Mercury Research

Name

Mercury Research

Legal name

Mercury Research

Website

https://mercuryresearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Market Research

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry & Sector Research (Syndicated/Custom) (BPAHALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Syndicated Market Research (Panels, Omnibus, Tracker Studies) (MPAAALAB)

Keywords

• PC component market research
• Semiconductor market analysis
• Processor market share
• Graphics component research
• PC industry intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Prescott

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Annual Site License - PC Processor Report: Annual site license providing four consecutive quarterly editions of the PC Processor report. Delivered as PDF and Excel-compatible spreadsheet. Licensed separately from PC Graphics report.
2. Annual Site License - PC Graphics Report: Annual site license providing four consecutive quarterly editions of the PC Graphics report. Delivered as PDF and Excel-compatible spreadsheet with pivot table compatible database.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mercury Research sells quarterly subscription-based market research reports focused exclusively on PC-related semiconductors and components. The firm delivers two flagship annual site license products—the PC Processor Report and the PC Graphics Report—covering shipment, pricing, revenue, and market share data for Intel, AMD, VIA, and Nvidia in desktop, notebook, server, and integrated graphics segments. Reports are distributed as PDF documents with Excel-compatible pivot-table databases, with two-year product forecasts and five-year overall market forecasts.

Product overview

Mercury Research offers two quarterly research report products: the PC Processor Report and the PC Graphics Report. Both reports provide quantitative market analysis for the PC semiconductor industry, including shipment data, market share, pricing trends, and forecasts. Reports are sold as annual site licenses and delivered via email as PDF files with Excel-compatible spreadsheets. The company specializes exclusively in PC-related components with emphasis on detailed quantitative analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PC Processor Report Quantitative quarterly market research on the PC microprocessor industry, providing shipment, pricing, and revenue estimates by product for Intel, AMD, and VIA processors, with two-year forecasts and five-year overall market forecasts. Includes quarterly market share by major CPU segment (desktop, notebook, server) and is delivered as a written PDF report with an Excel-compatible pivot-table database. Sold as an annual site license to PC OEMs, semiconductor suppliers, and silicon foundries.
• PC Graphics Report Detailed quarterly market and vendor analysis of PC graphics components covering desktop, mobile, and integrated graphics for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia. Includes market forecasts, average selling prices, memory usage, relative product performance, cost comparisons, and comprehensive market share coverage by product type. Delivered as a PDF report with an Excel-compatible spreadsheet. Sold as an annual site license to PC OEMs, semiconductor suppliers, and silicon foundries.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Omdia: Omdia is a broad technology research firm (formerly IHS Markit technology group) with extensive coverage of semiconductors, displays, and PC components. It competes for the same semiconductor supplier and OEM buyers as Mercury Research across multiple adjacent product lines.
• IDC (International Data Corporation): IDC is a global IT market research firm whose Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker and semiconductor coverage directly overlaps Mercury Research's product scope. It serves the same PC OEM and semiconductor vendor buyers but as part of a much broader portfolio across all IT categories.
• Gartner: Gartner is the largest broad-coverage IT research firm, with semiconductor and PC market intelligence that competes with Mercury Research for enterprise buyer budgets. Its offerings sit alongside Mercury Research's reports in PC OEMs' procurement cycles but at materially higher price points.

Direct peers

• TrendForce: TrendForce publishes recurring subscription research on semiconductor, memory, and PC component markets, including processor and graphics tracker reports. Its pricing, quarterly cadence, and enterprise buyer focus closely parallel Mercury Research's model.
• Canalys: Canalys produces subscription market intelligence on PC, semiconductor, and channel ecosystems. It sells recurring quarterly research to overlapping PC OEM, semiconductor, and channel customers, similar in go-to-market structure to Mercury Research.
• TechInsights (formerly IC Insights): TechInsights is a semiconductor-focused research firm producing subscription reports on chip markets, share, and technology. Its narrower product focus on semiconductor intelligence makes it a direct comparable for Mercury Research's PC Processor Report audience.
• Jon Peddie Research: Jon Peddie Research (JPR) is a closely comparable niche market research firm covering the graphics, multimedia, and PC add-on markets. Like Mercury Research, JPR publishes subscription-based quarterly reports focused on specific component segments rather than full IT coverage, targeting similar PC OEM and silicon vendor buyers.
• Strategy Analytics: Strategy Analytics delivers subscription-based research across components, smartphones, and computing platforms, with coverage that overlaps Mercury Research's PC semiconductor and graphics scope. Its pricing and subscription model target the same enterprise buyer profile.

Emerging players

• Counterpoint Research: Counterpoint Research is a global tech industry research firm with growing coverage of semiconductors, components, and PC-related markets. It targets a similar enterprise buyer base via subscription reports and could be considered an emerging competitor in Mercury Research's niche.
• Forward Insights: Forward Insights is a smaller semiconductor-focused research firm offering subscription reports on memory, logic, and PC-related component markets. It is comparable as a niche subscription research competitor targeting semiconductor and OEM buyers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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