Starfire Lighting

What Starfire Lighting does

Starfire Lighting, Inc. is a privately held American manufacturer of specification-grade architectural lighting founded in 1975 and headquartered in a 50,000-square-foot vertically integrated facility in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. The company designs, engineers, and fabricates standard, made-to-measure, and fully custom lighting fixtures serving architectural and lighting design firms across commercial, institutional, residential, entertainment, and healthcare applications. Its core product platform is the VersaLux family of linear LED and T5 fluorescent fixtures — including recessed slots, pendants, surface mounts, wall washers, wall grazers, cove, perimeter, wall-to-ceiling transitions, and curved configurations — supplemented by the Lite-Stix cordless pendant line, Grid Mount Systems, task/accent fixtures, wet-location products, MRI-compatible non-ferrous lighting, and patented Acoustic Backlight Panels (NRC 0.95) that combine LED illumination with sound absorption.

The company's technical differentiation rests on proprietary optical and acoustic systems: the EvenGlow uniform-illumination system, louvered multi-cell LED technology delivering UGR < 19, precision-formed parabolic reflectors achieving wallwash min/max ratios below 2.5:1, and non-ferrous MRI-room lighting with all active electronics located remotely. All products carry UL listing and are manufactured by a skilled unionized workforce under a Made-in-USA / BAA/BABA-compliant positioning that unlocks federally funded infrastructure specifications.

The business model is project-based B2B manufacturing: revenue is generated through one-time sales of custom and standard fixtures, priced via per-project quotations generated by a custom ERP system, and distributed through a commissioned sales-representative network covering all 50 US states, Puerto Rico, Washington DC, and Canadian provinces. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Customer concentration is moderate and project-driven, with specification-grade fixtures embedded into architectural projects by lighting designers — creating switching costs once specified — and with custom fixture design services (35-year track record) representing a meaningful professional-services revenue stream alongside product sales. No public revenue, funding history, M&A activity, or institutional ownership is disclosed.

Name

Starfire Lighting

Legal name

Starfire Lighting, Inc.

Website

https://starfirelighting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Starfire Lighting, Inc. is a privately held, unionized, Made-in-USA manufacturer of specification-grade architectural LED and fluorescent lighting — including the VersaLux linear platform, Lite-Stix cordless pendants, MRI-compatible fixtures, and patented Acoustic Backlight Panels — serving architectural and lighting design firms across commercial, institutional, healthcare, and federal infrastructure applications from its Wood-Ridge, New Jersey facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting Manufacturing

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

Specialty & Task/Workstation Lighting (Inspection/task lights, cleanroom/food-grade, portable work lights) (IMAGAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

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

Keywords

• Architectural lighting manufacturing
• Linear LED slot fixtures
• Custom lighting solutions
• Specification grade lighting
• Commercial pendant lighting

Headquarters

HQ city

Wood Ridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Lighting Products: Manufactures and sells standard and custom architectural lighting fixtures including linear slots, pendants, downlights, wall washers for commercial, institutional, residential, and entertainment applications. Products sold as made-to-measure and exact custom solutions.
2. Custom Fixture Manufacturing: Creates unique custom lighting fixtures for extraordinary spatial designs and signature solutions. 35 years of experience meeting challenges for renowned lighting designers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Starfire Lighting designs, engineers, and manufactures specification-grade architectural lighting fixtures, centered on its VersaLux linear LED platform (recessed slots, pendants, surface mounts, wall washers, cove, curves, downlights) and supplementary lines including Lite-Stix cordless pendants, MRI-compatible fixtures, and patented Acoustic Backlight Panels. Products are offered as standard catalog items, exact made-to-measure fixtures, and fully custom-engineered solutions, with all design and production performed in-house at its New Jersey manufacturing facility.

Product overview

Starfire Lighting is a manufacturer of innovative architectural lighting solutions established in 1975, offering standard products, exact made-to-measure fixtures, and custom solutions. The company's product portfolio centers around the VersaLux family of linear LED and fluorescent lighting products, which includes recessed slots, pendants, surface mounts, wall grazers, wallwash, cove, curves, downlights, and point source adjustable fixtures. Supporting product lines include Lite-Stix cordless pendants, Grid Mount Systems for ceiling grid integration, Task/Accent lighting (under cabinet, step, brick lights), Wet Location fixtures, MRI Room Compatible lighting, and Acoustic Backlight Panels combining LED lighting with sound absorption. The VersaLux platform offers various optical configurations (flush lens, regressed lens, open aperture, pinhole, splay, in-lens, louvered multi-cell) and multiple lamp technologies (integral LED, MR16, PAR20, AR111, T5 fluorescent, Metal Halide). Starfire also provides comprehensive custom fixture design and manufacturing services. All products are designed, developed, and manufactured in the USA at their Wood-Ridge, New Jersey facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VersaLux: Product line featuring LED and T5 linear slot fixtures, pendants, surface mounts, and wall brackets in various sizes (1", 2", 4", 6", 8", 10", 12").
• Lite-Stix
• Techtrac MQ

Products and services

• VersaLux LED Slots

Quantifiable outcome

• Wallwash uniformity with min/max ratio of less than 2.5:1 at 24 inches from wall
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Finelite: Architectural linear LED lighting manufacturer focused on recessed slots, pendants, and wall washers with strong specification presence. Directly comparable product portfolio to Starfire's VersaLux linear family.
• Lucifer Lighting: Manufacturer of architectural-grade recessed LED linear lighting with comparable trimless, plaster-in, and custom capabilities. Closest direct competitor to Starfire's VersaLux slot/pendant/downlight lines, serving the same lighting designer and architectural specifier base.
• Winona Lighting: Architectural LED lighting manufacturer offering linear, recessed, and custom fixtures to designers and specifiers. Overlaps with Starfire's commercial/institutional linear and specialty architectural portfolio.
• Insight Lighting: Specialty architectural LED manufacturer offering cove, wall washer, and custom linear fixtures. Comparable product mix and target customer base of lighting designers and architects in commercial/institutional projects.
• Edison Price Lighting: Specification-grade architectural downlight and linear lighting manufacturer with deep NYC-metro roots. Competes head-to-head with Starfire in commercial/institutional projects for architectural lighting designers and engineers.
• Bartco Lighting: Manufacturer of linear LED cove, slot, and accent lighting for architectural applications. Competes directly with Starfire on wall wash, cove, and recessed linear systems specified by lighting designers.
• USAI Lighting: Architectural downlight and recessed LED manufacturer serving commercial, institutional, and high-end residential markets. Comparable in specification-grade positioning and designer-focused go-to-market.

Broad incumbents

• Hubbell Lighting: Diversified commercial and industrial lighting manufacturer including architectural and specification brands (e.g., Columbia, Prescolite). Competes in the same specification channels but at materially larger scale and broader portfolio depth.
• Signify (Philips Lighting): Global lighting leader with extensive architectural LED portfolio and strong connected/IoT lighting systems. Competes broadly across Starfire's commercial, institutional, and specialty categories with much greater scale.
• Acuity Brands: Largest North American architectural and commercial lighting conglomerate offering Lithonia, Gotham, and Mark Architectural Lighting. Significantly larger scale with broader product portfolio and connected lighting ecosystems, competing on institutional and large commercial projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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