PUBLISHER: MarketLine | PRODUCT CODE: 1070851
PUBLISHER: MarketLine | PRODUCT CODE: 1070851
Global PCs industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2017-21, and forecast to 2026). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
The personal computers (PCs) market consists of the sales of both desktop and portable PCs.
The desktop PCs segment is defined as including all-in-one desktop personal computers that include all associated devices for an independent and stand-alone client-server relationship and stand-alone desktop PC towers with varying capacity, performance and physical size.
The portable PCs segment is defined as including all notebook, laptop and tablet computers.
Market value covers sales of all consumer and enterprise PCs, valued at manufacturer selling prices including all applicable taxes.
Market volumes are a measure of how many homes have PCs within the region in question. All market data and forecasts are represented in nominal terms (i.e. without adjustment for inflation) and all currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2021 annual average exchange rates.
The global PCs market had total revenues of $87.1bn in 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.3% between 2016 and 2021.
Market consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 4.1% between 2016 and 2021, to reach a total of 1,097.4 million units in 2021.
The portable PCs segment was the market's most valuable in 2021, with total revenues of $66.7bn, equivalent to 76.7% of the market's overall value.