Kurtzon

What Kurtzon does

Kurtzon (legal entity KURTZON Lighting Inc.) is a privately held, family-owned Chicago-based manufacturer of specification-grade LED luminaires engineered for regulated and demanding environments where standard commercial-grade fixtures fail. Its product portfolio is organized around distinct environment-specific series — KL (Cleanroom and Industrial), ML (Medical, including MRI-compatible and surgical troffers), VL and BH (Behavioral Health with ligature-resistant construction), and WL (Wet Location) — and includes troffers, round domes, downlights, surface mounts, high bays, vaportights, and linear fixtures. Technical differentiation is concentrated in narrow-spectrum LED wavelengths (540nm green for surgical environments, 590nm amber, 630/660nm red for vivarium, 475/450nm blue for cleanroom), non-ferrous/non-magnetic construction for MRI suites, RFI filtering to MIL-STD-461G, IP65/IP66/IP67 sealed housings, ligature-resistant IK10-rated door frames, antimicrobial finishes, and tunable-white/circadian-rhythm options. The firm holds an unusually broad certification portfolio (ISO 3-9, NSF, CCEA Chicago Plenum, ETL, BAA/BABA, Bio-Safety Levels 1-4, Class 1 & 2 Division 2 Hazardous Location) and positions itself as a union-made (IBEW134) US manufacturer with a 5-year warranty on drivers/ballasts/LEDs and a 10-year warranty on the remaining fixture components.

Kurtzon sells hardware via a B2B specification-led model: an independent agent network with a published agent map drives project specification, supported by direct sales contact, downloadable spec sheets and IES files, and a spec registration form. Pricing is opaque (contact-for-quote) and the firm offers a 3- and 5-day Quick Ship program plus an ASAP expedited-delivery program on select SKUs. End customers are specifiers, contractors, and facility managers at healthcare facilities (primary), cleanrooms (pharmaceutical, biology, electronics, aerospace), food processing plants, behavioral health institutions, correctional and maximum-security facilities, transit infrastructure, indoor sports venues, darkrooms, and hazardous industrial locations. Revenue is generated solely through hardware sales; no software, services, subscription, or recurring revenue streams are disclosed.

Name

Kurtzon

Legal name

KURTZON Lighting Inc.

Website

https://kurtzon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1875

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kurtzon is a privately held, union-made Chicago manufacturer of specification-grade LED luminaires for healthcare, cleanroom, behavioral health, wet, and hazardous-location environments, selling through an agent network and direct specification-driven B2B sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. LED Lighting Fixtures Sales: Sale of specification-grade LED luminaires including troffers, downlights, round domes, wraps, high bay, vaportight fixtures for demanding environments. Products sold through agent network and direct specification/specification-driven sales process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kurtzon manufactures specification-grade LED lighting fixtures for demanding regulated environments. Its product families include KL Series cleanroom/industrial luminaires (round domes, troffers, downlights), ML Series medical luminaires (including MRI-compatible non-magnetic fixtures and surgical green-light troffers), VL and BH Series ligature-resistant behavioral health fixtures, and WL Series wet location luminaires. Products are sold specification-grade through an agent network and direct sales to contractors, specifiers, and facility managers.

