
An external optical drive is a portable, peripheral device that allows users to read and write optical discs, such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, using a computer or other compatible device. Unlike internal optical drives, which are built into computers, external optical drives connect to devices via USB, Thunderbolt, or other interface cables. External optical drives are commonly used to supplement or replace built-in optical drives on laptops, ultrabooks, and other devices that lack internal disc drives. They offer flexibility and convenience, allowing users to access and create optical media content, such as software installations, data backups, music CDs, and movie DVDs, on the go. External optical drives come in various sizes and designs, ranging from compact, slim-profile models for travel to larger, desktop-style units with additional features like Blu-ray disc playback and burning capabilities. Overall, external optical drives provide users with a versatile and portable solution for accessing and managing optical media content across different computing platforms and devices.
The global External Optical Drive market size is projected to grow from US$ million in 2024 to US$ million in 2030; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of %from 2024 to 2030.
The “External Optical Drive Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world External Optical Drive sales in 2023, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected External Optical Drive sales for 2024 through 2030. With External Optical Drive sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world External Optical Drive industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global External Optical Drive landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on External Optical Drive portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global External Optical Drive market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for External Optical Drive and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global External Optical Drive.
The market for external optical drives has experienced a decline in recent years due to the growing popularity of digital media distribution and the increasing prevalence of computers and laptops with built-in disc drives. However, external optical drives still maintain relevance for users who require access to physical media, such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, for tasks like software installation, data backup, and media playback. Despite the overall decline, there remains a niche market for external optical drives, particularly among professionals in fields such as media production, archival storage, and legacy hardware compatibility. Looking ahead, future development trends for external optical drives may include innovations in connectivity, such as USB-C and Thunderbolt 4 interfaces for faster data transfer speeds and wider device compatibility. Additionally, advancements in optical disc technology, such as higher-capacity Blu-ray discs and enhanced read/write speeds, may drive demand for external optical drives with improved performance and functionality. Moreover, manufacturers may focus on designing more compact and lightweight external optical drives with energy-efficient features to meet the needs of mobile users. Overall, while the market for external optical drives may continue to face challenges from digital alternatives, there remains potential for innovation and niche applications in specific industries and user scenarios.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of External Optical Drive market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Blu-ray Optical Drive
DVD Optical Drive
CD Optical Drive
Segmentation by Application:
Desktop
Laptop
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Hitachi-LG
Asus
Pioneer
LITE-ON
Transcend
CMC Magnetics
Sandberg
HP
Apple
OWC
Dell
Samsung
UGREEN
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global External Optical Drive market?
What factors are driving External Optical Drive market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do External Optical Drive market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does External Optical Drive break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global External Optical Drive Annual Sales 2019-2030
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for External Optical Drive by Geographic Region, 2019, 2023 & 2030
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for External Optical Drive by Country/Region, 2019, 2023 & 2030
2.2 External Optical Drive Segment by Type
2.2.1 Blu-ray Optical Drive
2.2.2 DVD Optical Drive
2.2.3 CD Optical Drive
2.3 External Optical Drive Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global External Optical Drive Sales Market Share by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.2 Global External Optical Drive Revenue and Market Share by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.3 Global External Optical Drive Sale Price by Type (2019-2024)
2.4 External Optical Drive Segment by Application
2.4.1 Desktop
2.4.2 Laptop
2.5 External Optical Drive Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global External Optical Drive Sale Market Share by Application (2019-2024)
2.5.2 Global External Optical Drive Revenue and Market Share by Application (2019-2024)
2.5.3 Global External Optical Drive Sale Price by Application (2019-2024)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global External Optical Drive Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global External Optical Drive Annual Sales by Company (2019-2024)
3.1.2 Global External Optical Drive Sales Market Share by Company (2019-2024)
3.2 Global External Optical Drive Annual Revenue by Company (2019-2024)
3.2.1 Global External Optical Drive Revenue by Company (2019-2024)
3.2.2 Global External Optical Drive Revenue Market Share by Company (2019-2024)
3.3 Global External Optical Drive Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers External Optical Drive Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers External Optical Drive Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players External Optical Drive Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2019-2024)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for External Optical Drive by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic External Optical Drive Market Size by Geographic Region (2019-2024)
4.1.1 Global External Optical Drive Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2019-2024)
4.1.2 Global External Optical Drive Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2019-2024)
