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 (formerly IBM) 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 (2025) Top 6 vendors by number of units shipped, 2025RankManufacturerCountry of originMarket share 1 Lenovo China 27.2% 2 HP US 21.3% 3 Dell US 15.3% 4 Apple US 9.2% 5 Asus Taiwan 6.9% 6 Acer Taiwan 6.3% - Other Various 13.9%

Historical vendors market share 2020s Rank 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1 Lenovo 24.9 Lenovo 24.4 Lenovo 24.1 Lenovo 24.7 Lenovo 25.5 2 HP 21.2 HP 21.7 HP 19.4 HP 21.9 HP 21.6 3 Dell 16.4 Dell 17.4 Dell 17.5 Dell 16.6 Dell 16.1 4 Apple 8.2 Apple 7.9 Apple 9.8 Apple 9.0 Apple 9.2 5 Asus 6.0 Acer 7.1 Asus 7.2 Asus 7.1 Asus 7.1 6 Acer 5.9 Asus 6.3 Acer 6.5 Acer 6.6 Acer 6.9 Others 22.5 15.1 15.5 14.1 13.7

2010s 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 Rank 2000 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. 2002Gartner Says PC Vendors Experienced a Happy Holiday Season with Fourth Quarter Worldwide Shipments Increasing 12 Percent. Gartner Press Release. January 14, 2004. 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 IBM 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 Rank199319941995 1996Compaq and IBM Winners in 1996 Market Share. PCWorld. January 27, 1997 1997GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says U.S. and Europe Boost 1998 Worldwide PC Growth. Gartner Press Release. January 29, 1999. 1998 1999GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Worldwide PC market Topped 21 Percent Growth in 1999. Gartner Press Release. January 24, 2000. 1IBM10.8Compaq10.0Compaq10.0 Compaq 10.0 Compaq 13.1 Compaq 13.8 Compaq 13.2 2Apple9.4Apple8.3IBM8.0 IBM 8.6 IBM 8.6 IBM 8.2 Dell 9.8 3Compaq8.1IBM8.2Apple7.8 Packard Bell NEC 6.0 Dell 5.5 Dell 7.9 IBM 7.9 4Packard Bell5.2Packard Bell5.3 Apple 5.9 HP 5.3 HP 5.8 HP 6.4 5NEC4.1NEC4.8 HP 4.3 Packard Bell NEC 5.1 Packard Bell NEC 4.3 Packard Bell NEC 5.2 Others64.364.0 65.2 62.2 60.1 57.5 Rank1990199119921993 1IBMIBM16.3IBM13.1IBM13.6 2AppleApple11.2Apple10.6Apple11.0 3NECNEC6.4Compaq6.1Compaq10.0 4CompaqCompaq6.0NEC5.0NEC5.7 5Toshiba - -Dell3.1Dell3.8 Others - - -62.155.9

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 (1994–2025) + Unit sales of global PC market 1994–2009 Year19941995 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)47.959.7 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.)23.324.7 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 2010–2025 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Units (M) 351 352.8 352.7 316 315.9 287.7 269.7 262.5 259.4 262.6 275 339.8 286.2 241.8 245.4 270.2 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 -14.8 1.3 9.1

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 Other19755,000000000005,000000197646,000000000006,0000040,0001977150,0000600000004,00010,000100,000050,0001978258,00007,6000000030,0004,000150,0000100,0001979580,000035,0000100,00000045,0000200,0000200,0001980724,000078,0000200,00000090,0000290,0000424,00019811,400,00035,000210,0000300,00000040,0000250,0000605,00019822,800,000240,000279,0000600,0000200,000010,0000300,00001,181,00019834,920,0001,300,000420,0000500,00002,000,000000200,0000500,00019846,322,0002,000,0001,000,000372,000200,00002,500,00000050,0000200,00019857,610,0003,700,000900,000200,000100,000100,0002,500,000100,0000010,0000019869,000,0005,020,000700,000380,0000200,0002,500,000200,0000000019879,200,0005,950,000500,000550,0000400,0001,500,000300,00000000198815,000,00011,900,000200,000900,0000350,0001,250,000400,00000012,0000198921,000,00017,550,000200,0001,100,0000300,0001,250,000600,00000012,0000199020,000,00016,838,000100,0001,300,0000300,000700,000750,00000012,0000199118,750,00014,399,000100,0002,100,0000300,000800,0001,035,00000016,0000199220,800,00018,300,000100,0002,500,0000120,000300,000390,00000010,0000199331,050,00027,750,00030,0003,300,000030,000175,000155,00000050199441,000,00037,200,00003,800,00000050,00000000199550,000,00045,880,00004,120,00000042,00000000260,615,000208,062,0004,860,20020,622,0002,000,0002,100,00015,675,0004,022,000219,00025,0001,550,00062,0003,300,000Combined Apple: 25,482,200Combined Atari: 4,100,000Combined Commodore: 19,916,000

Japan Year Annual sales (units sold) NEC Fujitsu SharpMSX 8-bit 16-bit Annual Share Units Share Units Share Units Units 1983719,000166,000,00041%,00013%,000500,000 1984917,000279,0001,200,00039%,00011%,00020%,000 1985789,000398,0001,200,00036%,0009%,000 1986685,000551,00041%,0009%,000 1987426,000760,00045%,00010%,000,000 1988253,000973,0001,375,00051%,00014%,000150,00019892,500,00041%13%,000199050%12%,00019913,300,00052%12%,000199252%12%19932,300,00049%7%199443%9%199540%19%199633%23%

See also List of computer hardware manufacturers List of computer system manufacturers List of laptop brands and manufacturers

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