Product Code: IRTNTR70875
The global external hard disk market is forecasted to grow by USD 4034.3 mn during 2025-2030, accelerating at a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period. The report on the global external hard disk market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.
The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by multiple advantages of external hard disks, growing popularity of external ssds, reduction in asp of nand flash memory is expediting market growth.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market size data, segment with regional analysis and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key companies. Reports have historic and forecast data.
| Market Scope |
| Base Year | 2025 |
| End Year | 2030 |
| Series Year | 2026-2030 |
| Growth Momentum | Accelerate |
| YOY 2026 | 6% |
| CAGR | 6.4% |
| Incremental Value | $4034.3 mn |
Technavio's global external hard disk market is segmented as below:
By Application
- Personal computers
- Enterprise applications
By Type
- Network-attached storage
- Portable
- Desktop
By Distribution Channel
Geography
- APAC
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- North America
- Europe
- Germany
- UK
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- The Netherlands
- South America
- Middle East and Africa
- Rest of World (ROW)
This study identifies the increasing popularity of wireless external hard disks as one of the prime reasons driving the global external hard disk market growth during the next few years. Also, innovation of high-storage portable external hard disks and enhanced biometrics-based security will lead to sizable demand in the market.
The report on the global external hard disk market covers the following areas:
- Global external hard disk market sizing
- Global external hard disk market forecast
- Global external hard disk market industry analysis
The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading global external hard disk market vendors that include ADATA Technology Co. Ltd., Buffalo Americas Inc., Corsair Gaming Inc., Micron Technology Inc., Toshiba Corp., Kingston Technology Co. Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sandisk Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, Silicon Power, Sony Group Corp., Transcend Information Inc., Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd., Western Digital Corp., Apricorn, QNAP Systems Inc.. Also, the global external hard disk market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.
The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive primary and secondary research. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast accurate market growth.
Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Global Market Characteristics
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market by Geography
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Application
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Type
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Distribution Channel
- Executive Summary - Chart on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Chart on Company Market Positioning
2 Technavio Analysis
- 2.1 Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- 2.2 Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- 2.3 Factors of disruption
- 2.4 Impact of drivers and challenges
3 Market Landscape
- 3.1 Market ecosystem
- 3.2 Market characteristics
- 3.3 Value chain analysis
4 Market Sizing
- 4.1 Market definition
- 4.2 Market segment analysis
- 4.3 Market size 2025
- 4.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2025-2030
5 Historic Market Size
- 5.1 Global External Hard Disk Market 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Data Table on Global External Hard Disk Market 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.2 Application segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Application Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.3 Type segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Type Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.4 Distribution Channel segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Distribution Channel Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.5 Geography segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Geography Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.6 Country segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Country Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
6 Qualitative Analysis
- 6.1 Impact of AI on Global External Hard Disk Market
- 6.2 Impact of Geopolitical Conflicts on Global External Hard Disk Market
7 Five Forces Analysis
- 7.1 Five forces summary
- Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2025 and 2030
- 7.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Bargaining power of buyers - Impact of key factors 2025 and 2030
- 7.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Bargaining power of suppliers - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.4 Threat of new entrants
- Threat of new entrants - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.5 Threat of substitutes
- Threat of substitutes - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.6 Threat of rivalry
- Threat of rivalry - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.7 Market condition
8 Market Segmentation by Application
- 8.1 Market segments
- 8.2 Comparison by Application
- 8.3 Personal computers - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.4 Enterprise applications - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.5 Market opportunity by Application
- Market opportunity by Application ($ million)
9 Market Segmentation by Type
- 9.1 Market segments
- 9.2 Comparison by Type
- 9.3 Network-attached storage - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.4 Portable - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.5 Desktop - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.6 Market opportunity by Type
- Market opportunity by Type ($ million)
10 Market Segmentation by Distribution Channel
- 10.1 Market segments
- 10.2 Comparison by Distribution Channel
- 10.3 Offline - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.4 Online - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.5 Market opportunity by Distribution Channel
- Market opportunity by Distribution Channel ($ million)
11 Customer Landscape
- 11.1 Customer landscape overview
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
12 Geographic Landscape
- 12.1 Geographic segmentation
- 12.2 Geographic comparison
