Name

OCL Architectural Lighting

Legal name

OCL Architectural Lighting

Website

https://ocl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (3351)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Commercial Luminaires (High-bay, Low-bay, Troffers, Downlights) (IMAGAIAA)

Keywords

• Architectural lighting fixtures
• Commercial LED pendants
• Acoustic lighting solutions
• Decorative sconces
• Custom lighting manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Lighting Fixtures: OCL generates revenue through the sale of architectural and decorative lighting fixtures including pendants, sconces, ceiling lights, outdoor fixtures, and acoustic lighting solutions. The company offers both standard product families and custom/bespoke lighting solutions for commercial projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

OCL Architectural Lighting manufactures decorative and architectural LED lighting fixtures including pendants, sconces, ceiling lights, outdoor fixtures, and acoustic lighting solutions for commercial projects. The company offers both standard product families (Glowball, Glowstick, Rev, Neo, Petals, Kwyet, Aro) and custom/bespoke lighting solutions. Products are manufactured at the company's St. Louis, Missouri facility and are BAA/BABA compliant for federal procurement eligibility.

Product overview

OCL Architectural Lighting is a manufacturer of decorative and architectural lighting solutions. The product portfolio includes multiple luminaire families: Glowball and Glowstick (spherical and linear pendants), Rev and Glowring (ring-shaped pendants with various configurations), Atla (standard/acoustic luminaires), Printz (3D printed pendants), Neo (bell-shaped pendants with surface variants for indoor/outdoor), Aro (ring luminaires with cluster options), Kwyet (acoustic pendants including Sphere variant), Petals (flower-inspired pendants with acoustic options), and various ceiling, sconce, and outdoor fixtures. The company offers acoustic lighting solutions combining illumination with sound mitigation using 9mm PET felt panels. Products support tunable white, RGBW color-changing, and BIOS circadian lighting technologies. Signature Clusters and Diverge systems enable large-scale architectural compositions. Manufacturing is based in St. Louis, Missouri with BAA/BABA compliant products available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Glowball Pendant Decorative spherical luminaire with 4.5" diameter die-cast body and injection-molded silicone diffuser delivering warm, evenly diffused glow. Available as single pendant, clusters (3, 5, 7-drop arrangements), Diverge swag arrangements, and Signature Clusters. Integrated LED approximately 8W and ~635 lumens in static white with tunable white and RGBW options.
• Glowstick Linear pendant luminaire available in several standard forms, designed for imaginative and unique modified and custom applications. Configurable as clusters and Diverge multidrop swag arrangements.
• Rev Ring pendant luminaire family with inner, outer, up/down, and down illumination. Features etched panel design that hides seam in larger sizes. Available as pendant, ceiling, sconce, acoustic versions, and clusters (Rev Cluster).
• Glowring Ring-shaped pendant and ceiling luminaire with seamless one-piece molded diffuser. DECLARE Red List Approved. Available in pendant, recessed ceiling, surface ceiling, acoustic pendant, and sconce configurations.
• Neo Pendant Fully luminous bell-shaped pendant providing soft, uniform illumination with optimal 60/40 distribution. Three sizes (18", 24", 36") with up to 111+ lumens per watt. Suitable for damp locations and mid-door applications.
• Neo Surface Neo Surface exterior luminaire for indoor, mid-door, and outdoor applications. Wet location rated, ETL wet listed to UL1598, IP66-rated, UV stable, IK10 impact rated. Up to 111 lumens per watt.
• Aro / Aro Cluster Ring-shaped luminaire with luminous halos. Available as pendant and cluster configurations. Features extruded silicone lens with crisp, clean, uniform appearance.
• Kwyet Acoustic Pendant Acoustic pendant combining TUBIE luminaire with sound-absorbing 9mm PET acoustic fins. 36" diameter with cone, angle, and ellipse shapes. Available in tunable white and RGBW.
• Kwyet Sphere Acoustic pendant spherical form in 21" or 33" diameter combining Tubie 3 cylinder with 9mm acoustic fins. Up to 117 lumens per watt. Contributes to WELL Building Standard features L03, L04, L07, and S04.
• Petals & Petals Acoustic Flower-inspired pendant with arced petals that mimic real flower petals in sunlight. Available in acrylic decorative petals (for healthcare/education settings) or 9mm PET felt acoustic petals for sound mitigation. 24"-72" diameters. Winner of 2022 NLB Art of Lighting Award and 2021 LIT Design Award.
