5.8.5.3Vertical

LED & Commercial Lighting Manufacturing

OEMs producing commercial, industrial, and residential LED lighting fixtures, luminaires, controls, and smart lighting systems.

Market snapshot

These figures describe Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (5.8.5), the segment that LED & Commercial Lighting Manufacturing sits within. They are not figures for LED & Commercial Lighting Manufacturing on its own.

Market size
~$94B
Growth
~6.3%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
Companies
~2,606 firms
Firms by employee count

57.7% of firms have fewer than 20 employees: 1,504 micro-businesses, below most mandates.

The investable universe1,102 firms with 20+ employees
20–99
60054%
100–499
22120%
500+
28125%

Strong growth on grid investment: transformers, switchgear and industrial controls have been in shortage since 2021 as utilities, data centers and electrification all drew on the same constrained capacity. Lead times remain extended, which is unusual pricing power for a manufacturing segment and worth testing for durability before capitalizing it.

NAICS 335131, 335132, 335139, 335311, 335312, 335314, 335929, 335931, 335932, 335999. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Statistics of U.S. Businesses; U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census.

Business model & economics

Revenue model

Electrical-equipment sales plus aftermarket and service

Key economics

Revenue per firm
$36,220,803
Revenue per employee
$438,877
Employees per firm
67.6
Recurring revenue
Moderate

recurring replacement and service

EBITDA margin
Healthy

grid/electrification-driven

Capex intensity
Moderate

Characteristics

  • Scale-driven: payroll is only 16% of revenue, so the cost base is assets, not headcount
  • Deep strategic-buyer pool: 281 firms exceed 500 employees, so a scaled asset has trade buyers
  • Consolidated around Eaton, ABB, Schneider, Siemens.
  • Grid investment, electrification, and data-center power.
  • Energy storage and renewable integration tailwinds.

NAICS 335131, 335132, 335139, 335311, 335312, 335314, 335929, 335931, 335932, 335999. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Statistics of U.S. Businesses; U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census.

Geographic concentration

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaHawaiiIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode IslandConnecticutOhioWisconsin

Connecticut leads on a long-standing controls and wiring-device base, with Wisconsin and Ohio carrying the motor, generator and transformer capacity that grid investment is now straining.

ConnecticutWisconsinOhio

U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Statistics of U.S. Businesses (firms by state), NAICS 335131/335132/335139/335311/335312/335314/335929/335931/335932/335999. Concentration shown by location quotient.

M&A deal context

Deal activityHigh

Who’s acquiring

  • Electrical-equipment majors
  • Grid & electrification acquirers
  • PE-backed component platforms

What’s driving deals

  • Grid modernization and electrification demand.
  • Data-center power and energy storage.
  • Component and capacity acquisition.

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