Monthly Wholesale RV Unit Shipments to Dealerships
The RV Industry Association (RVIA) compiles and tracks how many new RV units each RV manufacturer makes and ships to RV dealers on a monthly basis. The wholesale shipment report breaks down RV vehicles by unit category in aggregate to avoid any RV manufacturer’s specific production numbers being released.
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2024 Monthly Wholesale New Unit Reports
RV wholesale shipments’ upward trend continued in March. RVIA’s March 2024 survey of manufacturers found RV wholesale shipments totaled 32,243, increasing 1.2% compared with the 31,869 units shipped in March 2023.
RV wholesale shipments are up 9.3% in the first three months of 2024, totaling 85,941 shipments, compared with the first three months of 2023.
March marked the fifth consecutive month shipments increased year-over-year.
RVIA President and CEO Craig Kirby said, “Our cautious optimism for the year continues as RV shipments are up over 9% through the first quarter of 2024. The strong desire to get out and RV continues with our latest survey data.”
Towable RVs, led by conventional travel trailers, totaled 29,018 shipments in March, up 5.9% compared with March 2023.
Motorhomes finished the month with 3,225 shipments, down 27.8% compared with March 2023.
To see the March 2024 wholesale shipment report broken down, click here.
RV shipments increased by 17.8% in February 2024 compared with February 2023.
RVIA’s February 2024 survey of manufacturers reported 31,024 RV shipments, compared with 26,326 in February 2023. The result marked the fourth consecutive month in which RV wholesale shipments were greater than the same month a year earlier.
RVIA President and CEO Craig Kirby said, “RV shipments continue to make a moderate recovery, putting us on track to meet ITR Economics’ forecast of 350,000 shipments for 2024.”
Towable RVs, led by conventional travel trailers, ended the month up 24.4% compared with February 2024 at 26,984 shipments. Motorhomes finished the month down 12.5% compared with the same month last year with 4,040 shipments.
To date, RV wholesale shipments are up 14.9% compared with the same time a year ago, with 53,698 shipments through February.
According to Kirby, 26 million Americans have RV plans this spring.
To see the February 2024 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
For the third month in a row, RV shipments continued to increase compared with the same month a year before.
Wholesale RV shipments rose by 11.1% in January 2024 compared with January 2023. RVIA’s survey of manufacturers reported 22,674 wholesale RV shipments in January compared with 20,405 shipments in January 2023.
Towable shipments increased by 21.1% in January compared with January 2023. RVIA reported 19,523 shipments in January compared with 16,117 in the same month of 2023. Motorhome shipments decreased by 26.5% in January with 3,151 RV shipments compared with 4,288 shipments in January 2023.
To see the January 2024 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
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