• Atla Standard luminaire family available in acoustic configurations with modified and custom possibilities. Designed for education and office applications.
• Printz 3D printed pendant luminaires offering custom design possibilities for architectural spaces.
• Centro Ceiling-mounted luminaire designed for various architectural applications.
• Solo Customizable single luminaire with modifications and configurations available through the 'secret menu' offerings. Can be grouped into clusters for defining seating and meeting areas.
• Glowstick and Glowball Signature Clusters Preconfigured, designer-curated multi-pendant compositions built from the Glowstick and Glowball systems. Available as ready-to-spec Signature layouts or configurable compositions tailored to project needs.
• BIOS SkyBlue Circadian Lighting Circadian lighting solutions from BIOS Lighting Solutions integrated into OCL products. BIOS SkyBlue Generation 2 LED contributes to Circadian Lighting Design Feature L03 under WELL Building Standard v2. Available in most OCL products.
• Everwoods Wood Finish Wood finish powder coat paint options inspired by natural wood patterns. Eight finish options including White Pine, Pine, Cherry, Teak, Walnut, Dark Walnut, Light Barnwood, and Dark Barnwood. Available on 8 product families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 117 lumens per watt performance (Kwyet Sphere)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BIOS Lighting SolutionscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 February 2022OCL partnered with BIOS Lighting Solutions to offer BIOS SkyBlue Generation 2 LED circadian lighting solutions. This partnership enables OCL to provide circadian lighting that contributes to WELL Building Standard features L03, L04, L07, L08, and S04. BIOS SkyBlue technology is available across most OCL product lines.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Visa Lighting: Visa Lighting is a US architectural lighting manufacturer specializing in decorative pendants, sconces, and custom luminaires for commercial, healthcare, and education markets — directly comparable to OCL's product portfolio, custom capabilities, and specifier-driven go-to-market.
• Focal Point: Focal Point manufactures architectural luminaires with strong overlap in acoustic-integrated lighting solutions, recessed and pendant fixtures — making it the most directly comparable peer to OCL's acoustic lighting portfolio for open-office and education specifications.
• Bruck Lighting: Bruck Lighting produces architectural decorative LED pendants, downlights, and track systems for commercial and hospitality projects, closely overlapping with OCL's Glowball, Glowstick, and decorative pendant lines.
• Eureka Lighting: Eureka Lighting is an architectural decorative manufacturer offering pendants, linear, and downlight families targeting commercial, hospitality, and education markets — directly comparable to OCL's standard and custom portfolio.
• Lumenpulse: Lumenpulse manufactures architectural LED lighting for interior and exterior applications including decorative pendants and acoustic-integrated fixtures, serving similar commercial and urban-infrastructure specifications as OCL.
• Selux: Selux is an architectural lighting manufacturer with linear, pendant, and exterior product families serving commercial, education, and urban infrastructure markets — overlapping with OCL's commercial and outdoor segments.
• PureEdge Lighting: PureEdge Lighting specializes in architectural decorative, recessed, and pendant LED fixtures for residential and commercial markets, with comparable emphasis on design-forward specification products similar to OCL's Glowball and Glowstick lines.

Broad incumbents

• Acuity Brands: Acuity Brands is a large US lighting conglomerate owning multiple architectural brands (Peerless, Winona, Mark Architectural Lighting) that overlap with OCL's decorative and commercial portfolio but operate at significantly broader scale and product breadth.
• Signify (Philips Lighting): Signify is the global lighting leader with architectural, commercial, and decorative product lines that intersect OCL's space, but operates at vastly greater scale across residential, professional, and connected lighting.
• Hubbell Lighting: Hubbell Lighting is a diversified electrical and lighting manufacturer with architectural brands (Architectural Area Lighting, Litecontrol, Columbia) competing with OCL in commercial and institutional architectural segments at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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