About The Industry
Who Sells the Most Computers?
| Global PC Sales 2013 (by Units Sold) | U.S. PC Sales 2013 (by Units Sold) | |||||
| Rank | Company | Units Sold | Market Share by Units Sold 2013 |
Rank | Company | Market Share by Units Sold Q4 2013 |
| 1 | Lenovo | 53,272,522 | 16.9% | 1 | HP | 26.5% |
| 2 | HP | 51,252,229 | 16.2% | 2 | Dell | 22.8% |
| 3 | Dell | 36,788,285 | 11.6% | 3 | Apple | 13.7% |
| 4 | Acer | 25,689,496 | 8.1% | 4 | Lenovo | 9.7% |
| 5 | Asus | 20,030,837 | 6.3% | 5 | Toshiba | 7.2% |
| Others | 128,934,147 | 40.8% | Others | 20.1% | ||
| Total | 315,967,516 | 100% | Total | 100% | ||
PCs include desk-based PCs, mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks, but not media tablets such as the iPad.
Gartner press release, Jan 9, 2014 link
Who Sells the Most Tablet Computers?
| Rank | Company | Units sold 2013 globally | % market share globally |
| 1 | Apple | 70,400,159 | 36% |
| 2 | Samsung | 37,411,921 | 19% |
| 3 | Asus | 11,039,156 | 5.6% |
| 4 | Amazon | 9,401,846 | 4.8% |
| 5 | Lenovo | 6,525,762 | 3.3% |
| Others | 60,656,161 | 31% | |
| TOTAL | 195,435,004 | 100% |
Source: Gartner press release March 3, 2014
Who Sells the Most TVs?
| Global Flat Panel TV Sales (by Revenue) |
North America TV Sales (by Units Sold) | ||||
| Rank | Company | Market Share by Units Sold (Q1’11) | Rank Q1 2013 | Company | |
| 1 | Samsung | 22.2% | 1 | Samsung | |
| 2 | LGE | 14.5% | 2 | Vizio | |
| 3 | Sony | 11.4% | 3 | Funai | |
| 4 | Sharp | 7.4% | 4 | Panasonic | |
| 5 | Panasonic | 6.6% | 5 | LG | |
| Others | 37.9% | ||||
| Total | 100% | Total | |||
Source: Display Search Press Releases
Global info Link June 6, 2011
US info Link – June 2013
Who Sells the Most Printers?
Five companies sell 85% of all printers sold both in the U.S. and globally.
| Global Printer Sales (by units sold) | U.S. Printer Sales (by units sold) | ||||
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Market Share by Units Sold Q2 2012
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Rank
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Company
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Market Share by Units Sold Q2 2012
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| 1 | HP | 39.6% | 1 | HP | 52% |
| 2 | Canon | 21.4% | 2 | Canon | 17% |
| 3 | Epson | 13.2% | 3 | Epson | 10% |
| 4 | Brother | 6.5% | 4 | Brother | 6% |
| 5 | Samsung | 5.5% | 5 | Lexmark | 3% |
| Others | 14.3% | Others | 12% | ||
| Total | 100.00% | Total | 100.00% | ||
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, via ZD Net Aug 2012. Link
Who Sells the Most Cell Phones?
| Global Cell Phone Sales (by units sold) | ||||
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Rank
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Company
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Units Sold
2012
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Global Market Share 2012 | |
| 1 | Samsung | 384.6 million | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Nokia | 333.9 million | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Apple | 130.1 million | 7.5% | |
| 4 | ZTE | 67.3 million | 3.9% | |
| 5 | LGE | 58.0 million | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Huawei Technologies | 47.2 million | 2.7% | |
| 7 | TCL Communication | 37.2 million | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Research In Motion | 34.2 million | 2.0% Blackberry | |
| 9 | Motorola | 33.9 million | 1.9% | |
| 10 | HTC | 32.1 million | 1.8% | |
| Others | 587.4 million | 33.6% | ||
| Total | 1,746,175,000 |
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Source: Gartner, Feb 2013
Who Sells the Most Smart Phones
| Rank | Company | Units Sold 2013 Globally | Market Share |
| 1 | Samsung | 313.9 million phones | 31.3% |
| 2 | Apple | 153.4 million phones | 15.3% |
| 3 | Huawei | 48.8 million phones | 4.9% |
| 4 | LG | 47.7 million phones | 4.8% |
| 5 | Lenovo | 45.5 million phones | 4.5 % |
| Others | 394.9 million phones | 39.3 % | |
| Total | 1004.2 million phones | 100% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker Jan 27, 2014
Smart Phone Sales by Platform
| Global Smart Phone Sales by Platform (by units) | U.S. Smart Phone Sales by Platform (by Units Sold) | ||||||
| Rank | Company | Units sold 2011 | Market Share | Rank | Company | Units Sold 2011 | Market Share |
| 1 | Android | 237.8 million | 48.8% | 1 | Android | 56.7 million | 56.4% |
| 2 | iOS (Apple) | 93.1 million | 19.1% | 2 | iOS (Apple) | 30.6 million | 30.4% |
| 3 | Symbian | 80.1 million | 16.4% | 3 | Blackberry | 9.7 million | 9.7% |
| 4 | Blackberry | 51.4 million | 10.5% | 4 | Windows | 2.2 million | 2.2% |
| 5 | Windows | 6.8 million | 1.4% | Others | 1.3 million | 1.3% | |
| Others | 5.4 million | 1.1% | |||||
| Total | 100% | Total | 100.5 million phones | 100% | |||
