2013 air-conditioning markets of France, Germany, Italy and Spain

BSRIA recently published figures concerning the air-conditioning markets in France, Germany, Spain and Italy in 2013. Among them, the Italian market appears as the largest, with 1,353,632 units and an overall value of USD 1,356.5 million.
BSRIA recently published figures concerning the air-conditioning markets in France, Germany, Spain and Italy in 2013.

Among them, the Italian market appears as the largest, with 1,353,632 units and an overall value of USD 1,356.5 million, followed by Spain (617, 297 units, worth USD 756.9 million); France (554,202 units, USD 932.6 million) and Germany (319,684 units, USD 1,176.2 million).

Standards Split systems are the most used (at 72% in Spain, 64% in Italy, 52% in France and 27% in Germany).
Italy, France and Germany also show a preference for fan-coil units (respectively 25%; 23%; 24%) while Spain opts for ducted standard splits (11%) over fan coils (8%).

Portables are also favored in the two most “northern” countries among those concerned, i.e. Germany (24%) and France (13%).