2026 heat-pump standards in Sweden: what EPREL shows about brands, prices and efficiency

Sweden’s EPREL heat-pump market in one glance

Sweden sits in the colder European climate group, with 4,242.38 annual heating degree days at 18°C, household electricity at €0.2711/kWh and gas at €0.2092/kWh, while grid intensity is just 14 gCO₂/kWh (country_compare / Eurostat · NASA POWER · EEA · Househeating Pulse subsidy register). That backdrop helps explain why a Sweden-focused read of the live EPREL catalog looks strongly heat-pump oriented rather than transitional.

Across the Sweden-relevant EPREL shopping universe captured here, there are 60,989 listed heat-pump models from 777 manufacturers (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API). The market-wide average SCOP is 4.55, average declared capacity is 9.3 kW and average outdoor sound power is 61.3 dB (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API). On energy classes, A+++ accounts for 23,466 listings, or 38.48% of all models, A++ for 8,924 or 14.63%, A+ for 16,845 or 27.62%, and plain A for 6,228 or 10.21% (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API).

That means 80.73% of listed models sit in A+ or better, and 53.12% are in A++ or A+++ (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API). By volume, this is already an efficiency-led market.

The type mix is even more revealing. Air-water units account for 30,452 models, or 49.93% of listings; air-air accounts for 21,065, or 34.54%; heat-pump water heaters 9,228, or 15.13%; ground-water 213, or 0.35%; and water-water 31, or 0.05% (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API). So the Swedish shopping universe is dominated by air-water models and air-air models, with source-water and ground-source products present but numerically marginal.

For readers tracking the broader market, the latest market index and the editorial methodology explain how these EPREL-based aggregations are assembled.

Which brands dominate Swedish listings

Brand concentration is high at the top. The largest manufacturer in the Sweden-relevant listing set is Daikin Europe N.V. with 14,668 models, equal to 24.05% of all listings, at an average SCOP of 4.44 (brand_share / EPREL Public API · brand-share aggregation). The next two are Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. with 5,575 models and 9.14% share at 4.51 average SCOP, and JOHNSON CONTROLS HITACHI AIR CONDITIONING EUROPE SAS, SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA with 5,207 models and 8.54% share at 4.18 average SCOP (brand_share / EPREL Public API · brand-share aggregation).

Here are the top 10 brands by model count.

(brand_share / EPREL Public API · brand-share aggregation)

The top three brands alone account for 41.73% of listings, and the top 10 account for 60.88% (brand_share / EPREL Public API · brand-share aggregation). That is the first sign that price premiums in Sweden are unlikely to be explained by efficiency alone: a few very large suppliers shape the visible catalog.

Readers comparing manufacturers can use the full brand index or jump into the leaderboards hub for ranking views.

Type mix: where the efficiency and noise trade-offs sit

Among types with reported SCOP values, water-water models are the clear efficiency leaders at an average SCOP of 6.15, but they are also the largest on average at 35.65 kW and the quietest at 42.0 dB outdoor sound power, based on just 31 models (type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation). Ground-water models average 4.77 SCOP, 18.45 kW and 58.8 dB across 213 models (type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation). Air-water models average 4.54 SCOP, 11.83 kW and 59.8 dB across 30,452 models (type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation).

For air-air models, EPREL gives an average capacity of 5.41 kW and average outdoor noise of 64.1 dB across 21,065 models, but this dataset does not provide an aggregate SCOP value for that type (type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation). The same applies to heat-pump water heaters: 9,228 models are listed, but the registry does not record a comparable average SCOP, capacity or outdoor noise figure in this aggregation (type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation).

A compact summary:

(type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation)

So the most efficient type in the dataset is water-water at 6.15 SCOP, while the most compact is air-air at 5.41 kW average capacity (type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation). The noise trade-off is straightforward: air-air is the noisiest mainstream type at 64.1 dB, versus 59.8 dB for air-water and 58.8 dB for ground-water (type_efficiency / EPREL Public API · type aggregation). Readers focused on acoustics can cross-check the quietest heat-pump leaderboard.

Refrigerants: what Sweden’s market is actually using

Declared refrigerant usage is concentrated even more tightly than brand share. R32 appears on 13,935 listings, making it by far the most common declared refrigerant; R410A appears on 1,896 listings; R290 on 537; and R410a on 49, with small coding variants such as R410 on 10 and R134A on 2 (refrigerant_universe / IPCC AR6 GWP table; EU Reg. 2024/573 phase-out schedule; EPREL declared codes).

Using the declared usage totals in this dataset, R32 represents 84.77% of declared refrigerant-coded listings, R410A 11.53%, R290 3.27%, and R410a 0.30% (refrigerant_universe / IPCC AR6 GWP table; EU Reg. 2024/573 phase-out schedule; EPREL declared codes). Natural refrigerants account for 3.27% of the full market snapshot, which aligns with the R290-dominated natural share in practice (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API).

