US distributor sales increase in February

USA: Sales by US HVACR distributors bounced back in February increasing by 4.6%.

The latest figures compiled by the distributors association, HARDI, indicate an annual sales increase of 2.4% for the past 12 months.

Although welcoming the increase after the 5.9% decrease in January, HARDI macroeconomic and residential market analyst Brian Loftus said: “January and February have not been good indicators of the year ahead because they are low volume, seasonally insignificant months of the year.”

The days sales outstanding figure for February was near 38 days like last February 2025. “The modest annual sales growth may be a concern, but customer’s paying their bills without delay indicate the market challenges are contained.”