The PC market of India has retained its growth momentum in the third quarter of this year, despite the ongoing chip shortage. The region was an impressive 30 percent year on year growth in the category that includes desktops, notebooks, and even workstations.
According to an IDC report, PC shipments in India hit 4.5 million units, which marked the country’s biggest ever shipments in a single quarter. Notably, the 4.5 million shipment figures is higher than the entire yearly shipments from back in 2019. This was the year before the pandemic, after which, PC shipments exploded all across the globe. With the record high sales, many brand reported some of their biggest quarterly performance for PCs.
In the category, notebook PCs still dominated the segment, with a massive 80 percent share. During the third quarter, enterprise and consumer demand helped boost the Notebook category over 3 million units for the first time. Similarly, even the desktop category saw a positive trend with a 30.5 percent year on year growth in Q3 2021. Bharath Shenoy, IDC’s Senior Market Analyst for PC Devices stated that “Despite the better allocations to a few segments, the demand-supply gap continues to be a challenge as enterprises and SMBs continue to order in big volume.”
During this time, HP continued to lead in the overall PC category with a sizeable 28.5 percent market share in the market. Meanwhile, Dell arrived a close second with a 23.8 percent market share, overtaking Lenovo that had an 18.6 percent market share in the third quarter. Acer and ASUS rounded up the group with fourth and fifth spots in the market respectively.
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