U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for March 2017 increased 12.5 percent to 423,787 units, up from 376,766 units shipped in March 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 17.2 percent in March 2017 to 401,754 units, up from 342,669 units shipped in March 2016.
For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 6.7 percent to 1,156,644, compared to 1,083,761 shipped during that same period in 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 9.9 percent year-to-date to 1,097,558 units, compared to 998,372 shipped during the same period in 2016.