Contents
- SSD market shipments statistics: worldwide unit trends
- SSD market shipments statistics: consumer OEM, channel and consumer volumes
- SSD market shipments statistics: capacity shipped and average drive capacity
- SSD market shipments statistics: PC and enterprise segment units
- SSD market shipments statistics: worldwide shipment value, prices and storage capacity
- Sources
SSD market shipments statistics: worldwide unit trends
Worldwide SSD shipments reached 383.02 million units in 2021, the historical record identified in an April 2026 report. The report gives 375.01 million units for 2025, up 6.7% year over year. The 2025 count was below the 2021 high. These totals cover the global SSD market across segments, rather than consumer drives alone. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
| Worldwide SSD shipments | Units | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 383.02 million | Actual; reported historical record |
| 2025 | 375.01 million | Actual; up 6.7% year over year |
| 2026 | 371.56 million | Forecast; down 0.9% year over year |
The 2026 estimate is a forecast reported in April 2026, attributed to TSR. It places shipments at 371.56 million units, down 0.9% from 2025. It should be read as an outlook from that reporting date, not as a completed-year count. The three observations show the size of the market at a historic high, a later actual year, and a forecast year. They do not provide a continuous annual series or establish what happened in unlisted years. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
This distinction between actual results and forecasts matters throughout shipment reporting. A forecast can be useful for understanding expectations at the time it was published, but it is not evidence that the projected volume subsequently occurred. The report’s worldwide totals also have a broader scope than the consumer-only figures below, so their counts should be interpreted within the stated populations. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
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SSD market shipments statistics: consumer OEM, channel and consumer volumes
The NVM Express presentation gives a separate worldwide consumer SSD series, split into OEM and channel shipments. Its unit table uses thousands of units. The presentation identifies 2023 and 2024 as data and the later figures as projections from Forward Insights Q2 2025. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24)
| Consumer SSD shipments (thousand units) | OEM | Channel | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 actual | 249,683 | 57,963 | 307,646 |
| 2024 actual | 209,394 | 57,819 | 267,213 |
| 2025 forecast | 195,548 | 70,237 | 265,785 |
| 2026 forecast | 194,133 | 74,807 | 268,940 |
For 2023, the presentation lists 249,683 thousand consumer OEM units and 57,963 thousand channel units, for a total of 307,646 thousand. In 2024, OEM shipments are listed at 209,394 thousand and channel at 57,819 thousand, totaling 267,213 thousand. These entries are labeled as data in the presentation. The numbers preserve the source’s thousand-unit convention rather than converting them into a different scale. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24)
For the projection years, the consumer OEM series is 195,548 thousand in 2025 and 194,133 thousand in 2026. Channel shipments are projected at 70,237 thousand and 74,807 thousand, respectively. The corresponding consumer totals are 265,785 thousand for 2025 and 268,940 thousand for 2026. These are projections from Forward Insights Q2 2025, not actual shipment outcomes. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24)
The channel labels apply to this consumer series. They are not a full-market breakdown. The global totals in the prior section count worldwide SSD shipments across segments, while the NVM Express table counts consumer SSDs by OEM and channel. The populations differ, so the consumer total is not an alternative estimate of all-market units. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24; PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
SSD market shipments statistics: capacity shipped and average drive capacity
The same NVM Express presentation reports consumer capacity shipped in petabytes alongside units. This provides a second measure of shipment volume: units count drives, while petabytes express the storage capacity shipped. The source reports the OEM, channel, and total values for 2023 through 2025, and a consumer total forecast for 2026. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24)
| Consumer SSD capacity shipped (petabytes) | OEM | Channel | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 actual | 140,148 | 54,527 | 194,675 |
| 2024 actual | 125,215 | 54,037 | 179,252 |
| 2025 forecast | 135,404 | 64,433 | 199,837 |
