How old is my York?

1. Find the rating label. Where to look on each kind of appliance.
2. Take a photo of the whole label, or note the model and serial numbers.
3. Use the lookup below. It is free, and no account is needed. A date is shown only when the available evidence supports it.

York serial numbers depend on the equipment family

York HVAC identification and format differences · Sources checked October 12, 2026

Use the complete equipment rating plate when checking a York furnace, air conditioner or heat pump. A commercial unit’s serial layout is not necessarily the layout of a residential furnace.

For example, a Johnson Controls VITALITY manual documents a commercial code containing a plant identifier, a decade digit, a month letter and a year digit. This is evidence that a universal “first two digits equal year” shortcut is unsuitable across product families.

This commercial illustration is not a residential York decoding rule and is not a promise that our lookup supports this format. If the lookup cannot establish a date, ask the dealer with the full model and serial.

• Johnson Controls VITALITY manual: serial-number plate and code
• York official product and dealer support

York appliances

How to find the age, the serial number, typical life and parts for each:

• York furnace15–25 yrs
• York air conditioner12–17 yrs
• York heat pump10–15 yrs

York's residential range includes furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, coils and packaged units, and the brand also makes rooftop units and other commercial equipment.

York is a heating and cooling brand that began in York, Pennsylvania in 1874 and spent two decades under Johnson Controls. Its North American residential and light commercial business, including furnaces, air conditioners and heat pumps, now belongs to Bosch, which uses the York name under a licence from Johnson Controls.

Owned by

Bosch (Bosch Home Comfort Group), which bought the business from Johnson Controls in 2025

Headquarters

Dallas, Texas, USA (JC Residential and Light Commercial LLC); Bosch Group is based in Germany

Founded

1874

Product lines

Affinity

Sister brands: Coleman, Luxaire, Champion, Hitachi, Bosch, Buderus.

• 1874: The company behind the York brand started in York, Pennsylvania.
• 1981: York bought Luxaire.
• 2005: Johnson Controls acquired York International for about US$3.2 billion.
• 2015: Johnson Controls and Hitachi formed a joint venture for residential and light commercial air conditioning.
• 2025: On August 1 Johnson Controls completed the sale of its residential and light commercial HVAC business, including York's ducted lines, to Bosch.

Every York check is compared with Health Canada, U.S. CPSC and U.S. NHTSA recall notices.