Current Lighting Solutions

What Current Lighting Solutions does

Current Lighting Solutions LLC is a privately held Houston, Texas-based lighting manufacturer founded in 2015, operating with a 1-10 employee footprint. The company designs and supplies specification-grade LED fixtures and luminaires, with its current product focus centered on the Evolve Roadway line for municipal street and roadway lighting applications. Historically, the company also offered the Arize horticulture lighting line, which was divested to Acuity Brands Inc. in November 2023, signaling a strategic refocus on the municipal and utility segment.

Current Lighting Solutions positions its technology around LED fixtures integrated with IoT and smart-city control layers rather than proprietary management systems. The September 2025 joint marketing agreement with Itron, Inc. is the company's most significant commercial move: it integrates Itron's CityEdge management and control platform with Current's LED fixtures, enabling municipalities and utilities to dynamically adjust lighting, reduce light pollution, and achieve energy savings while extending the platform to additional sensors for air quality, traffic, and weather monitoring.

The company's go-to-market targets municipalities, utilities, and design professionals engaged in specification of public lighting infrastructure, primarily across North America. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and revenue mechanics are not detailed in the available data. The Itron partnership functions as both a technology integration and a distribution channel, giving the small firm access to Itron's installed base of utility customers without building an equivalent direct sales force.

Name

Current Lighting Solutions

Legal name

Current Lighting Solutions LLC

Website

https://currentls.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial and Municipal LED Lighting

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (33513)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Outdoor & Area Lighting (Street, Roadway, Parking, Flood, Sports/Architectural exterior) (IMAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lighting Controls & Smart Lighting Systems (BPABAGAC), Street Lighting & Area Lighting Electrical Infrastructure (IMAFAHAJ)

Keywords

• LED lighting fixtures
• Smart street lighting
• Municipal roadway lighting
• IoT lighting controls
• Specification-grade luminaires

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Current Lighting Solutions designs, supplies, and supports specification-grade LED lighting fixtures and luminaires primarily for municipal street and roadway applications under its Evolve Roadway product line. Its fixtures are built for energy efficiency, dynamic lighting adjustment, and interoperability with third-party smart city management platforms, including Itron's CityEdge, enabling remote performance optimization and integration with additional sensors. The company sells to design professionals, cities, and utilities across North America.

Product overview

Current Lighting Solutions is a lighting manufacturer specializing in LED fixtures and smart lighting solutions. Based on available source data, the company's product portfolio historically included the Arize line of horticulture lighting products (subsequently acquired by Acuity Brands in November 2023) and LED fixtures for municipal street lighting applications. Specific current product offerings are not detailed in the available source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Evolve Roadway Product Line Specification-grade LED fixtures and luminaires designed for municipal street and roadway lighting, featuring dynamic lighting adjustment, energy savings, and integration with Itron's CityEdge management and control technologies for cities and utilities.
• Smart Street Lighting Solutions Integrated LED fixture and control offering for municipal smart lighting applications, combining Current's LED luminaires with Itron's CityEdge management platform to enable dynamic lighting levels, energy optimization, light pollution reduction, and integration with additional sensors for air quality, traffic, and weather monitoring.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ItroncoreTechnology or Integration · 22 September 2025Itron partnered with Current Lighting Solutions to deliver combined smart lighting solutions for municipal applications. The partnership integrates Itron's CityEdge management and control technologies with Current's LED fixtures and luminaires. The collaboration enables cities and utilities to optimize streetlight performance, dynamically adjust lighting levels, reduce light pollution, and achieve energy savings. Itron's platform also supports integration with additional sensors for air quality, traffic, and weather monitoring.
• ItroncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerJoint marketing agreement between Itron and Current Lighting Solutions to deliver a combined smart street lighting solution for cities and utilities. Integrates Itron's CityEdge management and control technologies with Current's LED fixtures including the Evolve Roadway product line. Enables municipalities to optimize streetlight performance through dynamic lighting adjustments while maintaining energy savings.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Telensa: Smart street-lighting specialist offering wireless controls and city-management software. Comparable because it competes for the same smart-city sensor-and-control RFPs, though it focuses on controls rather than fixtures.
• TVILIGHT: European-headquartered smart street-lighting controls vendor pursuing North American municipal customers. Adjacent peer competing on the smart-controls layer that complements or competes with Current's integration approach.

Broad incumbents

• Acuity Brands: Major US commercial and outdoor lighting manufacturer with DTL controls and the Autani lighting-controls platform. Direct competitor in street/roadway lighting and acquirer of Current's former Arize horticulture line.
• Eaton (Cooper Lighting Solutions): Cooper Lighting's outdoor and roadway LED fixtures compete head-to-head with Current's Evolve line, and Eaton's WaveLinx controls platform mirrors the smart-lighting integration story.
• Signify: Global lighting leader (formerly Philips Lighting) with a broad portfolio of LED street and roadway luminaires plus the Interact connected-lighting platform. Direct competitor in municipal smart-lighting bids.

Others

• Itron: Smart-infrastructure and smart-city platform vendor behind CityEdge, and Current's core technology and GTM partner. Comparable because it shapes the buyer relationship for smart street lighting even where it does not sell luminaires.

Direct peers

• GE Current, a Daintree company: Specializes in LED lighting and smart controls for commercial, industrial, and municipal markets under the GE Current brand. Closest name-adjacent peer and direct competitor in smart street lighting.
• Cree Lighting: LED lighting manufacturer with a strong roadway and area-lighting portfolio. Competes directly for municipal and commercial outdoor-lighting bids with comparable energy-efficiency messaging.
• Hubbell Lighting: US manufacturer of commercial, industrial, and outdoor LED luminaires including roadway and area lighting. Direct competitor in the same municipal street-lighting RFPs Current pursues.
• Leotek Electronics USA: Specialist in LED street and area lighting, with significant share in North American municipal deployments. A focused direct competitor to Current's Evolve Roadway line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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