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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 (2023)

Top 6 vendors by number of units shipped, 2023
Rank Manufacturer Market share
1 Lenovo 24.8%
2 HP 21.9%
3 Dell 16.6%
4 Apple 9.0%
5 Asus 7.1%
6 Acer 6.6%
- other 14.1%

Historical vendors market share

2020s

Global PC market share by units, percent (2020–2022)
Rank 2020 2021 2022
1 Lenovo 24.9 Lenovo 24.4 Lenovo 24.1
2 HP 21.2 HP 21.7 HP 19.4
3 Dell 16.4 Dell 17.4 Dell 17.5
4 Apple 8.2 Apple 7.9 Apple 9.8
5 Asus 6.0 Acer 7.1 Asus 7.2
6 Acer 5.9 Asus 6.3 Acer 6.5
Others 22.5 15.1 15.5

2010s

Global PC market share by units, percent (2010–2019)
Rank 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
1 HP 17.9 HP 16.6 HP 16.1 Lenovo 16.9 Lenovo 18.8 Lenovo 19.8 Lenovo 20.7 Lenovo 21.0 Lenovo 22.5 Lenovo 24.1
2 Acer 13.9 Lenovo 12.5 Lenovo 14.9 HP 16.2 HP 17.5 HP 18.2 HP 19.4 HP 20.8 HP 21.7 HP 22.1
3 Dell 12.0 Dell 11.7 Dell 10.7 Dell 11.6 Dell 12.8 Dell 13.6 Dell 14.6 Dell 15.2 Dell 16.2 Dell 16.8
4 Lenovo 10.9 Acer 10.8 Acer 10.2 Acer 8.0 Acer 7.9 Asus 7.3 Asus 7.6 Apple 7.4 Apple 6.9 Apple 7.0
5 Asus 5.4 Asus 5.7 Asus 6.9 Asus 6.6 Asus 7.2 Apple 7.2 Apple 6.9 Asus 6.8 Acer 6.1 Acer 5.6
Others 40.0 42.8 41.2 40.7 35.7 33.9 30.7 28.8 26.6 24.4

2000s

Global PC market share by units, percent (2000–2009)
Rank 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1 Compaq 12.8 HP 18.4 HP 14.2 Dell 14.9 Dell 16.4 Dell 16.8 Dell 15.9 HP 18.1 HP 18.2 HP 19.1
2 Dell 10.8 Dell 13.2 Dell 13.2 HP 14.6 HP 14.6 HP 14.6 HP 15.9 Dell 14.2 Dell 14.1 Acer 12.9
3 HP 7.6 IBM 6.4 IBM 5.2 IBM 5.3 Lenovo 6.8 Lenovo 6.9 Acer 7.6 Acer 9.7 Acer 10.6 Dell 12.1
4 IBM 6.8 NEC 3.8 Fujitsu 3.8 Fujitsu 3.7 Fujitsu 3.8 Acer 4.6 Lenovo 7.0 Lenovo 7.4 Lenovo 7.5 Lenovo 8.0
5 NEC 4.3 Toshiba 2.8 Toshiba 2.8 Acer 2.9 Acer 3.4 Toshiba 3.3 Toshiba 3.8 Toshiba 4.0 Toshiba 4.6 Toshiba 5.0
Others 57.7 55.4 60.9 58.6 55.1 53.8 49.8 46.5 44.9 42.8

1990s

Global PC market share by units, percent (1993–1999)
Rank 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1 IBM 10.8 Compaq 10.0 Compaq 10.0 Compaq 10.0 Compaq 13.1 Compaq 13.8 Compaq 13.2
2 Apple 9.4 Apple 8.3 IBM 8.0 IBM 8.6 IBM 8.6 IBM 8.2 Dell 9.8
3 Compaq 8.1 IBM 8.2 Apple 7.8 Packard Bell NEC 6.0 Dell 5.5 Dell 7.9 IBM 7.9
4 Packard Bell 5.2 Packard Bell 5.3 Apple 5.9 HP 5.3 HP 5.8 HP 6.4
5 NEC 4.1 NEC 4.8 HP 4.3 Packard Bell NEC 5.1 Packard Bell NEC 4.3 Packard Bell NEC 5.2
Others 64.3 64.0 65.2 62.2 60.1 57.5
Global PC market share by revenue, percent (1990–1993)
Rank 1990 1991 1992 1993
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 (1994–2023)

Unit sales of global PC market 1994–2009
Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 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
Unit sales of global PC market 2010–2023
Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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
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

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)

Personal computer architectures by units sold (1975–1995)
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
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
Combined Apple:

25,482,200

Combined Atari:

4,100,000

Combined Commodore:

19,916,000

Japan

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

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