Global External Hard Disk Market 2026-2030

Description

The global external hard disk market is forecasted to grow by USD 4034.3 mn during 2025-2030, accelerating at a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period. The report on the global external hard disk market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.

The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by multiple advantages of external hard disks, growing popularity of external ssds, reduction in asp of nand flash memory is expediting market growth.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market size data, segment with regional analysis and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key companies. Reports have historic and forecast data.

Market Scope
Base Year	2025
End Year	2030
Series Year	2026-2030
Growth Momentum	Accelerate
YOY 2026	6%
CAGR	6.4%
Incremental Value	$4034.3 mn

Technavio's global external hard disk market is segmented as below:

By Application

Personal computers
Enterprise applications

By Type

Network-attached storage
Portable
Desktop

By Distribution Channel

Offline
Online

Geography

APAC
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
North America
- US
- Canada
- Mexico
Europe
- Germany
- UK
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- The Netherlands
South America
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
Middle East and Africa
- UAE
- South Africa
- Turkey
Rest of World (ROW)

This study identifies the increasing popularity of wireless external hard disks as one of the prime reasons driving the global external hard disk market growth during the next few years. Also, innovation of high-storage portable external hard disks and enhanced biometrics-based security will lead to sizable demand in the market.

The report on the global external hard disk market covers the following areas:

Global external hard disk market sizing
Global external hard disk market forecast
Global external hard disk market industry analysis

The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading global external hard disk market vendors that include ADATA Technology Co. Ltd., Buffalo Americas Inc., Corsair Gaming Inc., Micron Technology Inc., Toshiba Corp., Kingston Technology Co. Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sandisk Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, Silicon Power, Sony Group Corp., Transcend Information Inc., Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd., Western Digital Corp., Apricorn, QNAP Systems Inc.. Also, the global external hard disk market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.

The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive primary and secondary research. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast accurate market growth.

Product Code: IRTNTR70875

1 Executive Summary

1.1 Market overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Global Market Characteristics
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market by Geography
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Application
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Type
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Distribution Channel
- Executive Summary - Chart on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Chart on Company Market Positioning

2 Technavio Analysis

2.1 Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
2.2 Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
2.3 Factors of disruption
2.4 Impact of drivers and challenges

3 Market Landscape

3.1 Market ecosystem
3.2 Market characteristics
3.3 Value chain analysis

4 Market Sizing

4.1 Market definition
4.2 Market segment analysis
- Market segments
4.3 Market size 2025
4.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2025-2030

5 Historic Market Size

5.1 Global External Hard Disk Market 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Data Table on Global External Hard Disk Market 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.2 Application segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Application Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.3 Type segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Type Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.4 Distribution Channel segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Distribution Channel Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.5 Geography segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Geography Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.6 Country segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Country Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)

6 Qualitative Analysis

6.1 Impact of AI on Global External Hard Disk Market
6.2 Impact of Geopolitical Conflicts on Global External Hard Disk Market

7 Five Forces Analysis

7.1 Five forces summary
- Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2025 and 2030
7.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Bargaining power of buyers - Impact of key factors 2025 and 2030
7.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Bargaining power of suppliers - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.4 Threat of new entrants
- Threat of new entrants - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.5 Threat of substitutes
- Threat of substitutes - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.6 Threat of rivalry
- Threat of rivalry - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.7 Market condition

8 Market Segmentation by Application

8.1 Market segments
8.2 Comparison by Application
8.3 Personal computers - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
8.4 Enterprise applications - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
8.5 Market opportunity by Application
- Market opportunity by Application ($ million)

9 Market Segmentation by Type

9.1 Market segments
9.2 Comparison by Type
9.3 Network-attached storage - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
9.4 Portable - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
9.5 Desktop - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
9.6 Market opportunity by Type
- Market opportunity by Type ($ million)

10 Market Segmentation by Distribution Channel

10.1 Market segments
10.2 Comparison by Distribution Channel
10.3 Offline - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
10.4 Online - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
10.5 Market opportunity by Distribution Channel
- Market opportunity by Distribution Channel ($ million)

