PC Shipments in US Expected to Grow 2.3% Annually in Next 5 Years, Says Report

PC shipments in the U.S. are expected to grow 2.3 percent annually in the next five years, Daniel Research Group said in a Tuesday report. Though shipments of desktop PCs and laptops are expected to decline 0.8 percent this year, “we anticipate healthy growth” in 2018, when shipments increase 4.3 percent, the company said. It forecasts an economic slowdown in 2019 and 2020 that will keep growth rates under 2 percent in each of those years, before shipments rebound with 5 percent growth in 2021, fueled by consumer demand for replacement models.