Sean O'Connor Lighting

Name

Sean O'Connor Lighting

Legal name

Sean O'Connor Lighting

Website

https://seanoconnorlighting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Architectural lighting design
• Lighting consulting services
• Interior illumination design
• Hospitality lighting design
• Residential lighting design

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Lighting Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through lighting design consulting for architectural projects. Services include conceptualizing light in 3D space, creating lighting plans, elevations, installation details, light level calculations, energy calculations, and light fixture schedules. Projects span hospitality, luxury residential, retail, commercial, and institutional sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sean O'Connor Lighting is a boutique architectural lighting design firm that conceptualizes light in 3D space and produces lighting plans, elevations, installation details, light level calculations, energy calculations, and light fixture schedules for client projects. The firm collaborates with architects, interior designers, and property owners to implement integrated lighting systems that define the character, identity, and atmosphere of spaces across residential, retail, commercial, hospitality, and arts & education sectors.

Product overview

Sean O'Connor Lighting operates as a single integrated lighting design studio offering professional architectural lighting design services. The firm's core offering encompasses the full spectrum of lighting design consultation from conceptualization through construction documentation, serving sectors including residential, retail, commercial, hospitality, and arts & education. Projects range from luxury residential homes to high-profile commercial spaces such as hotels, restaurants, museums, and corporate offices. The studio collaborates with architects, interior designers, and landscape architects to implement integrated lighting systems that enhance architectural vision.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Lighting Design Services Professional architectural lighting design services for interior and exterior spaces across residential, retail, commercial, hospitality, and arts & education sectors. Deliverables include conceptual lighting design in 3D space, lighting plans, elevations, installation details, light level calculations, energy calculations, and light fixture schedules. The firm collaborates with architects, interior designers, and property owners to implement integrated lighting systems.

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• 64NorthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm listed as collaborator on the Sean O'Connor Lighting website. Also designed the Sean O'Connor Lighting website.
• Kelly WearstlercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenowned interior designer who collaborates on hospitality and residential lighting projects.
• Roman and WilliamscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design firm that collaborated on Ace Hotel New Orleans project.
• Rottet StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design firm collaborated on Viacom and Beverly Hills Hotel projects.
• Studio ShamshiricoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design studio collaborated on J Brand Offices project.
• Kiernan TimberlakeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborated on Smartwrap and Rodeph Shalom projects.
• Marguerite RodgersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design firm collaborated on Spoon restaurant and Rodeph Shalom projects.
• OlinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture firm collaborated on James A. Michener Art Museum project.
• Andropogon AssociatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture firm collaborated on Sidwell Friends School project.
• SWA GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture firm collaborated on Beverly Hills Hotel Presidential Bungalows project.
• Hess Landscape ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture firm collaborated on Oceanfront Estate and Private Financial Firm projects.
• GenslercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal architecture firm collaborated on Milbank and Beverly Hills Hotel projects.
• Pierre-Yves RochoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuxury hospitality interior designer collaborated on Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills project.
• Backen Gillam ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborated on RH New York project.
• CallisonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborated on Williams-Sonoma and AT&T Experience Stores projects.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Focus Lighting: New York-based architectural lighting design firm with comparable hospitality, retail, and luxury residential focus, similar boutique scale, and a comparable award-winning profile in IES and IALD. Most direct head-to-head competitor for luxury hospitality and retail lighting projects.
• Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design: Architectural lighting design firm with a deep cultural-institution and hospitality portfolio, comparable in practice focus and integration with architects and interior designers on prestige projects.
• Renfro Design Group: New York lighting design studio specializing in cultural, hospitality, and high-end commercial projects; comparable boutique scale, design-led positioning, and IALD/award recognition.
• L'Observatoire International: Boutique, design-led architectural lighting practice serving luxury retail, hospitality, and residential clients globally — directly comparable in boutique positioning, design credentials, and luxury client roster.
• Fisher Marantz Stone: Long-established New York architectural lighting design practice serving museums, civic, retail, and luxury hospitality clients with a design-forward aesthetic — directly comparable in client mix (cultural institutions, retail flags), tenure, and award profile.
• Tillotson Design Associates: Architectural lighting design firm with a comparable museum, hospitality, and retail portfolio and similar positioning as a design-led boutique serving high-prestige institutional clients.
• Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design: NYC-based boutique lighting design firm with similar specialization in luxury residential, hospitality, and high-end commercial interiors; comparable firm size and project prestige profile.

Broad incumbents

• Buro Happold Lighting: International engineering firm with a specialist lighting design group integrated into MEP and façade scopes; competes on large commercial and institutional projects where bundled services are preferred.
• Arup Lighting Design: Global engineering consultancy with a dedicated architectural lighting practice serving large-scale commercial, infrastructure, and cultural projects; represents the bundled-services competitive threat to boutique lighting studios.

Emerging players

• illumin-ing: Boutique architectural lighting design firm focused on hospitality, retail, and cultural projects with comparable boutique positioning; serves as an emerging competitive threat in luxury and design-led segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/seanoconnorlighting
• Facebookfacebook.com/seanoconnorlighting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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