

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 17.9

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.6

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.1

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.9

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 18.8

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 19.8

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 20.7

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 21.0

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 22.5

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 24.1

2

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.9

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 12.5

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.9

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.2

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 17.5

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 18.2

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 19.4

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 20.8

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 21.7

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 22.1

3

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 12.0

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 11.7

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.7

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 11.6

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 12.8

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.6

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 15.2

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.2

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.8

4

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.9

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.8

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.2

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.0

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.9

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.3

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.6

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.0

5

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.4

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.6

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.2

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.2

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9

| Asus

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.8

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.1

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6

Others

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 40.0

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 42.8

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 41.2

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 40.7

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 35.7

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 33.9

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 30.7

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 28.8

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 26.6

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 24.4

=2000s=

class="wikitable"
colspan="21" | {{center|Global PC market share by units, percent (2000–2009)}}
Rank

! colspan="2" | 2000

! colspan="2" | 2001Gartner Dataquest Says PC market Experienced Slight Upturn in 2002, but Industry Still Shows No Signs of Strong Rebound. Gartner Press Release. January 17, 2003.

! colspan="2" | 2002Gartner Says PC Vendors Experienced a Happy Holiday Season with Fourth Quarter Worldwide Shipments Increasing 12 Percent. Gartner Press Release. January 14, 2004.

! colspan="2" | 2003

! colspan="2" | 2004{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/492098 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122151159/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/492098 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |title=Gartner Says Strong Mobile Sales Lift Worldwide PC Shipments to 12 Percent Growth in 2004 |publisher=Gartner |date=January 18, 2005 |access-date=February 23, 2018}}

! colspan="2" | 2005{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/492237 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122150627/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/492237 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |title=Gartner Says EMEA Region Became Largest PC Market in the World Based on Unit Shipments in 2005 |publisher=Gartner |date=January 18, 2006 |access-date=February 23, 2018}}

! colspan="2" | 2006{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/500384 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040848/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/500384 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |title=Gartner Says Hewlett-Packard Takes Clear Lead in Fourth Quarter Worldwide PC Shipments and Creates a Virtual Tie with Dell for 2006 Year-End Results |publisher=Gartner |date=January 17, 2007 |access-date=February 23, 2018}}

! colspan="2" | 2007{{cite news|url=https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/584210 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219215402/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/584210 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2013 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Market Grew 13 Percent in 2007 |publisher=Gartner |date=January 16, 2008 |access-date=February 24, 2018}}

! colspan="2" | 2008{{cite news |url=http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=856712 |title=Gartner Says In the Fourth Quarter of 2008 the PC Industry Suffered Its Worst Shipment Growth Rate Since 2002 |publisher=Gartner |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=June 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117033001/http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=856712 |archive-date=January 17, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

! colspan="2" | 2009{{cite news |url=http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1279215 |title=Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2009 Posted Strongest Growth Rate in Seven Years |publisher=Gartner |date=January 13, 2010 |access-date=June 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117213851/http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1279215 |archive-date=January 17, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

1

| Compaq

| style="text-align:right;"| 12.8

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 18.4

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.2

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.9

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.4

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 16.8

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 15.9

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 18.1

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 18.2

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 19.1

2

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.8

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.2

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.2

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.6

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 15.9

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.2

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 14.1

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 12.9

3

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.6

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.4

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.3

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.8

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.6

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.7

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.6

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 12.1

4

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.8

| NEC

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8

| Fujitsu

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8

| Fujitsu

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7

| Fujitsu

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.6

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.0

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.5

| Lenovo

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.0

5

| NEC

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.3

| Toshiba

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.8

| Toshiba

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.8

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.9

| Acer

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4

| Toshiba

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.3

| Toshiba

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8

| Toshiba

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.0

| Toshiba

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.6

| Toshiba

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.0

Others

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 57.7

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 55.4

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 60.9

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 58.6

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 55.1

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 53.8

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 49.8

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 46.5

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 44.9

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 42.8

=1990s=

class="wikitable"
colspan="15" | {{center|Global PC market share by units, percent (1993–1999)}}
Rank

