PC shipments in Western Europe fell during the first quarter for 2022 following supply bottlenecks and increasing geopolitical tensions.
Beancounters at Canalys found that 15.8 million units of desktops, notebooks and workstations were delivered in first quarter 2022, down three percent on the first quarter 2021.
Despite the fall, Canalys says shipment numbers are still better than they were before the pandemic .
Research analyst Trang Pham said that commercial demand is strong as multiple markets have officially moved toward business-as-usual operations. In fact, nearly 60 percent of devices shipped in Western Europe in Q1 were for commercial use.
“Nevertheless, the PC market is feeling the squeeze of global supply chain bottlenecks, from lockdowns in China’s manufacturing hubs to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Longer lead times and rising component costs are forcing employers to plan and budget accordingly to secure devices for the increasingly populated offices as well as hybrid workers.”
According to Canalys, Lenovo and HP dominated the PC market in Western Europe with very similar market shares.
For Lenovo, EMEA is its second-fastest-growing region in revenue terms after China and is likely to remain a key market.
And HP, despite falling demand for Chromebooks, has managed to boost its shipments of high-value PCs, such as gaming, premium and workstation models.
