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External Hard Disk Drive Industry Research Report 2026
Market perspective
The global External Hard Disk Drive market was valued at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach US$ million by 2032, implying a CAGR of % over 2026–2032.
The North America market for External Hard Disk Drive is forecast to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, corresponding to a CAGR of % over 2026–2032.
The Europe market for External Hard Disk Drive is projected to rise from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, registering a CAGR of % over 2026–2032.
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The Asia Pacific market for External Hard Disk Drive is expected to grow from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026–2032.
Leading global manufacturers of External Hard Disk Drive include , among others. In 2025, the top three vendors together accounted for approximately % of global revenue.
Report Scope
This report quantifies the global External Hard Disk Drive market in revenue (US$ million) and, where applicable, sales volume (k units), using 2025 as the base year and providing annual historical and forecast data for 2021–2032.
It standardizes definitions of types and applications, harmonizes vendor attribution, and presents comparable time series by company, type, application, and region/country, including indicative price bands (US$/k units) and concentration ratios (CR5/CR10).
The outputs are intended to support strategy development, budgeting, and performance benchmarking for manufacturers, new entrants, channel partners, and investors; the report also reviews technology shifts and notable product introductions relevant to External Hard Disk Drive.
Key Companies & Market Share Insights
This section profiles leading manufacturers, combining 2021–2025 results with a 2026–2032 outlook. It reports revenue, market share, price bands, product and application mix, regional and channel mix, and key developments (M&A, capacity additions, certifications). It also provides global revenue, average price, and—where applicable—sales volume by manufacturer, and calculates CR5/CR10 and rank changes to support comparative benchmarking.
External Hard Disk Drive Market by Company
LaCie
Toshiba
Transcend Information
Buffalo Americas
Western Digital
Seagate
ADATA Technology
Verbatim(CMC Magnetics)
Lenovo
Eaget
Silicon Power
Apricorn
Dell
External Hard Disk Drive Segment by Type
Below 5TB
5TB to 10TB
Above 10TB
External Hard Disk Drive Segment by Application
Laptop
Desktop PC
Others
External Hard Disk Drive Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Key Drivers & Barriers
High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global External Hard Disk Drive market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of External Hard Disk Drive and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of External Hard Disk Drive.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Research objectives, research methods, data sources, data cross-validation;
Chapter 2: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by region, product type, application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of External Hard Disk Drive manufacturers competitive landscape, price, production and value market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 5: Production/output, value of External Hard Disk Drive by region/country. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 6: Consumption of External Hard Disk Drive in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 7: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 8: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 11: The main points and conclusions of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Below 5TB
- 5TB to 10TB
- Above 10TB
Applications
- Laptop
- Desktop PC
- Others
Companies covered
- LaCie
- Toshiba
- Transcend Information
- Buffalo Americas
- Western Digital
- Seagate
- ADATA Technology
- Verbatim(CMC Magnetics)
- Lenovo
- Eaget
- Silicon Power
- Apricorn
- Dell
Inside the report.
1 Preface
- 1.1 Scope of Report
- 1.2 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 1.3 Research Methodology
- 1.4 Research Process
- 1.5 Data Source
- 1.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 1.5.2 Primary Sources
2 Market Overview
- 2.1 Product Definition
- 2.2 External Hard Disk Drive by Type
- 2.2.1 Market Value Comparison by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032) & (US$ Million)
- 2.2.2 Below 5TB
- 2.2.3 5TB to 10TB
- 2.2.4 Above 10TB
- 2.3 External Hard Disk Drive by Application
- 2.3.1 Market Value Comparison by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032) & (US$ Million)
- 2.3.2 Laptop
- 2.3.3 Desktop PC
- 2.3.4 Others
- 2.4 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 2.4.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.3 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 2.4.4 Global External Hard Disk Drive Market Average Price (2021-2032)
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global External Hard Disk Drive Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global External Hard Disk Drive Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global External Hard Disk Drive Key Manufacturers, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global External Hard Disk Drive Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global External Hard Disk Drive Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Global External Hard Disk Drive Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.9 Global Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisition
4 Manufacturers Profiled
- 4.1 LaCie
- 4.1.1 LaCie External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.1.2 LaCie External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.1.3 LaCie External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.1.4 LaCie Product Portfolio
- 4.1.5 LaCie Recent Developments
- 4.2 Toshiba
- 4.2.1 Toshiba External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.2.2 Toshiba External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.2.3 Toshiba External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.2.4 Toshiba Product Portfolio
- 4.2.5 Toshiba Recent Developments
- 4.3 Transcend Information
- 4.3.1 Transcend Information External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.3.2 Transcend Information External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.3.3 Transcend Information External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.3.4 Transcend Information Product Portfolio
- 4.3.5 Transcend Information Recent Developments
- 4.4 Buffalo Americas
- 4.4.1 Buffalo Americas External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.4.2 Buffalo Americas External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.4.3 Buffalo Americas External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.4.4 Buffalo Americas Product Portfolio
- 4.4.5 Buffalo Americas Recent Developments
- 4.5 Western Digital
- 4.5.1 Western Digital External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.5.2 Western Digital External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.5.3 Western Digital External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.5.4 Western Digital Product Portfolio
