Laptop market growth of 9% in the third quarter of 2021 – Lenovo remains the leader

The Counterpoint Research Institute recently published a report on the state of the laptop market in the third quarter of 2021. The global computer market remained strong during this period, although its growth rate slowed slightly. However, compared to the same period last year, the third quarter of 2021 sales of these products increased by 9.3%.

The computer market continues to be plagued by a gap between supply and demand. The main reason for this is the worldwide chip shortage crisis. According to Counterpoint This shortage is likely to continue until mid-2022. In the PC market, sales of commercial PCs grew more, while home PCs experienced less growth. Interestingly, the Chromebooks experienced the lowest growth during the third quarter of 2021.

The largest sellers of the laptop market in the third quarter of 2021

During the third quarter of the year (Q3 2021) 84.2 million laptops were sold worldwide. Meanwhile, the Lenovo brand remains the best-selling manufacturer. The company was able to sell 20.1 million units. Compared to 19.2 million units in the same period last year, this indicates a growth of 5%.

HP sold a total of 17.3 million units, ranking second. Interestingly, the company’s sales have decreased by 6% compared to last year, which was 18.4 million units.

Dell, which ranked third, had the highest growth compared to other companies. Dell has now increased its stake from 11.7 million to 15.2 million units, up 30 percent from last year.

Finally, Apple grew by 11% in sales of its MacBooks, selling 7.3 million units and ranking fourth. Finally, the Taiwanese brand Asus was able to defeat its rival Acer and become the fifth best-selling computer brand in the world.

Lenovo brand is still the best-selling laptop brand with 23.9% market share. hp accounted for 20.5% of the market share and then ranked second. Dell with 18.1 percent and Apple with 8.7 percent are in the next ranks.