Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 828,513 units in
March 2018, up 6.1 percent from 780,712 units shipped in March 2017. U.S. shipments of air
conditioners increased 2 percent, to 528,041 units, up from 517,518 units shipped in March
2017. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 14.2 percent, to 300,472 units, up
from 263,194 units shipped in March 2017.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps
increased 6.7 percent, to 1,827,120, up from 1,711,938 units shipped in March 2017. Year-todate
shipments of central air conditioners increased 1.9 percent, to 1,102,420 units, up from
1,081,918 units shipped during the same period in 2017. The year-to-date total for heat pump
shipments increased 15 percent, to 724,700, up from 630,020 units shipped during the same
period in 2017.