! colspan="2" |1993{{Cite news |last=Press |first=Associated |date=1995-01-25 |title=COMPAQ TAKES LEAD IN WORLD PC MARKET |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/01/25/compaq-takes-lead-in-world-pc-market/ed967146-ceb8-4c6c-aff1-60faba471c59/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

! colspan="2" |1994{{Cite web |title=Worldwide PC Market Grew 24 Percent in 1995 |url=https://www.tech-insider.org/statistics/research/1996/0126.html |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.tech-insider.org}}

! colspan="2" |1995

! colspan="2" | 1996Compaq and IBM Winners in 1996 Market Share. PCWorld. January 27, 1997

! colspan="2" | 1997GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says U.S. and Europe Boost 1998 Worldwide PC Growth. Gartner Press Release. January 29, 1999.

! colspan="2" | 1998

! colspan="2" | 1999GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide PC market Topped 21 Percent Growth in 1999. Gartner Press Release. January 24, 2000.

1

|IBM

|10.8

|Compaq

|10.0

|Compaq

|10.0

| Compaq

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.0

| Compaq

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.1

| Compaq

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.8

| Compaq

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.2

2

|Apple

|9.4

|Apple

|8.3

|IBM

|8.0

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.2

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.8

3

|Compaq

|8.1

|IBM

|8.2

|Apple

|7.8

| Packard Bell NEC

| style="text-align:right;" | 6.0

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.5

| Dell

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.9

| IBM

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.9

4

|

|

|Packard Bell

|5.2

|Packard Bell

|5.3

| Apple

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.9

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.3

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.8

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.4

5

|

|

|NEC

|4.1

|NEC

|4.8

| HP

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.3

| Packard Bell NEC

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.1

| Packard Bell NEC

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.3

| Packard Bell NEC

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2

Others

|

|

|

|64.3

|

|64.0

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 65.2

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 62.2

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 60.1

|

| style="text-align:right;"| 57.5

class="wikitable"
colspan="8" | {{center|Global PC market share by revenue, percent (1990–1993)}}
Rank

!1990{{Cite web |title=The Internet and the Production Network of Dell Computer |url=https://brie.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/149ch6.pdf |website=brie.berkeley.edu}}

! colspan="2" |1991{{Cite web |title=PC sales soar as mainframes fall off - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/01/05/PC-sales-soar-as-mainframes-fall-off/2068726210000/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=UPI |language=en}}

! colspan="2" |1992{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=CBR Staff |date=1994-01-06 |title=DATAQUEST FIGURES |url=https://www.techmonitor.ai/technology/dataquest_figures_1?cf-view |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Tech Monitor |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=The Personal Computer Industry |url=https://www.vacets.org/articles/pc-industry.html |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.vacets.org}}

! colspan="2" |1993{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=CBR Staff |date=1994-01-03 |title=IBM PC MARKET SHARE UP |url=https://www.techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_pc_market_share_up/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Tech Monitor |language=en-US}}

1

|IBM

|IBM

|16.3

|IBM

|13.1

|IBM

|13.6

2

|Apple

|Apple

|11.2

|Apple

|10.6

|Apple

|11.0

3

|NEC

|NEC

|6.4

|Compaq

|6.1

|Compaq

|10.0

4

|Compaq

|Compaq

|6.0

|NEC

|5.0

|NEC

|5.7

5

|Toshiba

| -

| -

|Dell

|3.1

|Dell

|3.8

Others

| -

| -

| -

|

|62.1

|

|55.9

  • 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 (1994–2024) =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Unit sales of global PC market 1994–2009

Year

!1994

!1995

! 1996

! 1997

! 1998

! 1999

! 2000

! 2001Gartner Dataquest Says 2001 is a Year Battered PC Vendors Would Rather Forget. Gartner Press Release. January 17, 2002

