PC gross sales in India witnessed a stable 3.8 p.c year-over-year (YoY) progress in 2024, as per a report by market analysis agency IDC. HP grabbed the lion’s share of home PC cargo, whereas Lenovo secured the second spot adopted by Dell. Acer and Asus even have featured within the prime 5 positions. Total shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations in India touched 14.4 million models final 12 months. IDC opined that the expansion was aided by momentum in public sector shopping for and accelerated demand for gaming and AI-powered PCs.
As per a report by IDC, PC shipments in India touched 14.4 million models in 2024, up 3.8 p.c YoY. This consists of 4.5 p.c YoY progress in shipments of notebooks and 1.8 p.c YoY in shipments of desktops. Workstation shipments recorded the best progress at 10.9 p.c.
In This autumn 2024 the general market grew by 6.9 p.c YoY, pushed by a 9.6 p.c YoY progress within the pocket book class. Premium pocket book shipments grew by 13.8 p.c YoY in 2024. The shopper section grew by 2.6 p.c YoY in 2024, whereas the business section grew by 5.1 p.c YoY. The enterprise and authorities segments registered 10.6 p.c YoY progress in the identical interval.
Top Five PC Companies
As talked about, HP secured first place within the total PC market in 2024 with 30.1 p.c market share. While its authorities and enterprise segments grew by 14.7 p.c and 14.3 p.c respectively, its shopper section declined by 7.5 p.c YoY because of rising competitors, particularly within the eTailer channel.
Lenovo, got here second on the listing with a 17.2 p.c market share final 12 months. The model grew throughout each the patron and business segments by 7 p.c and seven.4 p.c YoY respectively. Shipments to the enterprise section and a constant push via eTailers led to 7.3 p.c YoY progress.
The IDC report notes that Dell got here in third with a 16.1 p.c market share in 2024 whereas Acer took fourth place with a 15.1 p.c market share. As per the report, Acer’s progress is the best among the many prime 5 distributors final 12 months primarily pushed by the eTailer push, aggressive pricing, and steep reductions. Acer grew by 48.4 p.c YoY within the shopper section.
Asus got here in fifth place by grabbing a 7 p.c market share by sustaining a wholesome channel stock. IDC notes that the seller elevated its footprint within the business section rising by 18.4 p.c YoY there in final 12 months.
IDC Research Manager Bharath Shenoy opines that the patron PC market has been on a progress trajectory pushed by gaming and AI-powered PCs. “Since mid-2024, shipments of AI-powered notebooks elevated considerably because the demand for comparatively lower-end AI PCs powered by Intel Core Ultra processors and AMD Ryzen AI processors have seen a gentle enhance,” he mentioned.
Navkendar Singh, Associate Vice President, of Devices Research, IDC India attributes the expansion of the business PC market to wholesome refresh order books and momentum in public sector shopping for. He notes that the trade is anticipating substitute demand to begin coming in from this 12 months, as 2020-21 purchases attain 3-4 years in age. The weakening rupee may enhance gadget prices and it may well influence the price-sensitive SMB and shopper segments. The report predicts low single-digit progress for the India PC market in 2025.
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