About The Industry
Who Sells the Most Computers?
| Global PC Sales 2011 (by Units Sold) | U.S. PC Sales 2011 (by Units Sold) | ||||
| Rank | Company | Market Share by Units Sold Q2 2011 |
Rank | Company | Market Share by Units Sold Q2 2011 |
| 1 | HP | 17.5% | 1 | HP | 26.9% |
| 2 | Dell | 12.5% | 2 | Dell | 22.6% |
| 3 | Lenovo | 12.0% | 3 | Apple | 10.7% |
| 4 | Acer | 10.9% | 4 | Toshiba | 9.6% |
| 5 | Toshiba | 5.2% | 5 | Acer | 9.3% |
| Others | 36.7% | Others | 20.9% | ||
| Total | 100% | Total | 100% | ||
PCs include desk-based PCs, mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks, but not media tablet such as the iPad.
Gartner press release, July 13, 2011 link
Who Sells the Most Flat Panel TVs?
| Global TV Sales (by Revenue) | North America TV Sales (by Units Sold) | ||||
| Rank | Company | Market Share by Units Sold (Q1’11) | Rank | Company | Market Share by Units Sold (Q4’08) |
| 1 | Samsung | 22.2% | 1 | Samsung | 20.4% |
| 2 | LGE | 14.5% | 2 | Sony | 14.2% |
| 3 | Sony | 11.4% | 3 | Vizio | 12.3% |
| 4 | Sharp | 7.4% | 4 | LG | 8.1% |
| 5 | Panasonic | 6.6% | 5 | Toshiba | 7.9% |
| Others | 37.9% | Others | 37.2% | ||
| Total | 100% | Total | 100% | ||
Source: Display Search Press Releases
Global info Link June 6, 2011
North America info Link – Feb 12, 2009
Who Sells the Most Printers?
Five companies sell 85% of printers both in the U.S. and globally.
| Global Printer Sales (by units sold) | U.S. Printer Sales (by units sold) | ||||
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Rank
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Company
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Market Share by Units Sold Q3 2011
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Rank
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Company
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Market Share by Units Sold Q3 2011
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| 1 | HP | 42.9% | 1 | HP | 56.2% |
| 2 | Canon | 18.1% | 2 | Canon | 12.6% |
| 3 | Epson | 12.6% | 3 | Epson | 6.4% |
| 4 | Samsung | 5.7% | 4 | Brother | 5.5% |
| 5 | Brother | 5.5% | 5 | Lexmark | 5.0% |
| Others | 15.1% | Others | 14.3% | ||
| Total | 100.00% | Total | 100.00% | ||
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, Dec 2011. 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
2010
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Global Market Share 2010 | |
| 1 | Nokia | 453.0 million | 32.6% | |
| 2 | Samsung | 280.2 million | 20.2% | |
| 3 | LG | 116.7 million | 8.4% | |
| 4 | ZTE | 51.8 million | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Apple | 47.5 million | 3.4% | |
| Others | 439.4 million | 31.6% | ||
| Total | 1,388,600,000 |
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Source: IDC Worldwide Mobil Phone Tracker, January 28, 2011
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% | |||
Sources:
U.S. Smart phone sales data: This Week In Consumer Electronics, citing Canalys Data, Feb 3, 2012. Link
Global smart phone sales data: Canalys press release, 3 Feb 2012. Link
