Facts + Figures: AHRI Shipment Data for March 2024

Warm Air Furnaces U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for March 2024 decreased 7.4%, to 248,582 units, down from 268,309 units shipped in March 2023. Oil warm air furnace shipments increased 80.6%, to 1,826 units in March 2024, up from 1,011 units shipped in March 2023.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces decreased 10.2%, to 679,629 units, compared with 756,609 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces increased 34.5%, to 6,890 units, compared with 5,124 units shipped during the same period in 2023.
Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 838,626 units in March 2024, down 4.5% from 877,912 units shipped in March 2023. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 5.2%, to 470,653 units, down from 496,539 units shipped in March 2023. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 3.5%, to 367,973 units, down from 381,373 shipped in March 2023.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 7.6%, to 1,975,509, down from 2,136,924 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 6.4%, to 1,091,585 units, down from 1,166,808 units shipped during the same period in 2023. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 8.9%, to 883,924, down from 970,116 units shipped during the same period in 2023.
SOURCE: Information contained in these graphs is courtesy of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.
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