! 2002

! 2003

! 2004

! 2005

! 2006

! 2007

! 2008

! 2009

Units (M)

|47.9

|59.7

| 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.)

|23.3

|24.7

| 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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Unit sales of global PC market 2010–2024

Year

! 2010

! 2011

! 2012

! 2013

! 2014

! 2015

! 2016

! 2017

! 2018

! 2019

! 2020

! 2021

! 2022

! 2023

! 2024

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

| 241.8

| 245.4

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

| -14.8

| 1.3

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-led 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) =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Personal computer architectures by units sold (1975–1995){{Cite web|last=Reimer|first=Jeremy|date=2005-12-15|title=Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures|url=https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}

  • {{cite web |author=Jeremy Reimer |date=2012-12-07 |title=Total Share: Personal Computer Market Share 1975-2010 |url=https://jeremyreimer.com/rockets-item.lsp?p=137 |website=Jeremy Reimer}}

! Year

! Annual sales

! IBM PC compatible

! Apple II

! Macintosh

! Atari 8-bit

! 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

rowspan="2" |{{As of|1995}}

! rowspan="2" |260,615,000

! rowspan="2" |208,062,000

!4,860,200

!20,622,000

!2,000,000

!2,100,000

!15,675,000

!4,022,000

!219,000

! rowspan="2" |25,000

! rowspan="2" |1,550,000

! rowspan="2" |62,000

! rowspan="2" |3,300,000

colspan="2" |Combined Apple:

25,482,200

! colspan="2" |Combined Atari:

4,100,000

! colspan="3" |Combined Commodore:

19,916,000

= Japan =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" | Year

! colspan="3" | Annual sales (units sold)

! colspan="2" | NEC

! colspan="2" | Fujitsu

! colspan="2" | Sharp

!MSX

8-bit{{Cite book|last1=Juliussen|first1=Egil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxVNAQAAIAAJ|title=The Computer Industry Almanac 1991|last2=Juliussen|first2=Karen|publisher=Pearson P T R|year=1990|isbn=978-0-13-155748-2|pages=10-47, 10-48}}

! 16-bit

! Annual

! Share

! Units

! Share

! Units

! Share

! Units

! Units

1983

|719,000

|166,000

|{{#expr:719+166}},000

|41%{{Cite journal|last1=Methe|first1=David|last2=Mitchell|first2=Will|last3=Miyabe|first3=Junichiro|last4=Toyama|first4=Ryoko|date=January 1998|title=Overcoming a Standard Bearer: Challenges to NEC's Personal Computer in Japan|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5160396|journal=Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)|page=35|via=ResearchGate}}

|{{#expr:(719+166)*0.41 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|13%

|{{#expr:(719+166)*0.13 round -1}},000

| rowspan="2" |500,000{{Cite book|last1=Manes|first1=Stephen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cynR_pehxHgC|title=Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America|last2=Andrews|first2=Paul|date=1994-01-21|publisher=Touchstone|isbn=978-0-671-88074-3|pages=303|quote=Yet at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1985, Nishi claimed half a million MSX machines had been sold in Japan and a hundred thousand in Europe}}

1984

|917,000

|279,000

|1,200,000{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ch1NAQAAIAAJ|title=Japan Electronics Almanac|date=1990|publisher=Dempa Publications|page=145|quote=The domestic shipment value of personal computers in fiscal 1988 totaled {{JPY|649 billion}} (up 23 percent over fiscal 1987); the domestic shipment volume was 1,375,000 (up 14 percent over 1987). The value of domestic shipments has recorded annual growth. Conversely, the volume of domestic shipments of personal computers stabilized at the 1,200,000-nit mark for four years beginning in fiscal 1984. However, this volume began to increase rapidly in fiscal 1988.}}