The main Swedish-relevant refrigerants in EPREL are:

(refrigerant_universe / IPCC AR6 GWP table; EU Reg. 2024/573 phase-out schedule; EPREL declared codes)

Two points matter for Sweden. First, the catalog is still overwhelmingly HFC-based by count, especially R32 units, despite the policy pressure visible in EU Regulation 2024/573. Second, natural refrigerants remain a small minority in this dataset, not a dominant Swedish mainstream. For background on chemistry, safety classes and policy timing, the site’s refrigerants reference is the relevant cross-check.

Prices at the top end: how much extra efficiency costs

The research corpus supplied here does not include price fields for individual models. So the registry does not record which Swedish-market model is cheapest or most expensive within the same type, and it does not allow a numeric price spread for the top 15 by efficiency.

What can be said numerically is how the highest-SCOP models cluster. The top 15 models by SCOP run from 6.88 to 7.00 (top_models / EPREL Public API via Househeating Pulse catalog). All 15 are A+++ for heating, so 100% of the top-15 group sits in the highest recorded efficiency class (top_models / EPREL Public API via Househeating Pulse catalog). By type, 11 of the 15 are air-water, or 73.33%, and 4 are water-water, or 26.67% (top_models / EPREL Public API via Househeating Pulse catalog). None of the top 15 carries a declared refrigerant in this extract, so the corpus cannot show whether the very highest-SCOP models cluster around R290, R32 or another refrigerant (top_models / EPREL Public API via Househeating Pulse catalog).

The named leaders include Risch Kälte- und Klimatechnik GmbH OH I 4esr TWW W/W at SCOP 7.00, Hoval Aktiengesellschaft 42 -Thermalia® twin (26) GW at 6.97, Waterkotte GmbH CTC EcoTouch 525 (water/water) at 6.97, Waterkotte GmbH EcoTouch DS 5034.5 T (water/water) at 6.97, Master Therm tepelná čerpadla s.r.o. AQ30I-0WW at 6.97, and ProCalor B.V. ProGH10-32DC at 6.95 (top_models / EPREL Public API via Househeating Pulse catalog). The full top SCOP leaderboard and air-water SCOP leaderboard provide the broader ranking context.

Compared with the full market average SCOP of 4.55, the best model at 7.00 is higher by 2.45 points, or 53.85%; the 15th-ranked model at 6.88 is higher by 2.33 points, or 51.21% (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API; top_models / EPREL Public API via Househeating Pulse catalog). That is a substantial performance gap, but the corpus does not allow it to be converted into a numeric price premium.

Sweden versus Europe: how unusual is this market?

On climate and energy context, Sweden is distinctly northern rather than average. Annual heating degree days at 4,242.38 are above Austria at 3,309.19, Belgium at 2,934.26, Czechia at 3,539.76 and close to other colder-country profiles in the country comparison dashboard (country_compare / Eurostat · NASA POWER · EEA · Househeating Pulse subsidy register).

On the heat-pump side, however, the supplied corpus does not contain a separate Sweden-only EPREL extract alongside an EU aggregate. It provides a single Europe-wide market snapshot and country context indicators, but not Sweden-specific average SCOP, Sweden-specific A+++ prevalence, or Sweden-specific brand concentration as a separate denominator. So a strict Sweden-versus-EU numerical comparison on average SCOP, top-brand concentration and high-efficiency class prevalence cannot be made from this corpus alone.

What can be stated is that the Europe-wide catalog snapshot itself already looks mature and efficiency-heavy: 38.48% of models are A+++ and 53.12% are A++ or A+++ (market_index_snapshot / Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API). The catalog is also highly concentrated at the top, with the leading brand alone holding 24.05% of listings and the top three 41.73% (brand_share / EPREL Public API · brand-share aggregation). And it is still dominated by R32, which accounts for 84.77% of declared refrigerant-coded listings, while R290 sits at 3.27% (refrigerant_universe / IPCC AR6 GWP table; EU Reg. 2024/573 phase-out schedule; EPREL declared codes).

That supports the central Swedish reading of the data. The market visible to buyers is efficient, but the premium end is not simply “more SCOP equals more cost”. The EPREL evidence points to a layered structure in which type concentration, brand concentration and refrigerant mix all shape the shortlist before price is even observable in the registry. For Sweden, where climate severity is high and the electricity-gas ratio strongly favors electrified heating, that makes the visible product mix at least as important as the headline efficiency number (country_compare / Eurostat · NASA POWER · EEA · Househeating Pulse subsidy register).

Sources

• Househeating Pulse · Market Index v1, computed from EPREL Public API — snapshot 2026-06-04
• EPREL Public API · type aggregation — snapshot 2026-06-04
• EPREL Public API · brand-share aggregation — snapshot 2026-06-04
• IPCC AR6 GWP table; EU Reg. 2024/573 phase-out schedule; EPREL declared codes — snapshot 2026-06-04
• EPREL Public API via Househeating Pulse catalog — snapshot 2026-06-04
• Eurostat · NASA POWER · EEA · Househeating Pulse subsidy register — snapshot 2026-06-04

Continue reading

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• HVAC glossary — Definitions for SCOP, sound power, refrigerants and energy classes.