Per my usual practice, I downloaded the FAA Aircraft Registration database on 31 December. Here are the sizes of the number of aircraft that are registered as Experimental Amateur-Built. Note this does not include examples that are registered as Light Sport, or have a blank in the column where the type of registration is normally listed.
For each year, the fleet size shown is on the last day OF that year. Final row is the total number of EAB aircraft in the registry for that year.
I added the Carbon Cub to my standard list this year. It includes all variations of CCs... the 1865, the 2000, the CCX, and the CCK.
Type 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020Air Command 54 36 35 31 31 25 19 18 18Aventura 77 71 68 63 65 57 50 49 50Avid 453 359 359 343 352 342 296 289 280Baby/Junior Ace 275 230 228 228 230 225 204 201 199Bede BD-4 134 98 91 93 92 90 78 82 78Bede BD-5 70 49 43 40 41 38 34 35 32Benson Gyro 518 271 218 200 198 158 105 79 64Bowers Fly Baby 244 183 168 167 167 160 140 139 135Carbon Cub (EAB) 21 29 46 64 90 119 177 244 308Challenger 657 584 594 586 593 578 491 480 476Christen Eagle 238 214 207 206 205 204 194 192 192Cozy 164 158 160 164 165 163 151 151 156Glasair 651 601 606 596 603 599 571 571 563GlaStar/Sportsman 358 374 386 396 407 424 410 424 438Harmon Rocket 84 88 85 87 85 85 80 77 75Hatz 109 105 107 110 111 110 112 111 110Kitfox 1027 905 918 936 950 946 875 871 889Kolb (Ex-AB) 296 248 241 236 235 227 205 198 186Lancair (All Models) 850 835 847 855 875 866 824 826 834Lancair IV 246 246 244 259 260 249 236 240 243Midget Mustang 282 241 240 236 238 233 207 205 204Murphy 182 173 171 171 176 174 156 161 159Pietenpol 351 307 313 311 321 319 296 297 289Pitts (EX-AB) 743 639 613 617 625 608 548 543 534Pulsar/KIS 150 130 126 124 125 122 107 108 105Quickie/Q2/Q200 277 168 148 140 143 130 109 103 100Quicksilver EX-AB 296 170 163 156 162 154 134 127 129RAF-2000 Gyro 124 113 114 110 111 90 69 69 69Rand KR-2 314 194 175 167 167 154 132 132 124RANS 684 627 638 659 677 673 636 651 652RANS S-12 161 130 129 128 128 121 107 106 109RANS S-6 216 200 201 208 213 211 204 205 200RANS S-7 178 180 189 202 206 209 202 210 208Rotorway 495 404 392 374 380 350 296 296 287Rutan Long-EZ 482 428 418 416 417 406 379 380 378Rutan Varieze 423 323 297 286 286 272 243 238 231SeaRey 237 231 242 242 249 255 241 238 235Sonerai 287 215 199 194 194 184 156 156 158Sonex 346 383 420 451 484 497 486 510 527Steen Skybolt 284 250 246 247 248 235 215 215 215Stolp 458 404 396 399 402 385 358 349 354Stolp Starduster 404 357 349 351 352 337 310 302 308Thorp T-18 290 261 259 259 262 257 239 238 236Vans 5674 5745 5956 6110 6293 6414 6447 6634 6779Vans RV-3 172 155 154 158 160 152 149 149 149Vans RV-4 987 952 956 955 965 958 921 921 921Vans RV-6 1786 1763 1783 1775 1795 1796 1731 1742 1737Vans RV-7 946 1000 1066 1118 1170 1220 1244 1285 1322Vans RV-8 1012 1038 1082 1123 1161 1198 1215 1252 1278Vans RV-9 484 522 552 588 611 630 638 658 677Vans RV-10 281 304 340 366 394 419 434 459 492Vans RV-12 (EX-AB) 28 36 49 53 63 68 74 75 74Vans RV-14 0 0 0 0 14 38 66 98 134Velocity 245 232 237 235 240 236 222 224 228Volksplane 176 104 95 85 86 76 48 47 48Zenair 841 862 920 965 1013 1028 992 1013 1028Zenair CH-601 344 340 348 353 367 367 339 332 325Zenair CH-701 316 323 326 341 344 340 310 328 333Zenair CH-750 57 86 127 145 171 187 209 229 247Overall 32041 27946 27909 28078 28830 28451 26572 26842 26941
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