Worldwide PC Shipments Increased 9.3% in Q4 2025 and 9.1% for the Full Year - Gartner

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Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2025, a 9.3% increase from the fourth quarter of 2024, according to preliminary results by Gartner, a business and technology insights company. For the full year, worldwide PC shipments totalled more than 270 million units, a 9.1% increase from 2024.

“The PC market maintained healthy growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, largely driven by robust consumer demand and business demand fuelled by the Windows 11 upgrade cycle,” said Rishi Padhi, Research Principal at Gartner. “Demand softened by the end of the quarter as price pressure and promotions offset earlier price increases on high-end GPUs and AI PCs, resulting in stable or slightly lower average selling prices.” 

There were no major changes in the top six vendor rankings worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2025 (see Table 1), with the top three vendors - Lenovo, HP Inc and Dell - increasing their market share year-over-year.

Table 1 - Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q25 (Thousands of Units)

Company

4Q25 Shipments

4Q25 Market Share (%)

4Q24 Shipments

4Q24 Market Share (%)

4Q25-4Q24 Growth (%)

Lenovo

19,437

27.2

17,004

26.0

14.3

HP Inc.

15,392

21.5

13,730

21.0

12.1

Dell

11,783

16.5

9,970

15.2

18.2

Apple

6,689

9.4

6,327

9.7

5.7

ASUS

4,851

6.8

4,718

7.2

2.8

Acer

4,165

5.8

4,131

6.3

0.8

Others

9,180

12.8

9,529

14.6

-3.7

Total

71,496

100.0

65,409

100.0

9.3

Notes - Data includes desktop and laptop PCs that are equipped with Windows, macOS and Chrome OS. All data is estimated based on a preliminary study. Final estimates will be subject to change. The statistics are based on shipments selling into channels. Numbers may not add up to totals shown due to rounding.

Source - Gartner (January 2026)

 

Annual Overview

In 2025, the PC market rebounded, achieving 9.1% growth over 2024, with more than 270 million units shipped (see Table 2). This marks a significant turnaround following two years of steep decline in 2022 and 2023, and only modest gains in 2024.

Table 2 - Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2025 (Thousands of Units)

Company

2025 Shipments

2025 Market Share (%)

2024 Shipments

2024 Market Share (%)

2025-2024 Growth (%)

Lenovo

73,567

27.2

62,542

25.3

17.6

HP Inc.

57,457

21.3

53,035

21.4

8.3

Dell

41,392

15.3

39,448

15.9

4.9

Apple

24,826

9.2

22,504

9.1

10.3

ASUS

18,512

6.9

17,351

7.0

6.7

Acer

16,963

6.3

16,927

6.8

0.2

Others

37,501

13.9

35,839

14.5

4.6

Total

270,218

100.0

247,646

100.0

9.1

Notes - Data includes desktop and laptop PCs that are equipped with Windows, macOS and Chrome OS. All data is estimated based on a preliminary study. Final estimates will be subject to change. The statistics are based on shipments selling into channels. Numbers may not add up to totals shown due to rounding.

Source - Gartner (January 2026)

 

“Tariff volatility, anticipated memory price hikes in 2026, and rising costs associated with Windows 10 Extended Security Updates prompted businesses to prioritise replacing hardware,” said Padhi. “Another factor for growth in 2025 was vendors focused heavily on promoting AI PCs to capture replacement demand. However, most AI PC features, such as local inference, have yet to deliver significant productivity gains compared to Cloud-based AI solutions. As a result, many organizations are upgrading primarily to future-proof their fleets, rather than to realise immediate business value from AI capabilities.”

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