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Computer Tablet Manufacturing in China - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

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Revenue

$147.3bn

2025

$171.1bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

255k

Businesses

549

Wages

$X.Xbn

Computer Tablet Manufacturing in China industry analysis

Revenue for the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China is expected to rise at an annualized 15.0% over the five years through 2024. In the current year, revenue is expected to grow by 16.6% to reach $147.3 billion, mainly driven by demand for more and more people who work or study at home because of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control requirements. Despite ongoing revenue growth, profit is expected to shrink to 3.1% of revenue. Exports are estimated to account for 31.0% of industry revenue.

Trends and Insights

  • Industry product updates are getting faster. In recent years, industry enterprises continue to launch a number of products to attract consumers, and they hope to gain more market share in the subdivided market.
  • Android tablets are the most widely used. Android system compatibility is very strong, can adapt to a variety of manufacturers of hardware.
  • Activity in the industry is concentrated in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Sichuan province. These provinces account for 28.7%, 11.6% and 18.7% of industry revenue, respectively.
  • Industry concentration is low currently. Some leading enterprises use their influence in other electronic products to promote tablet sales, but the overall competitive landscape in the market is still relatively scattered.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 15.0 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $147.3bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Computer tablets have become more and more popular

  • Declining prices and increasing functionality have promoted demand in domestic and foreign markets. Many manufacturers of related products, such as personal computers and computer software, have entered the industry as its growth potential has risen.
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Computer Tablet Manufacturing in China
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Industry revenue growth is supported by economic development of and product innovation

  • Increasing disposable incomes and demand for entertainment are anticipated to drive revenue growth. Many foreign enterprises are setting up factories and production bases in China, attracted by the country's substantial domestic market and low labor costs. The number of industry enterprises is forecast to increase to 675 by 2029.

Biggest companies in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing in China

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
21,285.9
Lenovo China
9,223.9
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
6,556.7

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Products & Services Segmentation

Computer Tablet Manufacturing in China
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Android computer tablets, iOS computer tablets and Windows computer tablets. Android computer tablets is the largest segment of the Computer Tablet Manufacturing in China.

Trends and Insights

Google Android computer tablets represent the industry's largest product segment

  • Android computer tablets refer use the Android open-source operating system (OS), which was developed by Google in September 2008.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The industry manufactures computer tablets, which are one-piece mobile computers that typically offer touch screens. This type of device is widely used in personal consumption, education, businesses, and other fields due to its portability, touch screen, and versatility.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China include Android computer tablets, iOS computer tablets, Windows computer tablets and Google Chrome OS and other products.

Companies

Companies covered in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China include Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Lenovo China and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China include wireless fidelity (wi-fi), wireless local area network (wlan), tablet and smartphone.

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Industry product updates are getting faster. In recent years, industry enterprises continue to launch a number of products to attract consumers, and they hope to gain more ma...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Android tablets are the most widely used. Android system compatibility is very strong, can adapt to a variety of manufacturers of hardware.

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Activity in the industry is concentrated in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Sichuan province. These provinces account for 28.7%, 11.6% and 18.7% of industry revenue, respectively.

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Industry concentration is low currently. Some leading enterprises use their influence in other electronic products to promote tablet sales, but the overall competitive landsc...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Most industry's large-scaled participants have advanced technology and marketing strategy. Their products are usually competitive by using newest and advanced technology.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025
  • Overview of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Lenovo China's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 13 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Lenovo China, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 13 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The Government has developed a series of preferential policies and assistance to help domestic enterprises. The Government is helping domestic enterprises upgrade in order to...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Purchases are the largest cost item for this industry. Competition has become increasingly intense in recent years, which has driven prices down of products and narrowed down...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China in 2025?

The market size of the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China is $147.3bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China in 2025?

There are 549 businesses in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China, which has grown at a CAGR of 5.9 % between 2020 and 2025.

How may import tariffs affect the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China?

The Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

How may export tariffs affect the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China?

The Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China is likely to be significantly impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a high share of industry revenue.

Has the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China has been growing at a CAGR of 15.0 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China?

The biggest companies operating in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Lenovo China and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

What does the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China include?

Android computer tablets and iOS computer tablets are part of the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China?

The company holding the most market share in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China is Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd..

How competitive is the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Computer Tablet Manufacturing industry in China.

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  • General Administration of Customs
  • People’s Bank of China

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