NOTE: A shipment is defined as when a unit transfers ownership; a consignment is not a transfer of ownership. Industry data are aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies that participate in the statistics program and could 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 general public other than that published. AHRI does not conduct any market forecasting and is not qualified to discuss market trends. For previous monthly shipment releases and historical data, please see www.ahrinet.org/statistics.
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for July 2018 increased .8%, to 313,782 units, up from 311,242 units shipped in July 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 8% in July 2018 to 317,692 units, up from 294,070 units shipped in July 2017.