The worldwide desktop monitor market hit more than 30 million units in Q2 of 2016, with 4.9% annual and 4.6% quarterly growth according to IDC. “The second quarter proved better than forecast overall, with the U.S., EMEA, and Canada markets recording solid year-over-year results. However, IDC expects the global monitor market will continue to decline at rates around 3% year over year from 2018 through 2020” said Maura Fitzgerald, senior research analyst.
For the year, IDC forecasts sales of 118 million monitors, and is forecasting a decline of 12.7% for Q2 next year. The decline is forecast to continue until 2020. Some highlights of the firm’s data are:
- Curved monitors continue to be on the rise, with 1.9% market share in 2Q16. This represents year-over-year growth of 221%.
- 21.5″ wide and 19.5″ wide segments continue to dominate the worldwide market, with 22.0% and 12.2% market share respectively in 2Q16. Of the top 10 screen sizes, 23.8″ wide and 31.5″ wide saw the largest year-over-year growth, posting 100.1% and 76.8%, respectively, in 2Q16.
- Monitors with TV tuners are expected to have 5.3% market share in 2Q17, up from 4.8% in 2Q16, led by LG and Samsung with a combined market share of 99.0% in this category.
Turning to vendors, the company said that:
- Dell – Dell stayed in the top position in 2Q16 with worldwide market share of 17.0% on shipments of more than 5.2 million units. The vendor posted strong year-over-year growth in Central & Eastern Europe (31.2%), Canada (25.5%), and Middle East & Africa (18.0%).
- HP – HP saw 4 million units shipped, resulting in 13% share in 2Q16. Year-over-year unit increases of 51.1% in the U.S. and 22.4% in Central & Eastern Europe helped bring the vendor a total year-over-year increase of 19.6%.
- Lenovo – Lenovo made significant gains, moving into the top 3 position with year-over-year growth of 2.7% to more than 3 million units shipped. Lenovo also posted significant quarter-over-quarter growth of 27.1%, with especially large growth in Central & Eastern Europe (114.5%) and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (33.1%).
- Samsung – Samsung moved down to the number four position with nearly 3 million units shipped. The vendor saw a year-over-year decline in all regions except Central & Eastern Europe, and Canada.
- LG Electronics – LG rounded out the Top 5 in 2Q16 with 9.2% market share in the worldwide market. The vendor logged year-over-year gains across all regions except Middle East & Africa.
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Worldwide PC Monitor Unit Shipments, Market Share, and Year-over-Year Growth, Second Quarter 2016 |
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Vendors |
2Q16 Unit Shipments |
2Q16 Market Share |
2Q15 Unit Shipments |
2Q15 Market Share |
2Q16/2Q15 Growth |
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1. Dell |
5,223,170 |
17.0% |
5,034,096 |
17.2% |
3.8% |
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2. HP Inc. |
4,000,639 |
13.0% |
3,343,622 |
11.4% |
19.6% |
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3. Lenovo |
3,080,585 |
10.0% |
2,999,894 |
10.3% |
2.7% |
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4. Samsung |
2,936,095 |
9.6% |
3,228,912 |
11.0% |
-9.1% |
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5. LG Electronics |
2,833,722 |
9.2% |
2,564,196 |
8.8% |
10.5% |
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Others |
12,598,019 |
41.1% |
12,067,622 |
41.3% |
4.4% |
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Total |
30,672,231 |
100.0% |
29,238,344 |
100.0% |
4.9% |
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Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker, September 2016 |
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