The 2023 total is 194,675 petabytes, comprising 140,148 petabytes in the OEM row and 54,527 in the channel row. For 2024, the table gives 125,215 petabytes for OEM and 54,037 for channel, with a total of 179,252 petabytes. These are presentation-reported capacity shipments, and the source identifies the years as data. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24)
For 2025, the forecast lists 135,404 petabytes for OEM capacity, 64,433 petabytes for channel, and 199,837 petabytes in total. The 2026 total forecast is 228,566 petabytes. The presentation does not print OEM and channel capacity values for 2026 in the checked table; the total is therefore the complete reported series for that year. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24)
Capacity shipped and average drive capacity are related topics, but this source reports the former, not a per-drive average. The article therefore keeps its petabyte totals as stated and does not derive an average by dividing capacity by the unit figures. Shipped capacity is also distinct from storage installed and in use across computers or other devices. (NVM Express, Marketing Update, p. 24)
SSD market shipments statistics: PC and enterprise segment units
The PC Watch report describes 2 large segments within the global SSD market. PC SSD shipments reached 230.5 million units in 2025, up 5.2% year over year. PC drives represented 61.5% of worldwide SSD unit shipments that year. The same report records 244.2 million units as the PC segment’s 2021 high, above the 2025 count. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
Enterprise SSD shipments reached 56.51 million units in 2025, a 6.2% year-over-year increase. Enterprise drives accounted for 15.1% of worldwide SSD units in 2025. The report gives the enterprise share as 15.1% for 2024 too. These segment shares refer to units shipped, not the share of total shipment value or storage capacity. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
The worldwide total for 2025 was 375.01 million units, up 6.7% year over year. Within that global context, the report lists PC and enterprise measures, but the two categories do not account for every shipment in its reported total. Their stated shares add up to less than the whole market, and the checked figures do not give a complete segment-by-segment breakdown. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
These figures illustrate why segment counts and shares should be read together with their denominator. The 61.5% PC share uses all worldwide SSD units in 2025 as its reference population; the 15.1% enterprise share uses that same all-market unit context. Neither percentage describes how many petabytes were shipped or how much of the market’s dollar value came from a segment. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
SSD market shipments statistics: worldwide shipment value, prices and storage capacity
The report presents shipment value, average price per drive, and storage capacity shipped as separate measures of worldwide SSD activity. The table retains the source’s units and year-over-year percentages. Values for 2024 and 2025 are actuals; the 2026 column is a forecast in the April 2026 report. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
| Worldwide SSD measure | 2024 actual | 2025 actual | 2026 forecast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipment value | $38.8885 billion; up 59.9% year over year | $46.7218 billion; up 20.1% year over year | $69.4607 billion; up 48.7% year over year |
| Average price per drive | $110.66; up 45.5% year over year | $124.59; up 12.6% year over year | $186.94; up 50.0% year over year |
| Storage capacity shipped | 410.68 exabytes; up 48.9% year over year | 500.57 exabytes; up 21.9% year over year | 668.85 exabytes; up 33.6% year over year |
Shipment value is reported in dollars, average price in dollars per drive, and shipped storage capacity in exabytes. The 2024 actuals are $38.8885 billion in shipment value, $110.66 per drive on average, and 410.68 exabytes shipped. Their reported year-over-year changes are 59.9%, 45.5%, and 48.9%, respectively. Each percentage belongs to its own measure. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
For 2025, reported worldwide shipment value was $46.7218 billion, average price was $124.59 per drive, and capacity shipped was 500.57 exabytes. The source reports increases of 20.1%, 12.6%, and 21.9% year over year, respectively. These measures describe different dimensions, so a change in shipment value should not be read as a change in unit count or capacity by itself. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)
The 2026 forecast gives shipment value of $69.4607 billion, average price of $186.94 per drive, and shipped capacity of 668.85 exabytes. The corresponding forecast growth rates are 48.7%, 50.0%, and 33.6% year over year. These remain projections reported in April 2026, not verified outcomes. Average market price is not a quoted retail price for a particular model, and the capacity measure refers to shipments rather than installed storage. (PC Watch, SSD market seminar report)