Gartner says worldwide PC shipments increased 9.3% in Q4 of 2025 and 9.1% for the full year

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 71.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2025, a 9.3% increase from the fourth quarter of 2024, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. For the full year, worldwide PC shipments totalled more than 270 million units, a 9.1% increase from 2024.

“The PC market maintained healthy growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, largely driven by robust consumer demand and business demand fuelled by the Windows 11 upgrade cycle,” said Rishi Padhi, Research Principal at Gartner. “Demand softened by the end of the quarter as price pressure and promotions offset earlier price increases on high-end GPUs and AI PCs, resulting in stable or slightly lower average selling prices.”

There were no major changes in the top six vendor rankings worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the top three vendors ...