AHRI Releases March 2022 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

13 May 2022
 
Residential Storage Water Heaters
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for March 2022 decreased 1.7 percent, to 459,595 units, down from 467,569 units shipped in March 2021. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 8.4 percent in March 2022 to 486,035 units, up from 448,424 units shipped in March 2021.
 


Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters decreased 2.5 percent, to 1,198,888 compared to 1,229,414 shipped during that same period in 2021. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 7.3 percent year-to-date, to 1,289,452 units, compared to 1,201,540 shipped during the same period in 2021.


 
Commercial Storage Water Heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments increased 3.7 percent in March 2022, to 9,906 units, up from 9,553 units shipped in March 2021. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 21.9 percent in March 2022, to 11,195 units, down from 14,338 units shipped in March 2021.
 


Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased 8.7 percent, to 21,351 units, compared with 23,380 units shipped during the same period in 2021. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 32.2 percent, to 24,983 units, down from 36,859 units shipped during the same period in 2021.
 


Warm Air Furnaces
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for March 2022 decreased 3.0 percent, to 361,910 units, down from 372,985 units shipped in March 2021. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 28.9 percent, to 2,290 units in March 2022, down from 3,222 units shipped in March 2021.
 


Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces decreased 6.5 percent, to 964,540 units, compared with 1,031,736 units shipped during the same period in 2021. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces decreased 14.4 percent, to 8,029 units, compared with 9,382 units shipped during the same period in 2021.
 


Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 945,983 units in March 2022, up 2.3 percent from 925,031 units shipped in March 2021. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 1.1 percent, to 583,253 units, up from 576,646 units shipped in March 2021. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 4.1 percent, to 362,730 units, up from 348,385 units shipped in March 2021.
 

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 8.2 percent, to 2,434,073 units, up from 2,248,729 units shipped during the same period in 2021. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 6.7 percent, to 1,439,381 units, up from 1,348,522 units shipped during the same period in 2021. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 10.5 percent, to 994,692, up from 900,207 units shipped during the same period in 2021.
 


U.S. Manufacturers’ Shipments of Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
 


Notes and FAQs
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 public other than that published. AHRI does not conduct any market forecasting and is not qualified to discuss market trends. BTUHs of 64.9 and below are for residential units; 65.0 and above for commercial. For previous monthly shipment releases and historical data, please see http://www.ahrinet.org/statistics.