In 2022 Sony had the top position in the mirrorless world. But this year they slipped behind Canon. The exact opposite happened in the lens market: Sony is now ahead of Canon.
The Japanese BCN organization collected the exact sales number from 40% of the Japanese stores. And this is the market share of the camera companies:
･BCN AWARD 2023 Category Camera
- Digital camera integrated lens category (*The share in parentheses is last year’s share)
1st Sony: 22.1% share (23.1%)
2nd Canon: 18.0% share (34.01%)
3rd Fujifilm: 17.1% share (11.6%) - Digital camera SLR category
1st Canon: 76.8% (59.8%)
share 2nd Nikon: 17.2% (33.9%)
share 3rd Ricoh Imaging: 5.7% (5.8%) share - Digital Camera Mirrorless SLR Category
1st Canon: 31.7% (28.2%)
share 2nd Sony: 29.4% (32.0%)
share 3rd OM Digital Solutions: 14.3% (12.7%) share - Digital video camera category
1st Panasonic: 42.4% (43.6%)
share 2nd place Sony: 34.7% (26.3%)
share 3rd place DJI: 9.4% (11.2%) share - Action camera category
No. 1 GoPro: Share 57.7% (70.4%)
No. 2 DJI: Share 20.5% (5.3%)
No. 3 Shenzhen Arashi Vision: Share 7.9% (-)
･BCN AWARD 2023 Category Camera Accessories
- Interchangeable lens category (*Last year’s share in parentheses)
1st Sony: 16.4% share (17.2%)
2nd Canon: 15.9% share (17.6%)
3rd Sigma: 14.5% share (12.6%) - Tripod/monopod category
No. 1 Hakuba Photo Industry: Share 30.9% (29.1%)
No. 2 Videndum Media Solutions: Share 15.1% (15.5%)
No. 3 Slick: Share 14.4% (12.6%) - Camera case/bag
No. 1 Hakuba Photo Industry: Share 41.0% (33.3%)
No. 2 Elecom: Share 17.5% (18.8%)
No. 3 Etsumi: Share 5.9% (-)
via Digicameinfo