LED A-line lamps posted another strong showing in 2015Q3, surging 237.2% during the quarter on a year-over-year basis. Halogen A-line lamps posted a year-over-year increase of 33.0%. In contrast, incandescent A-line lamps decreased by 31.5% while compact fluorescents lamps (CFL) dropped 28.0 percent. Compared to 2015Q2, LED shipments rose 17.2%, while halogen A-lines increased 4.6%. CFL shipments saw a quarter-to-quarter decrease of 16.3% and incandescent A-line lamp shipments decreased 16.5%.

Top : LED A-line lamps sales double in 2015. Bottom: LED A-Line market penetration rate has increased from 2014 to 2015. (All photos courtesy of NEMA)

As of 2015Q3, halogen A-line lamps accounted for almost half of all consumer lamp shipments at 48.6%, followed by CFLs with a share of 27.3% and incandescent A-lines at 9.0%. LED A-line lamps increased their sales share by two percentage points to 15.1% of the consumer lamp market.

NEMA's Lighting Systems Shipment index shows mixed results this quarter for lighting components.

NEMA's Lighting Systems Shipments Index, a measure of demand for lighting equipment, increased by 4.8% year-over-year (YoY) and by 4.4% quarter-to-quarter during 2015Q3. The increase was driven by the fixtures component of the index, which gained ground on a year-over-year basis, while the emergency lighting, ballast and lamp–large and miniature–components recorded offsetting year-over-year declines.