4.2 World Historic External Optical Drive Market Size by Country/Region (2019-2024)
4.2.1 Global External Optical Drive Annual Sales by Country/Region (2019-2024)
4.2.2 Global External Optical Drive Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2019-2024)
4.3 Americas External Optical Drive Sales Growth
4.4 APAC External Optical Drive Sales Growth
4.5 Europe External Optical Drive Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa External Optical Drive Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas External Optical Drive Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas External Optical Drive Sales by Country (2019-2024)
5.1.2 Americas External Optical Drive Revenue by Country (2019-2024)
5.2 Americas External Optical Drive Sales by Type (2019-2024)
5.3 Americas External Optical Drive Sales by Application (2019-2024)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC External Optical Drive Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC External Optical Drive Sales by Region (2019-2024)
6.1.2 APAC External Optical Drive Revenue by Region (2019-2024)
6.2 APAC External Optical Drive Sales by Type (2019-2024)
6.3 APAC External Optical Drive Sales by Application (2019-2024)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe External Optical Drive by Country
7.1.1 Europe External Optical Drive Sales by Country (2019-2024)
7.1.2 Europe External Optical Drive Revenue by Country (2019-2024)
7.2 Europe External Optical Drive Sales by Type (2019-2024)
7.3 Europe External Optical Drive Sales by Application (2019-2024)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa External Optical Drive by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa External Optical Drive Sales by Country (2019-2024)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa External Optical Drive Revenue by Country (2019-2024)
8.2 Middle East & Africa External Optical Drive Sales by Type (2019-2024)
8.3 Middle East & Africa External Optical Drive Sales by Application (2019-2024)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of External Optical Drive
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of External Optical Drive
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of External Optical Drive
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 External Optical Drive Distributors
11.3 External Optical Drive Customer
12 World Forecast Review for External Optical Drive by Geographic Region
12.1 Global External Optical Drive Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global External Optical Drive Forecast by Region (2025-2030)
12.1.2 Global External Optical Drive Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2025-2030)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2025-2030)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2025-2030)
12.6 Global External Optical Drive Forecast by Type (2025-2030)
12.7 Global External Optical Drive Forecast by Application (2025-2030)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Hitachi-LG
13.1.1 Hitachi-LG Company Information
13.1.2 Hitachi-LG External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Hitachi-LG External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.1.4 Hitachi-LG Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Hitachi-LG Latest Developments
13.2 Asus
13.2.1 Asus Company Information
13.2.2 Asus External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Asus External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.2.4 Asus Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Asus Latest Developments
13.3 Pioneer
13.3.1 Pioneer Company Information
13.3.2 Pioneer External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Pioneer External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.3.4 Pioneer Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Pioneer Latest Developments
13.4 LITE-ON
13.4.1 LITE-ON Company Information
13.4.2 LITE-ON External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 LITE-ON External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.4.4 LITE-ON Main Business Overview
13.4.5 LITE-ON Latest Developments
13.5 Transcend
13.5.1 Transcend Company Information
13.5.2 Transcend External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Transcend External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.5.4 Transcend Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Transcend Latest Developments
13.6 CMC Magnetics
13.6.1 CMC Magnetics Company Information
13.6.2 CMC Magnetics External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 CMC Magnetics External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.6.4 CMC Magnetics Main Business Overview
13.6.5 CMC Magnetics Latest Developments
13.7 Sandberg
13.7.1 Sandberg Company Information
13.7.2 Sandberg External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Sandberg External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.7.4 Sandberg Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Sandberg Latest Developments
13.8 HP
13.8.1 HP Company Information
13.8.2 HP External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 HP External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.8.4 HP Main Business Overview
13.8.5 HP Latest Developments
13.9 Apple
13.9.1 Apple Company Information
13.9.2 Apple External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Apple External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.9.4 Apple Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Apple Latest Developments
13.10 OWC
13.10.1 OWC Company Information
13.10.2 OWC External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 OWC External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.10.4 OWC Main Business Overview
13.10.5 OWC Latest Developments
13.11 Dell
13.11.1 Dell Company Information
13.11.2 Dell External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Dell External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.11.4 Dell Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Dell Latest Developments
13.12 Samsung
13.12.1 Samsung Company Information
13.12.2 Samsung External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Samsung External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.12.4 Samsung Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Samsung Latest Developments
13.13 UGREEN
13.13.1 UGREEN Company Information
13.13.2 UGREEN External Optical Drive Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 UGREEN External Optical Drive Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.13.4 UGREEN Main Business Overview
13.13.5 UGREEN Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.
