Samsung Electronics - Statistics & Facts
Samsung Electronics is a global leader in semiconductors, telecommunications and digital media technologies, and one of the most valuable brands in the world. Headquartered in Suwon, South Korea, the company was founded in 1969. Samsung employs more than 300 thousand people worldwide and spends more than 10 billion U.S. dollars on research and development each year. Samsung also ranks amongst companies with the most U.S. patents granted.
Samsung is the leading smartphone vendor worldwide. In 2016, Samsung's market share of the global smartphone market was at around 20 percent with Apple as its closest competitor in the market. In 2016 alone, the South Korean company sold more than 300 million smartphones worldwide. Next to Apple Huawei, OPPO and vivo are currently Samsung’s main competitors in the smartphone market.
Samsung also holds a sizeable position in the tablet computer market with the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab, competing against Apple’s iPad, for example. In early 2017, Samsung held the position of the second largest tablet vendor in the world, accounting for around 16.5 percent of all shipments.
Aside of having a strong presence in the mobile market, Samsung is also successful in the display, TV and semiconductors industry. Samsung has been the world's largest television manufacturer since 2008, when the company held a 20 percent share of the global LCD TV market. Samsung’s market share has stayed rather consistent in the last few years, varying between 19 and 21 percent. The South Korean giant is also the world's largest producer of LCD panels, and has the greatest share of the global market for NAND Flash memory. Lastly, Samsung has a strong presence in the global semiconductor market, as the company holds about 11 percent of the market share.
Samsung - Important statistics
- 1. Company overview & financials
The 25 most valuable brands worldwide 2017- +Samsung Electronics: global revenue 2005-2016
- +Revenue of Samsung Electronics 2011-2017, by quarter
- +Revenue of Samsung Electronics by business segment 2015-2017, by quarter
- +Samsung Electronics' breakdown of revenue 2011-2016, by region
- +Samsung Electronics' net income 2005-2016
- Samsung's operating profit 2009-2017, by quarter
- +Research & development expenditure at Samsung Electronics 2009-2016
- +Companies with the most patents granted in 2016
- +Samsung Electronics employees worldwide 2009-2016
- 2. Smartphones & tablets
- +Global smartphone shipments by vendor/manufacturer 2009-2017
- +Global smartphone unit shipments of Samsung 2010-2017, by quarter
- +Global market share held by smartphone vendors 2012-2016
- +Smartphone market share worldwide by vendor 2009-2016
- +Samsung's market share of global smartphone shipments 2009-2017, by quarter
- +Number of people owning a Samsung cell phone in the U.S. 2017
- +Samsung Galaxy models by original MSRP and current market value 2016
- Total unit volume Samsung global tablet shipments 2012-2017
- Global market share held by Samsung of global tablet shipments 2012-2017
- 3. Displays & TV
- +LCD TV shipments worldwide by vendor 2015-2016
- +Global LCD TV shipments 2015-2017, by vendor
- LCD TV manufacturers global market share 2008-2016
- +Share of global LCD TV shipments 2013-2016, by brand
- +Large display unit shipments share worldwide 2017, by supplier
- +Large-area TFT LCD display shipments share worldwide 2016-2017, by manufacturer
- 4. Semiconductors
- +Semiconductor supplier ranking: global revenue 2009-2016
- +Semiconductor industry vendors by revenue worldwide 2009-2016
- +Semiconductor vendors: global market share 2008-2016
- +Semiconductor revenue of Samsung worldwide 2007-2016
- +Semiconductor revenue market share of Samsung worldwide 2008-2016
- Semiconductor foundry revenue of Samsung 2011-2015
- +Semiconductor expenditure of Samsung Electronics 2011-2016
- +Semiconductor companies global DRAM revenue 2011-2017
- Market share held by NAND Flash memory manufacturers 2010-2016, by quarter
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