Samsung Electronics competitorsClear all
Samsung Electronics's top competitors include Apple, LG Electronics, Sony, Huawei, Electrolux, GoPro, Xiaomi, Intel and Micron Technology.
| Save Comparison |  Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics is a company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of electronic products. |  Apple Apple is a company that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices. |  Sony Sony is a company that develops, designs, produces and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer, professional and industrial markets, as well as game hardware and software. |  Huawei Huawei is a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. |  Electrolux Electrolux is a company specializing in home appliances and appliances for professional use. |  GoPro GoPro is a technology company manufacturing mountable and wearable action cameras and developing its own video-editing software. |  Intel Intel is a company that develops and manufactures microprocessors and other semiconductor components.
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Founding Date | Founding Date 1938 | Founding Date 1976 | Founding Date 1958 | Founding Date 1946 | Founding Date 1987 | Founding Date 1919 | Founding Date 2002 | Founding Date 2010 | Founding Date 1968 | Founding Date 1978 |
Type | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Private | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Seoul, KR HQ Buenos Aires, AR Surry Hills, AU Wien, AT Machelen, BE Manaus, BR Mississauga, CA see more | Locations Cupertino, US HQ Sydney, AU Toronto, CA Paris, FR Hong Kong, HK Bengaluru, IN Jakarta, ID see more | Locations Tokyo, JP HQ Vicente López, AR Wien, AT Zaventem, BE Sarajevo, BA São Paulo, BR Sofia, BG see more | Locations Shenzhen, CN HQ Dar El Beïda, DZ Buenos Aires, AR Sydney, AU Wien, AT Manama, BH Dhaka, BD see more | Locations Stockholm, SE HQ Buenos Aires, AR Rosario, AR Dudley Park, AU Mascot, AU Innsbruck, AT Brussel, BE see more | Locations San Mateo, US HQ Prahran, AU Shenzhen, CN Issy Les Moulineaux, FR München, DE Amsterdam, NL Taguig, PH see more | Locations CN HQ Singapore, SG Madrid, ES | Locations Santa Clara, US HQ Vicente López, AR Melbourne, AU Linz, AT Linz, AT Villach, AT Etterbeek, BE see more | ||
Employees | Employees 287,4397% decrease | Employees 147,0007% increase | Employees 73,971 | Employees 111,7002% decrease | Employees 194,000 | Employees 54,4193% decrease | Employees 9264% increase | Employees 20,88110% increase | Employees 110,8001% decrease | Employees 40,0008% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 2.1 t | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 1.3 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 236 b | Valuation ($) 90.3 b |
Twitter followers | Twitter followers 552.6 k | Twitter followers 5.9 m | Twitter followers 391.2 k | Twitter followers 4.7 m | Twitter followers 5.7 m | Twitter followers 53.9 k | Twitter followers 2.2 m | Twitter followers 2.5 m | Twitter followers 4.9 m | Twitter followers 20.9 k |
Number of tweets (last 30 days) | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 46 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 308 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 246 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 360 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 6 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 263 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 101 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 100 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 29 |
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.8 k | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 2.7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.3 k | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 44 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 14.6 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 589.3 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 25.7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 8 |
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 25% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 99.59% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 85.83% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 12.93% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 96% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 89.66% |
Alexa Website Rank | Alexa Website Rank 258 | Alexa Website Rank 54 | Alexa Website Rank 1577 | Alexa Website Rank 1359 | Alexa Website Rank 948 | Alexa Website Rank 227530 | Alexa Website Rank 4763 | Alexa Website Rank 712 | Alexa Website Rank 788 | Alexa Website Rank 77569 |
Employee Rating | Employee Rating 3.5 | Employee Rating 4.2 | Employee Rating 3.4 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 3.7 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 3.4 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 4.1 | Employee Rating 3.7 |
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Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) ₩230.4t (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) $274.5b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) ₩61.3t (FY, 2018) | Revenue (est.) ¥8.3t (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) ¥858.8b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) kr124.1b (FY, 2018) | Revenue (est.) $1.2b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) ¥114.6b (FY, 2017) | Revenue (est.) $72b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) $21.4b (FY, 2020) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods ₩147.2t (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods $169.6b (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods ₩46.3t (FY, 2018) | Cost of goods ¥4.8t (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods ¥322.7b (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods kr100.9b (FY, 2018) | Cost of goods $781.9m (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods ¥99.5b (FY, 2017) | Cost of goods $29.8b (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods $14.9b (FY, 2020) |
Gross profit | Gross profit ₩83.2t (FY, 2019) | Gross profit $105b (FY, 2020) | Gross profit ₩15.1t (FY, 2018) | Gross profit ¥3.5t (FY, 2020) | Gross profit ¥536.1b (FY, 2019) | Gross profit kr23.2b (FY, 2018) | Gross profit $412.8m (FY, 2019) | Gross profit ¥15.2b (FY, 2017) | Gross profit $42.1b (FY, 2019) | Gross profit $6.6b (FY, 2020) |
Net income | Net income ₩21.7t (FY, 2019) | Net income $57.4b (FY, 2020) | Net income ₩1.5t (FY, 2018) | Net income ¥622.3b (FY, 2020) | Net income ¥62.7b (FY, 2019) | Net income kr3.8b (FY, 2018) | Net income ($14.6m) (FY, 2019) | Net income (¥43.9b) (FY, 2017) | Net income $21b (FY, 2019) | Net income $2.7b (FY, 2020) |
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Countries | Countries 74 (FY, 2018) | Countries 21 (May, 2017) | Countries N/A | Countries N/A | Countries 170 (Nov, 2019) | Countries N/A | Countries 100 (FY, 2019) | Countries 74 (Q1, 2018) | Countries N/A | Countries 17 (FY, 2020) |
Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) 9.9 m (May, 2018) | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) 22 m (May, 2018) | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A |
Patents (Foreign) | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) 44.4 k (FY, 2018) | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) 314 (FY, 2019) | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) 6.5 k (FY, 2020) |
Patents (US) | Patents (US) 75.5 k (Q2, 2020) | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) 682 (FY, 2019) | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) 2.8 k (FY, 2016) | Patents (US) 14.2 k (FY, 2020) |
Patents Issued | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued 74.7 k (Apr, 2019) | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued 87.8 k (Nov, 2019) | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued 7 k (Q1, 2018) | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued N/A |
Smartphones Shipped | Smartphones Shipped 54.8 m (Q2, 2020) | Smartphones Shipped 41.6 m (Q3, 2020) | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped 238.7 m (FY, 2019) | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped 91.4 m (FY, 2017) | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped N/A |
Smartphones Shipped (China) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) 34.2 m (FY, 2018) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) 142 m (FY, 2019) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) 50 m (Y, 2018) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A |
Stores | Stores N/A | Stores 496 (May, 2017) | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores 30 k (FY, 2019) | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A |
Tablets Sold | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold 43.5 m (FY, 2018) | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold 10 m (FY, 2016) | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A |
Trademarks | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks 4.2 k (Apr, 2019) | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks 5.3 k (Q1, 2018) | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A |
Wearables Sold | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold 2.8 m (Q2, 2017) | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold 3.7 m (Q2, 2017) | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A |
Funding | ||||||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 1.2b | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 288.2m | Total funding raised $ 1.6b | Total funding raised $ 2.5m | Total funding raised N/A |
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