Residential Storage Water Heaters
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for June 2020 increased 17.6 percent, to 411,726
units, up from 350,053 units shipped in June 2019. Residential electric storage water heater shipments
increased 23.7 percent in June 2020 to 414,469 units, up from 334,995 units shipped in June 2019.
‘Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters decreased 1.5 percent, to 2,217,780
compared to 2,252,366 shipped during that same period in 2019. Residential electric storage water heater
shipments increased 5 percent year-to-date, to 2,226,268 units, compared to 2,120,806 shipped during the
same period in 2019.
Commercial Storage Water Heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 19.9 percent in June 2020, to 6,116 units, down
from 7,638 units shipped in June 2019. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 15.5
percent in June 2020, to 11,286 units, down from 13,354 units shipped in June 2019.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased 13.7 percent, to 39,867
units, compared with 46,211 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date commercial electric
storage water heater shipments decreased 10.1 percent, to 69,995 units, down from 77,828 units shipped
during the same period in 2019.
Warm Air Furnaces
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for June 2020 decreased 9.1 percent, to 321,509 units, down from
353,700 units shipped in June 2019. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 15.1 percent, to 2,180 units in
June 2020, down from 2,568 units shipped in June 2019.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces decreased 21.7 percent, to 1,368,555 units, compared
with 1,746,988 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air
furnaces decreased 35 percent, to 10,934 units, compared with 16,813 units shipped during the same period in
2019.
Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 1,113,049 units in June 2020, up
3.8 percent from 1,071,932 units shipped in June 2019. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 5.3
percent, to 754,433 units, up from 716,424 units shipped in June 2019. U.S. shipments of air-source heat
pumps increased 0.9 percent, to 358,616 units, up from 355,508 units shipped in June 2019.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 4.4
percent, to 4,475,871 units, down from 4,681,655 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date
shipments of central air conditioners decreased 4.1 percent, to 2,856,097 units, down from 2,978,788 units
shipped during the same period in 2019. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 4.9
percent, to 1,619,774, down from 1,702,867 units shipped during the same period in 2019.
NOTE: A shipment is defined as when a unit transfers ownership; a consignment is not a transfer of ownership. Industry data is aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies that participate in the statistics program and can be subject to revision. Published year-to-date data is inclusive of all revisions. No other AHRI data (e.g., by state or region) is available to the general public other than that published. AHRI does not conduct any market forecasting and is not qualified to discuss market trends. For previous monthly shipment releases and historical data, please see http://www.ahrinet.org/statistics.
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