|39%

|{{#expr:1200*0.39 round -1}},000

|11%

|{{#expr:1200*0.11 round -1}},000

|20%{{Cite magazine|date=1985|title=ElectronicsWeek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMMpAQAAMAAJ|magazine=ElectronicsWeek|publisher=McGraw-Hill|volume=58|issue=13–23|page=41|quote=The home computer market in Japan consumed 1.1 million machines last year and is growing modestly in 1985, but it remains essentially a game market. (...) The two largest producers of home computers in Japan—NEC Corp., which claims a 40% market share, and Sharp Corp., which claims 20%—do not use the MSX (Microsoft Extended Basic) system that Microsoft Corp. developed and has licensed to 18 other Japanese companies. Total MSX sales last year are estimated at 350,000 units. But NEC's best-selling 8801-MII is used mostly by university students and small businesses for bookkeeping or document filing; MSX users are overwhelmingly 15 years of age or younger—game fanatics.}}

|{{#expr:1200*0.20 round -1}},000

1985

|789,000

|398,000

|1,200,000

|36%

|{{#expr:1200*0.36 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|9%

|{{#expr:1200*0.09 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

1986

|685,000

|551,000

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:685+551}},000}}

|41%

|{{#expr:(685+551)*0.41 round -1}},000

|9%

|{{#expr:(685+551)*0.09 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1987

|426,000

|760,000

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:1375/1.14 round 0}},000}}

|45%

|{{#expr:1206*0.45 round -1}},000

|10%

|{{#expr:1206*0.10 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{#expr:150/(1-0.56) round -1}},000{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ch1NAQAAIAAJ|title=Japan Electronics Almanac|date=1990|publisher=Dempa Publications|pages=146|quote=The volume of domestic shipments of the MSX remained at the 150,000 mark, for a marked decline of 56 percent from 1987.}}

1988

|253,000

|973,000

|1,375,000

|51%{{Cite book|last1=Dedrick|first1=Jason|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNHhBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|title=Asia's Computer Challenge: Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World?|last2=Kraemer|first2=Kenneth L.|date=1998-08-20|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-028398-8|pages=83}}

|{{#expr:1375*0.51 round -1}},000

|14%

|{{#expr:1375*0.14 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|150,000

1989

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|2,500,000{{Cite book|last=Ozsomer|first=Aysegul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h7NoO4fITxAC|title=A Dynamic Analysis of Entry Rates in the Global Personal Computer Industry|date=1993|publisher=Michigan State University (Department of Marketing and Logistics)|pages=36|chapter=The Japanese Personal Computer Market|quote=Traditionally, dominated by Japanese vendors, the market had reached 2.5 million units in 1989, and 3.3 million units in 1991 (Dataquest Inc.)}}

|41%

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:2500*0.41 round -1}},000}}

|13%

|{{#expr:2500*0.13 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1990

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:2400/1.05 round -2}},000}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kl1HAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-SA26-PA17|title=U.S. Industrial Outlook|date=1993|publisher=Business and Defense Services Administration|page=26-17}}

|50%

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:(2400/1.05)*0.50 round -2}},000}}

|12%

|{{#expr:(2400/1.05)*0.12 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1991

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|3,300,000

|52%

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:3300*0.52 round -1}},000}}

|12%

|{{#expr:3300*0.13 round -1}},000

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1992

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:2300/1.07 round -1}},000}}{{Cite book|url=|title=U.S. Industrial Outlook|date=1994|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industrial Economics|page=26-19|chapter=Japan|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7W5Pc4L8r8C&pg=SA26-PA19}}

|52%

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:(2300/1.07)*0.52 round -1}},000}}

|12%

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:(2300/1.07)*0.12 round -1}},000}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1993

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|2,300,000

|49%

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:2300*0.52 round -1}},000}}

|7%

|{{formatnum:{{#expr:2300*0.07 round -1}},000}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1994

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|43%

|{{Unknown}}

|9%

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1995

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|40%

|{{Unknown}}

|19%

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

1996

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|33%

|{{Unknown}}

|23%

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

|{{Unknown}}

See also

References