11 Customer Landscape

11.1 Customer landscape overview
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria

12 Geographic Landscape

12.1 Geographic segmentation
12.2 Geographic comparison
12.3 APAC - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.1 China - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.2 Japan - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.3 India - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.4 South Korea - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.5 Australia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.6 Indonesia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.4 North America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.1 US - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.2 Canada - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.3 Mexico - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.5 Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.1 Germany - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.2 UK - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.3 France - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.4 Italy - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.5 Spain - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.6 The Netherlands - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.6 South America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.1 Brazil - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.2 Argentina - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.3 Chile - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.7 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.1 Saudi Arabia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.2 UAE - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.3 South Africa - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.4 Israel - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.5 Turkey - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.8 Market opportunity by geography
- Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
- Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ million)

13 Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunity

13.1 Market drivers
- Multiple advantages of external hard disks
- Growing popularity of external SSDs
- Reduction in ASP of NAND flash memory is expediting market growth
13.2 Market challenges
- Emergence of cloud storage services is degrading market demand
- Poor latency and endurance
- Risk of theft and damage
13.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Impact of drivers and challenges in 2025 and 2030
13.4 Market opportunities
- Increasing popularity of wireless external hard disks
- Innovation of high-storage portable external hard disks
- Enhanced biometrics-based security

14 Competitive Landscape

14.1 Overview
14.2 Competitive Landscape
- Overview on criticality of inputs and factors of differentiation
14.3 Landscape disruption
- Overview on factors of disruption
14.4 Industry risks
- Impact of key risks on business

15 Competitive Analysis

15.1 Companies profiled
- Companies covered
15.2 Company ranking index
- Company ranking index
15.3 Market positioning of companies
- Matrix on companies position and classification
15.4 ADATA Technology Co. Ltd.
- ADATA Technology Co. Ltd. - Overview
- ADATA Technology Co. Ltd. - Product / Service
- ADATA Technology Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.5 Buffalo Americas Inc.
- Buffalo Americas Inc. - Overview
- Buffalo Americas Inc. - Product / Service
- Buffalo Americas Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.6 Corsair Gaming Inc.
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Overview
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Business segments
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Key offerings
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.7 Micron Technology Inc.
- Micron Technology Inc. - Overview
- Micron Technology Inc. - Business segments
- Micron Technology Inc. - Key news
- Micron Technology Inc. - Key offerings
- Micron Technology Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.8 Toshiba Corp.
- Toshiba Corp. - Overview
- Toshiba Corp. - Product / Service
- Toshiba Corp. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.9 Kingston Technology Co. Inc.
- Kingston Technology Co. Inc. - Overview
- Kingston Technology Co. Inc. - Product / Service
- Kingston Technology Co. Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.10 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Overview
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Business segments
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Key news
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.11 Sandisk Corp.
- Sandisk Corp. - Overview
- Sandisk Corp. - Product / Service
- Sandisk Corp. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.12 Seagate Technology LLC
- Seagate Technology LLC - Overview
- Seagate Technology LLC - Business segments
- Seagate Technology LLC - Key news
- Seagate Technology LLC - Key offerings
- Seagate Technology LLC - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.13 Silicon Power
- Silicon Power - Overview
- Silicon Power - Product / Service
- Silicon Power - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.14 Sony Group Corp.
- Sony Group Corp. - Overview
- Sony Group Corp. - Business segments
- Sony Group Corp. - Key offerings
- Sony Group Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.15 Transcend Information Inc.
- Transcend Information Inc. - Overview
- Transcend Information Inc. - Product / Service
- Transcend Information Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.16 Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd.
- Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd. - Overview
- Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd. - Product / Service
- Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.17 Western Digital Corp.
- Western Digital Corp. - Overview
- Western Digital Corp. - Business segments
- Western Digital Corp. - Key offerings
- Western Digital Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.18 QNAP Systems Inc.
- QNAP Systems Inc. - Overview
- QNAP Systems Inc. - Product / Service
- QNAP Systems Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT

16 Appendix

16.1 Scope of the report
- Market definition
- Objectives
- Notes and caveats
16.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Inclusions checklist
- Exclusions checklist
16.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Currency conversion rates for US$
16.4 Research methodology
- Research methodology
16.5 Data procurement
- Information sources
16.6 Data validation
- Data validation
16.7 Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Validation techniques employed for market sizing
16.8 Data synthesis
- Data synthesis
16.9 360 degree market analysis
- 360 degree market analysis
16.10 List of abbreviations
- List of abbreviations