In the first quarter of 2025, approximately ***** million PCs were shipped globally. Compared to the first quarter of the previous year with *****, this quarter saw a slight year-over-year increase.

Lenovo shipped ***** million personal computers during the first quarter of 2025, surpassing HP's ***** million shipments in that same quarter and retaining its position as market leader. Dell occupies the third place on the list, shipping nearly ** million PCs. There is a growing trend of consolidation, with HP, Lenovo, and Dell taking up an increasing PC market share. Vendors shifting away from traditional PCs The nature of the PC market is changing, as many vendors are gravitating towards the expanding software industry. A predominate adaptation strategy is to incorporate new technologies into the PC experience. For example, Dell Technologies, which has a market share of around ** to ** percent, is prioritizing enterprise software and cloud solutions, and a new direction for its PC design by including virtual and artificial intelligence technologies into Dell Workstations. HP is responding to the changing market environment by focusing on developing its product line of premium devices for gaming ecosystems. Lenovo’s response has been developing devices specifically for corporate use, as well as integrating virtual reality headsets into their line of computers. Changing nature of personal computing The type of computing hardware preferred by consumers has shifted significantly, as portable devices become more durable, more capable, and more affordable. Desktop-PCs – once a must for any user that intended to purposefully use their device for work or play – are the biggest victim of this shift. In 2010, desktop PC shipments reached *** million units, a figure that is expected to fall to ** million by 2025. Tablets have filled the hole left by declining PC sales, rising from ** million units shipped in 2010, to an expected *** million in 2025.

In 2024, approximately 245.36 million PCs were shipped around the world, an increase from 2023's results. Worldwide PC shipments have been declining since 2021.

In 2022, **** million desktop PCs were expected to be shipped in the United States. In the future, shipments of desktop PCs are expected to decrease as the market moves towards mobile PCs and laptops.

In 2025, desktop PC shipments worldwide are forecast to amount to ***** million units. Looking ahead, desktop PC shipments are expected to fall to ***** million in 2029.

In 2024, Lenovo was the leading PC vendor in the world in terms of unit shipments, with **** million PCs shipped. HP Inc. ranked second with ***** million PC unit shipments, while Dell came in at third on ***** million shipments.

In the first quarter of 2025, HP Inc. shipped **** million PCs in the United States, while Dell shipped **** million PCs in the U.S. in the same quarter. As a result, HP occupied **** percent of the U.S. PC market during the quarter.

In 2022, Lenovo shipped around ** million personal computers worldwide, a **** percent fall from the ** million that the company shipped in the previous year. HP ranked second in 2023, observing a smaller fall than other firms in the top rankings, with the **** million shipments equating to just a *** percent fall as compared to the year before.

In the third quarter of 2024, Lenovo ranked first among vendors in terms of PC shipments with roughly **** million units, while HP Inc. shipped **** million units in the first quarter of 2023. Both companies recorded an increase in the number of shipments as compared to the third quarter of the previous year.

In 2025, notebook PC unit shipments are expected to amount to ****** million, while detachable tablet shipments are set to reach ***** million. In total, personal computing device shipments globally are forecast to reach over *** million in 2025.

In the final quarter of 2024, the number of PCs HP Inc. shipped amounted to **** percent of entire PC shipments in the United States, whilst Dell occupied **** percent of the market during the same period. HP Inc. and Dell combined make up almost **** of the U.S. PC market.

In 2021, an estimated 258.2 million notebooks are forecast to be shipped globally, with 174.2 million tablet PCs to be shipped in the same year. Notebook shipments are set to grow further through to 2025, rising to 287.6 million units.

n Brazil, the number of annual enterprise and domestic PC sales rocketed in the past 40 years. After reaching an all-time high between 2011 and 2014, namely, ********** PC unit sales, such number decreased to ********** in the years 2015 to 2023 and is forecast to remain stable from 2024 to 2026. The Brazilian PC market In our digitalized world, the PC industry has grown to be one of the most relevant markets worldwide, as consumers use PCs to perform a wide array of activities, from working to watching movies. In Brazil, the importance of this market is shown not only with the number of PC units sold every year, but also with the revenues generated by this market, which amounted to over ten billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Laptops are the most popular devices in the Latin American country, with their revenue forecast to increase in the coming years. What do Brazilians do with their PCs? As previously mentioned, PCs have many different functionalities – reason why, in recent decades, the active base of PCs in Brazil increased and is forecast to keep growing over the next three years. In the Portuguese-speaking country, PCs seem to be used mostly for e-mailing, watching videos, and searching products in 2023. By contrast, fewer Brazilians make internet calls and search jobs on their PCs.

The overall market leader in the global personal computer market in 2023 was Lenovo with a market share of 25.5 percent with HP Inc. in at second with a 21.6 percent share. In terms of unit shipments, Lenovo recorded 62.5 million, while HP Inc. had around 53.03 million.

The statistic depicts the worldwide PC sales by distribution channels in 2010. 17 percent of all PCs were sold by local dealers in 2010. Consumer Electronics stores accounted for 10 percent of the total PC sales.

The PC market is expected to observe rapid growth in the proportion of PCs capable of handling artificial intelligence (AI) directly on the device. As a result, AI PC shipments are forecast to grow from ** million in 2024 to *** million in 2025. A new era of computing In May 2024, Microsoft announced Copilot+ PCs, a new category of Windows PC designed for AI. Equipped with specialized AI chips, a growing market in itself, Copilot+ PCs form part of a wider AI PC market that is expected to revolutionize computing. Such is the desire for devices that support AI that manufacturers will be pushing AI PCs as their flagship products. An ideal boost to vendors AI PCs are timely, with the PC market having gone through a period of rebalance in the midst of a challenging time economically, resulting in a decline in shipments in 2023. While shipments began to show signs of recovery in early 2024, the introduction of PCs able to handle AI more effectively on-device should rejuvenate the market even further.

The statistic depicts a distribution of the worldwide PC sales via PC stores in 2010, by vendor. Hewlett-Packard accounted for ** percent of the personal computers sold by PC stores worldwide in 2010.

Dell's personal computer shipments in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to **** million units out of a worldwide total of ***** million units. Dell is the number three PC vendor in the world, behind Lenovo and HP.

In the third quarter of 2024, unit shipments of the PC vendor Lenovo amounted to ***** million worldwide, a slight reduction from the ***** million units the company shipped in the second quarter of 2023. Lenovo history Lenovo is a multinational technology company headquartered in Hong Kong. Chinese businessman Liu Chuanzhi founded Lenovo — then known as Legend — in 1984, changing the name to Lenovo in 2003. The company sells and produces various consumer electronics, smart home devices, and data center products. The company has since grown to become one of the world's leading consumer electronics companies, competing against Apple, Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic. Lenovo’s competitors Lenovo ranks highly among vendors in the global PC market, consistently ahead of other notable companies such HP. and Dell, as well being one of the leading Chromebook vendors. The company also offers a range of smartphone devices under the branding Motorola, following the acquisition of the company in 2014. However, Lenovo’s smartphone market share has declined over the years, with the company now putting more of an emphasis on its growing data center segment, including the company’s hybrid cloud, edge computing, and software-defined storage solutions.

The statistic depicts the worldwide PC sales via direct salesforces in 2010, by vendor. Dell accounted for ** percent of the PCs sold by direct salesforces worldwide in 2010.