According to new findings from Omdia, the technology research and advisory group, the total shipments of desktop computers, notebooks, and workstations grew 10.1% to 75 million units in Q4 2025.

Specifically, desktop (including desktop workstation) shipments landed at 16.2 million units in Q4, bringing the total 2025 volume to 59 million units—a 14.4% increase over the previous year.

Meanwhile, notebook (including mobile workstation) shipments reached 58.6 million units in the last quarter of the year and 220.4 million units in the whole year, achieving 8% growth in 2025.

Combined, these figures have brought full-year 2025 PC shipments to 279.5 million units—representing a 9.2% increase over 2024 volumes, and signifying healthy growth overall.

Which Vendors Shipped the Most Computers Last Year?

In terms of the top five shipment vendors for 2025, Lenovo led the PC market both sequentially and for the full year, delivering double-digit growth of 14.4% in Q4 2025 and closing the year with shipments of 71 million units, up 14.6% year-on-year.

HP ranked second, shipping 15.4 million PCs in Q4 2025 and recording growth on both a sequential and annual basis during the quarter.

Dell posted its strongest quarterly performance of 2025, achieving a 26% year-on-year increase in Q4. Full-year shipments reached 42 million units, representing a 7% increase compared with 2024, while the company also expanded its market share by two percentage points year-on-year in the quarter.

Apple retained fourth place and stood out as the fastest-growing vendor for the full year. The San Fransican company recorded 16.4% growth for the full year, with full-year shipments reaching 28 million units.

Finally, Asus rounded out the top five in both quarterly and full-year rankings, shipping 5.3 million units in Q4 and 20 million units for the year, supported by 7% growth during the holiday quarter.

What’s the Outlook for PC Shipments in 2026?

Despite strong PC market performance overall in 2025, memory and storage supplies tightened, and the associated upward price pressure emerged from the middle of the year.

In December 2025, PC vendors began signalling their expectations of price increases. Coupled with the inability to secure sufficient supply, this has already dampened forecasted shipment expectations for 2026.

“Between Q1 to Q4 2025, mainstream PC memory and storage costs rose by 40% to 70%, resulting in cost increases being passed through to customers,” said Ben Yeh, principal analyst at Omdia. “Given tight 2026 supply, the industry is emphasising high-end SKUs and leaner mid to low-tier configurations to protect margins.”

“In 2026, with device replacement demand not yet fully abated, supply-side pressures will be more pronounced and supply will not fully meet demand,” added Yeh. “Actual shipment performance will hinge on vendors’ memory and storage procurement and negotiating leverage; beyond scale, their track records and credibility with suppliers will be a decisive factor in determining their success in navigating this period of complexity.”

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What’s Causing Component Supply Issues in 2025 and 2026?

The current memory supply problem can be attributed to the recent and rapid development of AI infrastructure and workloads, which necessitate a vast amount of memory.

As AI infrastructure (such as data centres), products, initiatives, and efforts scale up, manufacturing efforts are thus being reallocated to the specific types of memory modules that supports AI, such as HBM, rather than the memory that’s used within consumer electronics, like DRAM and NAND.

This shift in manufacturing focus has now resulted in a situation where there’s a tightened supply of general-purpose memory, with the prices of these kinds of memory being consequently inflated.

With this in mind, and as Yeh rightfully outlined, the vendors who navigate this complex landscape by strategically leveraging their relationships with component suppliers will see directly impacted shipment performance and success in 2026.