United States: February 2025 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 February 2025 was released in April 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 February 2025, with year-to-date comparisons with February 2024.
According to AHRI, US shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totalled 636,302 units in February 2025, down –3.2% from the 657,509 units shipped in February 2024.

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps are up 10.8% over the number of units shipped in the same period in 2024. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased by 11.1%, while those of heat pumps increased by 10.3%.

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. February 2025. https://www.ahrinet.org/analytics/statistics/monthly-shipments