Lenovo Leads as Global PC Market Grew 13.2% in Q2 2021: IDC

Lenovo has emerged as the leader with 23.9 percent market share in the global traditional PC shipments in Q2 2021. The worldwide shipments of PCs including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, have reached 83.6 million units in Q2 2021, up 13.2 percent from the second quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

The surge in PC demand continued through the second quarter of 2021 despite global component shortages and logistics issues. Elevated demand for PCs combined with shortages that greatly impacted the supply of notebooks led to desktop growth outpacing that of notebooks during the quarter.

“The PC market’s hot streak continued to drive heavy investments from the supply side including the entry of new vendors as well as additional spend from underdogs,” said Jitesh Ubrani, Research Manager, IDC’s Mobile and Consumer Device Trackers. “And while the top 5 continue to drive volume, the smaller vendors have helped drive growth by offering unique features or niche designs.”

Though annual growth remains quite high, it has begun to taper off as the 13 percent growth rate in Q2 2021 is far lower than the 55.9 percent growth in Q1 2021 and 25.8 percent growth in Q4 2020. “The market faces mixed signals as far as demand is concerned,” said Neha Mahajan, Senior Research Analyst, IDC’s Devices and Displays Group. “With businesses opening back up, demand potential in the commercial segment appears promising. However, there are also early indicators of consumer demand slowing down as people shift spending priorities after nearly a year of aggressive PC buying.”