India shipped 3.3 million PCs in Q1 of calendar year 2025: IDC
Strong notebook demand and rising AI-powered PC adoption have driven the PC growth during the quarter, IDC said. The quarter saw notebooks category growing at 13.8% YoY, with premium notebook shipments (over $1,000 per unit) growing at 8% YoY. Workstations grew by 30.4% YoY, while desktops declined by 2.4% YoY. AI notebooks witnessed an 185.1% YoY growth due to a lower base, the firm further said.
According to IDC, during the quarter, the consumer segment grew by 8.9% YoY driven by Republic Day sales and heavy shipment push in March across channels. E-tail channel continued its upward trajectory growing at 21.9% YoY. The commercial segment grew 7.5% YoY with increased demand for commercial notebooks, primarily from enterprises. The commercial desktop category, however, declined 2.5% due to 27.4% YoY decline in the government segment.
'The consumer PC market had one more upbeat quarter driven by e-tail channels and focused offline expansion,' said Bharath Shenoy, research manager, IDC India & South Asia. 'PC vendors are ensuring greater accessibility for customers across India by strengthening their offline presence with new brand stores, increasing large format retail (LFR) presence, and offering attractive discounts and cashback deals online.''
While strong shipments indicated positive market momentum, the resulting increase in channel inventory posed a challenge in the near near future, Mr. Shenoy cautioned.
HP led the market with 29.1% share in the first quarter of CY 2025 topping the charts in both the consumer and commercial segments. Lenovo stood second with 18.9% share and Dell Technologies took the third position with 15.6% share. Dell continued to hold the second position in the commercial segment with 22% share, however, it focused on correcting its channel inventory in the consumer segment which led to lower shipments thereby dropping to sixth position behind Apple, as per IDC analysis.
Acer Group, which held the fourth position with 15.4% market share, witnessed 95.5% YoY growth in the consumer segment. However it saw a 21.1% decline in the commercial segment. Asus at fifth position commanded 6% share.
Commenting on the outlook, Navkendar Singh, associate vice president, Devices Research, IDC India, South Asia & ANZ said, 'While enterprise orders continue to grow and drive commercial segment purchases, the Indian IT/ITES sector has remained relatively subdued so far, reflecting a cautious approach and a focus on optimising existing IT investments.''
With AI-powered capabilities becoming integral to business operations, organisations have started adopting AI PCs to enhance productivity, security, and automation, which was expected to grow further in the coming quarters, Mr. Singh added.
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