Market share

Kingston has been recognised throughout our history as a market leader in various industry categories.
Market share

Kingston Technology is a recognised world leader in memory products and storage solutions. For over three decades, Kingston has continued to grow at a strong rate as a DRAM module supplier, SSD manufacturer and memory storage provider. Our market share highlights our company’s strength, importance and position in the industry

Kingston's DRAM market share

TrendForce reports that Kingston owned 78.12% of the DRAM market share in 2022:

Global memory module suppliers rankings by revenue, 2022
RankCompany nameShare
1 Kingston Technology 78.12%
2 Ramaxel 3.78%
3 ADATA Technology 3.33%
4 POWEV 2.88%
5 Kimtigo 2.33%
6 SMART Modular Technologies 2.23%
7 Patriot Memory 0.93%
8 Innodisk 0.78%
9 Team Group 0.76%
10 Apacer Technology 0.70%
Others 4.15%
Total 100.00%

Source: TrendForce, October 2023



Kingston's SSD market share

TrendForce reports that Kingston owned 28% of the SSD market share in 2022:

Global top 10 SSD module makers by market share for channel market SSD, 2022
RankCompany nameShare
1 Kingston Technology 28%
2 ADATA 9%
3 Lexar 8%
4 Kimtigo 8%
5 Netac 6%
6 Colorful 5%
7 PNY 3%
8 Teclast 3%
9 GIGABYTE 3%
10 Transcend 3%
Others 24%
Total 100%

Source: TrendForce, Nov. 2023

2021

TrendForce ranks Kingston as the top third-party DRAM module supplier in the world, marking the 19th consecutive year that Kingston has held the top spot.

TrendForce ranks Kingston as the no. 1 supplier of SSDs in the channel for the 5th consecutive year.

2020

TrendForce ranks Kingston as the top third-party DRAM module supplier in the world, marking the 18th consecutive year that Kingston has held the top spot.

TrendForce ranks Kingston as the no. 1 supplier of SSDs in the channel for the 4th consecutive year.

 

2019

Gartner Inc. ranks Kingston among the top 10 semiconductor chip buyers in the world.

Kingston leads channel SSD shipments, as announced by research company TrendForce.

2018

DRAMeXchange ranks Kingston as the no. 1 supplier of SSDs in the channel for a second consecutive year.

2017

DRAMeXchange ranks Kingston as the no. 1 supplier of SSDs in the channel.

Kingston’s HyperX brand ships the most gaming headsets, according to NPD Research.

2015

Gartner Inc. ranks Kingston as the no. 2 aftermarket PC SSD manufacturer in the world.

2014

Gartner Inc. ranks Kingston as the no. 2 aftermarket PC SSD manufacturer in the world.

2008

Gartner Inc. ranks Kingston as the no. 1 USB flash drive manufacturer in the world for the next 6 years.

2007

GTDC Summit Rising Star Award given to Kingston honouring the IT distributions industry's fastest-growing manufacturers and publishers.

2005

DRAMeXchange ranks Kingston no. 1 in market share as the leading third-party supplier of DRAM modules, a ranking that Kingston still holds today.

2003

iSupply ranks Kingston as the world's number-one memory module manufacturer for the third-party memory market, a ranking that Kingston still holds today.