AHRI Releases May 2023 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

July 14, 2023
 
Residential Storage Water Heaters
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for May 2023 increased 10.9 percent, to 376,654 units, up from 339,620 units shipped in May 2022. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 9.2 percent in May 2023 to 419,716 units, up from 384,295 units shipped in May 2022.
 


Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters decreased 1.6 percent, to 1,878,971 compared to 1,909,076 shipped during that same period in 2022. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 0.4 percent year-to-date, to 2,084,248 units, compared to 2,093,059 shipped during the same period in 2022.
 


Commercial Storage Water Heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments increased 2.1 percent in May 2023, to 7,210 units, up from 7,060 units shipped in May 2022. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 15.8 percent in May 2023, to 11,309 units, up from 9,762 units shipped in May 2022.
 


Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 8.5 percent, to 38,328 units, compared with 35,322 units shipped during the same period in 2022. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 35.0 percent, to 61,464 units, up from 45,525 units shipped during the same period in 2022.


 
Warm Air Furnaces
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for May 2023 decreased 23.1 percent, to 248,584 units, down from 323,171 units shipped in May 2022. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 55.1 percent, to 893 units in May 2023, down from 1,988 units shipped in May 2022.
 


Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces decreased 22.0 percent, to 1,254,908 units, compared with 1,608,687 units shipped during the same period in 2022. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces decreased 41.0 percent, to 6,859 units, compared with 11,629 units shipped during the same period in 2022.
 


Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 908,050 units in May 2023, down 11.3 percent from 1,023,666 units shipped in May 2022. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 15.2 percent, to 527,908 units, down from 622,397 units shipped in May 2022. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 5.3 percent, to 380,142 units, down from 401,269 units shipped in May 2022.
 


Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 14.6 percent, to 3,757,023 units, down from 4,398,201 units shipped during the same period in 2022. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 20.4 percent, to 2,113,691 units, down from 2,654,667 units shipped during the same period in 2022. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 5.7 percent, to 1,643,332, down from 1,743,534 units shipped during the same period in 2022.
 


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.