Acer Closes In On Dell

By Doug Olenick -- TWICE, 3/9/2010

El Segundo, Calf. - Dell barely hung onto its place as the world's second-largest PC OEM in 2009, as Acer is now within a fraction of a percentage point of displacing the Round Rock, Texas, company.

iSuppli's 2009 Worldwide Top PC OEM Market Share report gave Acer 12.7 percent of the market on 38.4 million units shipped, while Dell was credited with 12.9 percent of the market on 38.9 million units shipped.

When just considering the fourth quarter, Acer did bypass Dell with 13.4 percent share to Dell's 12.2 percent. This was despite Dell managing to post a 5.3 percent increase in units shipped. However, this increase was overwhelmed by Acer's 28.9 percent. All others also showed massive growth, with Lenovo leading the way with a 43.1 percent increase.

Hewlett-Packard retained its worldwide No. 1 spot for 2009 by a healthy margin. The company had 19.7 percent of the market on 56.6 million units shipped.

Lenovo and Toshiba filled out the remaining two spots with 8.2 percent and 5.1 percent of the market, respectively.

In 2009, Dell saw its share fall 9.9 percent, while Acer was up 21 percent. HP grew a healthy 7.4 percent. Lenovo and Toshiba posted very healthy double-digit growth as well.

iSuppli Table 1: 2009 Worldwide Top-5 PC OEM Market Share Ranking (Ranking by Unit Shipments in Thousands)
2009 Ranking	Company	2008 Shipments	2008 Market Share	2009 Shipments	2009 Market Share	Year to Year Growth
1	Hewlett-Packard	55,515	18.6%	59,620	19.7%	7.4%
2	Dell	43,262	14.5%	38,959	12.9%	-9.9%
3	Acer	31,807	10.6%	38,485	12.7%	21.0%
4	Lenovo	21,790	7.3%	24,885	8.2%	14.2%
5	Toshiba	13,604	4.5%	15,464	5.1%	13.7%
	Others	133,228	44.5%	124,926	41.3%	-6.2%
	Total Shipments	299,205	100.0%	302,339	100.0%	1.0%
Source: iSuppli Corp. March 2010
iSuppli Table 2: Q4 2009 Worldwide Top-5 PC OEM Market Share Ranking (Ranking by Unit Shipments in Thousands)
Q4 2009 Ranking	Company	Q4 2008 Shipments	Q4 2008 Market Share	Q4 2009 Shipments	Q4 2009 Market Share	Year Over Year Growth
1	Hewlett-Packard	14,493	18.7%	17,235	19.4%	18.9%
2	Acer	9,201	11.9%	11,864	13.4%	28.9%
3	Dell	10,286	13.2%	10,830	12.2%	5.3%
4	Lenovo	5,500	7.1%	7,870	8.9%	43.1%
5	Toshiba	3,675	4.7%	4,668	5.3%	27.0%
	Others	34,486	44.4%	36,358	40.9%	5.4%
	Total Shipments	77,641	100.0%	88,825	100.0%	14.4%
Source: iSuppli Corp. March 2010