Market share of personal computer vendors

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]
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[2]		2021[3]		2022[4]
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[5]		2011[6]		2012[7]		2013[8]		2014[9]		2015[10]		2016[11]		2017[12]		2018[13]		2019[14]
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[15]		2002[16]		2003[17]		2004[17]		2005[18]		2006[19]		2007[20]		2008[21]		2009[22]
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[23]		1994[24]		1995[24]		1996[25]		1997[26]		1998[26]		1999[27]
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[28]	1991[29]		1992[30][29][31]		1993[32]
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[24]	1995[24]	1996[25]	1997[26]	1998[26]	1999[27]	2000	2001[33]	2002[15]	2003[16]	2004[17]	2005[18]	2006[19]	2007[20]	2008[21]	2009[22]
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[5]	2011[6]	2012[7]	2013[8]	2014[9]	2015[10]	2016[11]	2017[12]	2018[13]	2019[14]	2020[2]	2021[3]	2022[4]	2023[34]
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)^[35]

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[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
			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[36]	16-bit[36]	Annual	Share	Units	Share	Units	Share	Units	Units
1983	719,000	166,000	885,000[36]	41%[37]	360,000[37][36]	Un­known	Un­known	13%[37]	120,000[37][36]	500,000[38]
1984	917,000	279,000	1,200,000[39]	39%[37]	470,000[37][39]	11%[37]	130,000[37][39]	20%[40]	240,000[40][39]
1985	789,000	398,000	1,200,000[39]	36%[37]	430,000[37][39]	Un­known	Un­known	9%[37]	110,000[37][39]	Un­known
1986	685,000	551,000	1,236,000[36]	41%[37]	510,000[37][36]	9%[37]	110,000[37][36]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1987	426,000	760,000	1,206,000[39]	45%[37]	540,000[37][39]	10%[37]	120,000[37][39]	Un­known	Un­known	340,000[41]
1988	253,000	973,000	1,375,000[39]	51%[42]	700,000[42][39]	14%[42]	190,000[42][39]	Un­known	Un­known	150,000[41]
1989	Un­known	Un­known	2,500,000[43]	41%[37]	1,030,000[37][43]	13%[37]	330,000[37][43]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1990	Un­known	Un­known	2,300,000[44]	50%[44]	1,100,000[44]	12%[37]	270,000[37][44]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1991	Un­known	Un­known	3,300,000[43]	52%[42]	1,720,000[42][43]	12%[37]	430,000[37][43]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1992	Un­known	Un­known	2,150,000[45]	52%[42]	1,120,000[42][45]	12%[37]	260,000[37][45]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1993	Un­known	Un­known	2,300,000[45]	49%[42]	1,200,000[42][45]	7%[42]	160,000[42][45]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1994	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	43%[42]	Un­known	9%[42]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1995	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	40%[42]	Un­known	19%[37]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
1996	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	33%[42]	Un­known	23%[37]	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known

See also

• List of computer hardware manufacturers
• List of computer system manufacturers
• List of laptop brands and manufacturers

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