LED A-line lamps surged 226.7% during 4Q15 on a year-over-year basis. Meanwhile, halogen A-line lamps posted a year-over-year increase of 8.7%, and incandescent A-line lamps increased by 7.8 % while compact fluorescents lamps (CFL) dropped 56%. Compared to 3Q15, LED shipments rose 18.4 percent, halogen A-lines increased 0.8%, and CFL shipments saw a quarter-to-quarter increase of 6.5%. In contrast, incandescent A-line lamp shipments decreased 16.7% on a quarter-over-quarter basis.
Halogen A-line lamps accounted for almost half of all consumer lamp shipments in 4Q15, at 49.7%, followed by CFLs with a share of 23.4% and incandescent A-lines at 7.8%. LED A-line lamps increased their sales share by three percentage points between (time period) and the end of 2015, and now comprise 17.1% of the consumer lamp market.
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NEMA statistics for LED A-line lamp shipments from 3Q15 to 4Q15.(Photo courtesy of NEMA) |