Futuresource confirms Promethean’s market leadership status for the fourth year in a row

Published: November 24th, 2022

Promethean ActivPanel remains a global market leader for Interactive Displays in USA and EMEA

Blackburn, 24 November 2022 – Promethean remains a global leader for interactive flat panel display (IFPD) technology, according to Futuresource Consulting’s Q3 2022 report on the World IFPD market. Promethean has maintained its global K-12 education sector IFPD market leader position from 2018 to 2022 collectively, excluding sales in China.

From October 2021 to September 2022, Promethean achieved a 24.9% volume share of the global primary & secondary Education IFPD market, excluding China, and remained the No.1 brand over this collective period in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland, and Germany.

According to Futuresource, global sales of Interactive Displays (IFPDs and IWBs), including China, were up 72% quarter over quarter in the third quarter of 2022 and up 20% year over year. With 1.2 million displays sold, it was by far the largest sell-in volume quarter globally since Futuresource began tracking this market in 2004.

In Q2 and Q3 2022, Promethean was named a winner and finalist in four industry awards. The ActivPanel was named a winner of the Tech and Learning Awards of Excellence in the primary and secondary education categories and the Tech and Learning Best of Show Awards at ISTELive 22. Promethean was also named a finalist in Spain’s SIMO Education Innovation Platform Awards. These awards recognised Promethean for transforming education in schools around the world.


“We’re proud to be the global leader in this competitive market for the fourth year in a row and to have been recognised for our innovation by these prestigious award programs,” said Chris Hand, chief revenue officer at Promethean. “We’re confident that Promethean will continue to lead the way in providing exceptional learning experiences for teachers and students and that we will be a dependable, valued partner for our customers worldwide.”

About Promethean

Promethean is a leading education technology company working to transform the way the world learns and collaborates. From our founding in Blackburn, England, more than 25 years ago to our global operations in 22 countries today, we’ve continued to explore, innovate, and inspire—designing learning and collaboration tools that are built for breakthroughs. Our award-winning interactive display, ActivPanel, and lesson delivery software, ActivInspire and ClassFlow, were designed to engage students, connect colleagues, and bring out the brilliance in everyone. With headquarters in Seattle, Washington, and offices worldwide, Promethean is a subsidiary of the NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0777) group of companies. Visit us at PrometheanWorld.com.

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