AHRI Releases Latest Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute has released its latest equipment shipment data. Highlights are as follows:

Residential storage water heaters
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for October 2024 changed -2%, to 353,081 units, compared to 360,908 units shipped in October 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments are down 1% in October 2024 to 433,363 units, compared to 437,581 units shipped in October 2023.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters is down approximately 2%, to 3,507,500, compared to 3,585,860 shipped during that same period in 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased nearly 5% year-to-date, to 4,282,564 units, compared to 4,065,044 shipped during the same period in 2023.

Commercial storage water heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased about 15% in October 2024, to 6,583 units, compared to 7,750 units shipped in October 2023. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased .6% in October 2024, to 11,950, compared to 12,023 units shipped in October 2023.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased roughly 4%, to 70,514 units, compared to 73,140 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased nearly 6%, to 129,544 units, compared to 122,423 units shipped during the same period in 2023.

Warm air furnaces
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for October 2024 is up about 21%, to 280,747 units, compared to 232,252 units shipped in October 2023. Oil warm air furnace shipments increased nearly 66%, to 4,375 units in October 2024, compared to 2,633 units shipped in October 2023.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 2.5%, to 2,592,961 units, compared to 2,530,229 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces increased roughly 40%, to 24,028 units, compared to 17,173 units shipped during the same period in 2023.

Central air conditioners, air-source heat pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 815,360 units in October 2024, showing an increase of nearly 53%, compared to 532,569 units shipped in October 2023. U.S. shipments of air conditioners is up approximately 47%, to 449,972 units, compared to 306,735 units shipped in October 2023. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased roughly 62%, to 365,388 units, compared to 225,834 shipped in October 2023.

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