Product overview

Kurtzon is a manufacturer of specification-grade LED lighting fixtures for demanding environments. The product portfolio includes multiple product series organized by application: KL Series (Cleanroom/Industrial luminaires including round domes, troffers, and downlights), ML Series (Medical/Healthcare luminaires including MRI-compatible fixtures and surgical troffers), VL Series (Behavioral Health luminaires with ligature-resistant features), WL Series (Wet Location luminaires), and BH Series (Behavioral Health round domes). Products are available in various form factors including recessed, surface-mounted, and linear configurations, with specialized options for narrow-spectrum lighting (blue, amber, red wavelengths) for applications such as surgical suites, vivariums, and cleanrooms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KL-RDLP-LED Round Dome Recessed Sealed Round Dome luminaire for cleanroom environments, available in 2ft, 3ft, and 4ft sizes with IP65 rating and ISO 5-9 certification. Designed for cleanroom and containment applications.
• KL-S-LED Surface Mount Surface-mounted 1x4, 2x2 and 2x4 High Efficiency LED luminaire rated IP66, suitable for surface installations in cleanrooms and wet locations.
• KL-R-LED Recessed Troffer Recessed 1x2, 1x4, 2x2 and 2x4 High Efficiency LED troffer suitable for T-bar Grid and Hardlid installations, rated IP66 with up to 35,000 lumens delivered.
• KL-SBD-LED Recessed Downlight Sealed 6-inch Aperture Recessed LED Downlight for cleanroom installations, IP65 rated, suitable for ISO 5-9 cleanspaces with up to 3,400 lumens delivered.
• ML-IBD-LED MRI Downlight Non-Magnetic Recessed Sealed 6-inch Aperture LED Downlight with non-ferrous construction for MRI Suites and Hybrid OR applications, IP65 rated with MIL-STD-461G RFI filtering. ETL listed per UL_1598 and Chicago Plenum Rated.
• VL-PBD-BH-LED Behavioral Health Downlight Ligature Resistant Recessed Sealed 6-inch Aperture LED Downlight designed for behavioral health facilities, IP65 rated with tamper-resistant construction.
• WL-SBD-LED Wet Location Downlight Sealed 6-inch Aperture Recessed LED Downlight designed for wet locations, IP65 rated, ETL Listed for wet locations with up to 4,250 lumens delivered.
• BH-RDLP-LED Behavioral Health Round Dome Ligature Resistant 2FT, 3FT, 4FT Recessed Sealed Round Dome luminaire designed for behavioral health applications, IP65 and IK10 rated.
• WL-RDLP-LED Wet Location Round Dome 2FT, 3FT, 4FT Recessed Sealed Round Dome luminaire designed for wet locations, BABA compliant with indirect and backlit design.
• ML-RDLP-LED Medical Round Dome Medical Round Dome luminaire available in 2ft, 3ft, and 4ft sizes with multi-function capabilities, RFI filtering, and optional RGBW LED configuration.
• KL-R-LED-BLUE Narrow-Spectrum Blue Recessed Troffer Recessed 1x2, 1x4, 2x2 and 2x4 Narrow-Spectrum Blue/White LED luminaire with 475nm and 450nm Blue LEDs, suitable for ISO 3-9 cleanspaces.
• KL-S-LED-BLUE Narrow-Spectrum Blue Surface Mount Surface-mounted 1x4, 2x2 and 2x4 Narrow-Spectrum Blue/White LED luminaire with 590nm True Blue LEDs, IP66 rated.
• KL-R-LED-AMBER Narrow-Spectrum Amber Recessed Troffer Recessed 1x2, 1x4, 2x2 and 2x4 Narrow-Spectrum Amber/White LED luminaire with 590nm True Amber LEDs, suitable for ISO 3-9 cleanspaces.
• KL-S-LED-AMBER Narrow-Spectrum Amber Surface Mount Surface-mounted 1x4, 2x2 and 2x4 Narrow-Spectrum Amber/White LED luminaire with 590nm True Amber LEDs, IP66 rated.
• KL-S-LED-RED Narrow-Spectrum Red Vivarium Surface Mount Surface-mounted 1x4, 2x2 and 2x4 Narrow-Spectrum Red/White LED Vivarium luminaire with 630nm and 660nm Red non-filtered LEDs, IP66 rated.
• KURTZON Quick Ship Program KURTZON-exclusive 3-Day and 5-Day Quick Ship program offering expedited delivery on select specification-grade LED lighting products.
• ASAP Program KURTZON ASAP Program for expedited delivery on select lighting products.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 35,000 delivered lumens at 127 lm/W efficiency
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kenall Manufacturing: Kenall is the closest direct peer to Kurtzon, specializing in specification-grade LED lighting for healthcare, behavioral health, cleanroom, vandal-resistant, and sealed/hazardous environments with comparable IP ratings, ligature-resistant, and sealed fixture portfolios.
• Appleton (Emerson): Appleton is a direct peer in hazardous location and industrial sealed lighting, offering Class I/II Division 1 and 2 rated luminaires for oil & gas, chemical, and wet location environments overlapping with Kurtzon's hazardous location and wet location product lines.

Emerging players

• Lumenpulse: Lumenpulse is a specification-grade architectural LED manufacturer serving commercial, healthcare, and transit environments; while more design-focused than Kurtzon, it competes for specification slots in healthcare, transit, and wet-location projects.
• Axis Lighting: Axis Lighting is an architectural specification lighting manufacturer with sealed, cleanroom, and healthcare-focused linear and recessed fixtures, providing partial overlap with Kurtzon's troffer and downlight portfolio at the architectural/specifier level.

Broad incumbents

• Acuity Brands: Acuity Brands is a broad incumbent with Lithonia, Gotham, and Healthcare Lighting brands covering commercial, industrial, healthcare, and cleanroom categories; its Healthcare Lighting subsidiary and Lithonia industrial lines compete with Kurtzon in troffers, downlights, and sealed medical luminaires.
• Signify (Philips): Signify, owner of Philips Lighting, is the global leader in lighting with Day-Brite, Chloride, and Healthcare lines that overlap with Kurtzon's healthcare, cleanroom, and industrial fixture ranges through larger-scale distribution and global R&D budgets.
• Holophane: Holophane, part of Acuity Brands, specializes in industrial, high-bay, and hazardous-location lighting, overlapping with Kurtzon's high-bay, wet location, and Class 1/2 Division 2 product categories for industrial and infrastructure applications.
• GE Current: GE Current (a Daintree company) offers commercial and industrial LED luminaires with controls integration, including cleanroom and healthcare-oriented fixtures that compete with Kurtzon's specification-grade offering, though with a stronger connected-lighting emphasis.
• Hubbell Lighting: Hubbell Lighting offers Columbia, Prescolite, and architectural brands spanning commercial, industrial, and hazardous-location fixtures, competing broadly with Kurtzon in specification-driven indoor and industrial sealed luminaires.
• Eaton Cooper Lighting Solutions: Eaton's Cooper Lighting Solutions covers Fail-Safe (cleanroom/healthcare), Metalux, and Corelite troffers and downlights, providing direct overlap with Kurtzon's sealed medical and cleanroom fixture SKUs across healthcare and life-science accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Kurtzon

Compliance15 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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