- 4.5.5 Western Digital Recent Developments
- 4.6 Seagate
- 4.6.1 Seagate External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.6.2 Seagate External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.6.3 Seagate External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.6.4 Seagate Product Portfolio
- 4.6.5 Seagate Recent Developments
- 4.7 ADATA Technology
- 4.7.1 ADATA Technology External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.7.2 ADATA Technology External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.7.3 ADATA Technology External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.7.4 ADATA Technology Product Portfolio
- 4.7.5 ADATA Technology Recent Developments
- 4.8 Verbatim(CMC Magnetics)
- 4.8.1 Verbatim(CMC Magnetics) External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.8.2 Verbatim(CMC Magnetics) External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.8.3 Verbatim(CMC Magnetics) External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.8.4 Verbatim(CMC Magnetics) Product Portfolio
- 4.8.5 Verbatim(CMC Magnetics) Recent Developments
- 4.9 Lenovo
- 4.9.1 Lenovo External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.9.2 Lenovo External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.9.3 Lenovo External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.9.4 Lenovo Product Portfolio
- 4.9.5 Lenovo Recent Developments
- 4.10 Eaget
- 4.10.1 Eaget External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.10.2 Eaget External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.10.3 Eaget External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.10.4 Eaget Product Portfolio
- 4.10.5 Eaget Recent Developments
- 4.11 Silicon Power
- 4.11.1 Silicon Power External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.11.2 Silicon Power External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.11.3 Silicon Power External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.11.4 Silicon Power Product Portfolio
- 4.11.5 Silicon Power Recent Developments
- 4.12 Apricorn
- 4.12.1 Apricorn External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.12.2 Apricorn External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.12.3 Apricorn External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.12.4 Apricorn Product Portfolio
- 4.12.5 Apricorn Recent Developments
- 4.13 Dell
- 4.13.1 Dell External Hard Disk Drive Company Information
- 4.13.2 Dell External Hard Disk Drive Business Overview
- 4.13.3 Dell External Hard Disk Drive Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.13.4 Dell Product Portfolio
- 4.13.5 Dell Recent Developments
5 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Region
- 5.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 5.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Region: 2021-2032
- 5.2.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Region: 2021-2026
- 5.2.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 5.3 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 5.4 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value by Region: 2021-2032
- 5.4.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value by Region: 2021-2026
- 5.4.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 5.5 Global External Hard Disk Drive Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2026)
- 5.6 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production and Value, YOY Growth
- 5.6.1 North America External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.2 Europe External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.3 China External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.4 Japan External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 5.6.5 South Korea External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
6 Global External Hard Disk Drive Consumption by Region
- 6.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Consumption Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 6.2.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Consumption by Region: 2021-2026
- 6.2.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Forecasted Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 6.3 North America
- 6.3.1 North America External Hard Disk Drive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.3.2 North America External Hard Disk Drive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.3.3 United States
- 6.3.4 Canada
- 6.3.5 Mexico
- 6.4 Europe
- 6.4.1 Europe External Hard Disk Drive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.4.2 Europe External Hard Disk Drive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.4.3 Germany
- 6.4.4 France
- 6.4.5 U.K.
- 6.4.6 Italy
- 6.4.7 Russia
- 6.4.8 Spain
- 6.4.9 Netherlands
- 6.4.10 Switzerland
- 6.4.11 Sweden
- 6.4.12 Poland
- 6.5 Asia Pacific
- 6.5.1 Asia Pacific External Hard Disk Drive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.5.2 Asia Pacific External Hard Disk Drive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.5.3 China
- 6.5.4 Japan
- 6.5.5 South Korea
- 6.5.6 India
- 6.5.7 Australia
- 6.5.8 Taiwan
- 6.5.9 Southeast Asia
- 6.6 South America, Middle East & Africa
- 6.6.1 South America, Middle East & Africa External Hard Disk Drive Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 6.6.2 South America, Middle East & Africa External Hard Disk Drive Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 6.6.3 Brazil
- 6.6.4 Argentina
- 6.6.5 Chile
- 6.6.6 Turkey
- 6.6.7 GCC Countries
7 Segment by Type
- 7.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.1.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Type (2021-2032) & (k units)
- 7.1.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value by Type (2021-2032) & (US$ Million)
- 7.2.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 7.3 Global External Hard Disk Drive Price by Type (2021-2032)
8 Segment by Application
- 8.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.1.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production by Application (2021-2032) & (k units)
- 8.1.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value by Application (2021-2032) & (US$ Million)
- 8.2.2 Global External Hard Disk Drive Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 8.3 Global External Hard Disk Drive Price by Application (2021-2032)
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis of the Market
- 9.1 External Hard Disk Drive Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 External Hard Disk Drive Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 External Hard Disk Drive Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 External Hard Disk Drive Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 External Hard Disk Drive Distributors
- 9.2.3 External Hard Disk Drive Customers
10 Global External Hard Disk Drive Analyzing Market Dynamics
- 10.1 External Hard Disk Drive Industry Trends
- 10.2 External Hard Disk Drive Industry Drivers
- 10.3 External Hard Disk Drive Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 10.4 External Hard Disk Drive Industry Restraints
11 Report Conclusion
12 Disclaimer
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