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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2020 Monthly Wholesale New Unit Reports
RVIA’s manufacturers survey reported the best December shipment numbers on record.
Total RV shipments finished the year with 430,412 units, up 6 percent since 2019 and representing the survey’s fourth-best annual shipment total, just 288 units behind 2016’s 430,700 total.
December RV shipments totaled 40,382 units, up 46.8 percent from 2019’s 27,516 mark.
To see the December 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
The RVIA’s November 2020 manufacturers survey found that total RV shipments finished the month with 42,513 units, an increase of 43.4 percent from the 29,644 units shipped in November 2019.
The 42,513 total is the highest shipment total in month of November.
To see the November 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
RVIA’s October 2020 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments finished the month with 47,326 units, an increase of 21.4 percent from the 38,972 units shipped in October 2019.
This represents the second-highest October on record. It is the highest monthly shipment level since April 2018.
To see the October wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
The RVIA’s survey of manufacturers reported the second-highest RV shipment numbers since October 2018.
A total of 41,509 wholesale units were shipped this September, an increase of 31.2 percent from the 31,639 units in September 2019.
To see the September wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
RVIA’s August 2020 RV manufacturers survey indicates total RV shipments ended the month up by 17.3 percent, with 39,489 units in 2020 compared with 33,674 units shipped in August 2019.
For the year, shipments stand at 258,591 units.
To see the August 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
The RV Industry Association’s monthly survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 43,035 units, an increase of 53.5% from the 28,044 units shipped in July 2019.
To see the July 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
RV wholesale shipments tracked by the RV Industry Association posted their best month in 2020 and the highest monthly total since October 2018.
Deliveries to retailers reached 40,462 units in June, a 10.8% rise over the June 2019 total of 36,525 units.
To see the June 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
May was the first month back for the RV industry following the large-scale shutdowns to combat the COVID-19 pandemic with some manufacturers opening in early May, some not until later in the month, and none opening at full capacity.
By month’s end, wholesale shipment totaled 27,999 units, down (-29.7%) from the 39,838 units shipped in May 2019, according to the RV Industry Association’s survey of manufacturers.
To see the May 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
As expected, due to nationwide retail and manufacturing shutdowns during the month related to the COVID-19 pandemic response, the RV Industry Association’s April 2020 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments were reduced significantly, ending the month with 7,197 units.
To see the April 2020 wholesale shipment report by RV category, click here.
The RV Industry Association’s March 2020 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 30,288 units, a decrease of (-20.3%) from the 38,015 units shipped in March 2019.
To see the March 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
RVIA’s February 2020 survey of manufacturers found that RV shipments ended the month with 37,113 units, a 1.9 percent increase from the 36,421 units shipped last February.
Through February, RV shipments have reached 70,116 units, up 13.2 percent from the 61,961 units shipped last year.
To see the February 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
RVIA’s January 2020 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 33,003 units, an increase of 29.2 percent from the 25,540 units shipped last January.
To see the January 2020 wholesale shipment report broken down by RV category, click here.
