Germans Just Bought 195,000 Heat Pumps in Six Months.What Does That Means？

Germany's heating industry association BDH dropped its first-half numbers this week, and they're worth a look.

From January to June, German households and businesses bought 352,000 heating systems — up 19% compared to last year. Of those, 195,000 were heat pumps, a 40% jump. Heat pumps alone now account for more than half of the entire heating market. If this pace holds, the full-year figure could hit 700,000.

Last year, the German heat pump market went through a rough patch. Subsidy policies changed, installers were hard to find, and a lot of people were waiting to see what would happen. But the first-half data makes one thing clear: the underlying demand never went away.

The reasons aren't hard to figure out. Europe's energy transition isn't reversing. The EU's F-Gas regulations keep tightening. Natural gas prices have come down from the crisis highs, but nobody believes they're going back to where they were. More and more families, when they make a heating decision, treat a heat pump as the default. The only question left is which one to buy.

Walk into any heat pump trade fair in Germany these days, and you'll notice something that wasn't true five years ago. Chinese brands are no longer just the cheap option.

Take AMITIME's EcoSTAR Pro. SCOP of 5.62. A+++ energy rating. Water outlet temperature of 75°C. It operates reliably at minus 25°C. Noise level? 36 decibels — quieter than a library. These specs hold up against any European brand on the market.

AMITIME launched the world's first residential R290 heat pump series back in 2021, years before the EU regulations made it mandatory. While other brands are still scrambling to figure out their refrigerant transition, AMITIME has already been through that cycle.

The German market is the benchmark for heat pump technology worldwide. If you can compete there, you can compete anywhere. AMITIME exports to over 80 countries, works with more than 2,000 partners, has a representative office in Spain and a factory in Turkey — right on Europe's doorstep.

195,000 heat pumps, 40% growth. Behind those numbers are 195,000 families making a choice. They chose heat pumps. And the competition among heat pump brands? It's just getting started.