- 12.3 APAC - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.1 China - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.2 Japan - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.3 India - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.4 South Korea - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.5 Australia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.6 Indonesia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4 North America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.1 US - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.2 Canada - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.3 Mexico - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5 Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.1 Germany - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.2 UK - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.3 France - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.4 Italy - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.5 Spain - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.6 The Netherlands - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6 South America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.1 Brazil - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.2 Argentina - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.3 Chile - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.1 Saudi Arabia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.2 UAE - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.3 South Africa - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.4 Israel - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.5 Turkey - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.8 Market opportunity by geography
- Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
- Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
13 Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunity
- 13.1 Market drivers
- Multiple advantages of external hard disks
- Growing popularity of external SSDs
- Reduction in ASP of NAND flash memory is expediting market growth
- 13.2 Market challenges
- Emergence of cloud storage services is degrading market demand
- Poor latency and endurance
- Risk of theft and damage
- 13.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Impact of drivers and challenges in 2025 and 2030
- 13.4 Market opportunities
- Increasing popularity of wireless external hard disks
- Innovation of high-storage portable external hard disks
- Enhanced biometrics-based security
14 Competitive Landscape
- 14.1 Overview
- 14.2 Competitive Landscape
- Overview on criticality of inputs and factors of differentiation
- 14.3 Landscape disruption
- Overview on factors of disruption
- 14.4 Industry risks
- Impact of key risks on business
15 Competitive Analysis
- 15.1 Companies profiled
- 15.2 Company ranking index
- 15.3 Market positioning of companies
- Matrix on companies position and classification
- 15.4 ADATA Technology Co. Ltd.
- ADATA Technology Co. Ltd. - Overview
- ADATA Technology Co. Ltd. - Product / Service
- ADATA Technology Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.5 Buffalo Americas Inc.
- Buffalo Americas Inc. - Overview
- Buffalo Americas Inc. - Product / Service
- Buffalo Americas Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.6 Corsair Gaming Inc.
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Overview
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Business segments
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Key offerings
- Corsair Gaming Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.7 Micron Technology Inc.
- Micron Technology Inc. - Overview
- Micron Technology Inc. - Business segments
- Micron Technology Inc. - Key news
- Micron Technology Inc. - Key offerings
- Micron Technology Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.8 Toshiba Corp.
- Toshiba Corp. - Overview
- Toshiba Corp. - Product / Service
- Toshiba Corp. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.9 Kingston Technology Co. Inc.
- Kingston Technology Co. Inc. - Overview
- Kingston Technology Co. Inc. - Product / Service
- Kingston Technology Co. Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.10 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Overview
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Business segments
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Key news
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.11 Sandisk Corp.
- Sandisk Corp. - Overview
- Sandisk Corp. - Product / Service
- Sandisk Corp. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.12 Seagate Technology LLC
- Seagate Technology LLC - Overview
- Seagate Technology LLC - Business segments
- Seagate Technology LLC - Key news
- Seagate Technology LLC - Key offerings
- Seagate Technology LLC - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.13 Silicon Power
- Silicon Power - Overview
- Silicon Power - Product / Service
- Silicon Power - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.14 Sony Group Corp.
- Sony Group Corp. - Overview
- Sony Group Corp. - Business segments
- Sony Group Corp. - Key offerings
- Sony Group Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.15 Transcend Information Inc.
- Transcend Information Inc. - Overview
- Transcend Information Inc. - Product / Service
- Transcend Information Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.16 Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd.
- Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd. - Overview
- Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd. - Product / Service
- Verbatim Australia Pty Ltd. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.17 Western Digital Corp.
- Western Digital Corp. - Overview
- Western Digital Corp. - Business segments
- Western Digital Corp. - Key offerings
- Western Digital Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.18 QNAP Systems Inc.
- QNAP Systems Inc. - Overview
- QNAP Systems Inc. - Product / Service
- QNAP Systems Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
16 Appendix
- 16.1 Scope of the report
- Market definition
- Objectives
- Notes and caveats
- 16.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Inclusions checklist
- Exclusions checklist
- 16.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Currency conversion rates for US$
- 16.4 Research methodology
- 16.5 Data procurement
- 16.6 Data validation
- 16.7 Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- 16.8 Data synthesis
- 16.9 360 degree market analysis
- 360 degree market analysis
- 16.10 List of abbreviations