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 September 2018 decreased 12.8%, to 328,712 units, down from 377,044 units shipped in September 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 11.3% in September 2018 to 313,632 units, down from 353,426 units shipped in September 2017.