ShareUnited States: December 2024 heating and cooling equipment shipment data
AHRI provides monthly data on heating and cooling equipment shipped by US manufacturers in the US market. The data provided covers the two months prior to the month of release. Therefore, data for December 2024 was released in February 2025.
The Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) provides monthly data on the volume of heating and cooling equipment shipped by US manufacturers into the US market. Their latest shipment data report covered the month of December 2024, with year-to-date comparisons with December 2023.
According to AHRI, US shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totalled 519,326 units in December 2024, up 19.2% from the 435,589 units shipped in December 2023.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps are up 11.8% over the number of units shipped in the same period in 2023. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased by 10.3%, while those of heat pumps increased by 14.0%.
The AHRI statistics team defines a shipment 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. AHRI’s 300+ member companies account for more than 90% of the residential and commercial air conditioning, space heating, water heating, and commercial refrigeration equipment manufactured and sold in North America.
AHRI monthly shipment reports can be downloaded here.
Source
AHRI Monthly Shipments. December 2024. https://www.ahrinet.org/analytics/statistics/monthly-shipments