Tube Lighting Products

What Tube Lighting Products does

Tube Lighting Products, Inc. is a privately held US manufacturer of specialty and architectural low-voltage lighting, founded in 1987 and headquartered at 1346 Pioneer Way in El Cajon, California. The company builds a portfolio that spans UL-listed TubeLights, TreeLights, Transformers and LED Drivers, Strands LED Tape Lights, Stringer systems (horizontal, vertical, festoon, globe), Kinetics holographic coffer panels, and bespoke Custom Fixtures such as chandeliers, wall sconces, display case lighting, bollards, and LED retrofits. Underlying technology centers on in-house CNC equipment that supports welding, painting, and fabrication of custom fixtures from customer drawings to finished product, paired with US-made NEMA 3R outdoor-rated power components and a 10-year transformer warranty.

The company's go-to-market is built around a network of more than 80 independent sales agents throughout the United States, who are surfaced to customers through an online agent locator on the company website. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of catalog products and project-based custom work, with the company stating it ships products worldwide. The website functions as a product catalog and specification resource rather than a transactional e-commerce channel, and pricing is not publicly disclosed. Customer evidence spans commercial, retail, hospitality, religious, and educational end-markets, including Forum Shops Las Vegas, Zappos Corporate Offices, Barona Casino, Lululemon Seattle, Shadowridge Country Club, and Fontana High School, indicating a horizontally diversified specification business rather than concentration in a single vertical.

Tube Lighting Products operates as an independent small manufacturer with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or parent company relationship, and no recorded funding rounds, M&A, or leadership changes in the available data. The business model combines standardized catalog SKUs (tape lights, drivers, stringers, transformers) with a higher-margin custom fixture capability that requires close coordination between customer, agent, and in-house fabrication, which is the primary source of differentiation in a market where off-the-shelf catalog lighting is otherwise commoditized.

Name

Tube Lighting Products

Legal name

Tube Lighting Products, Inc.

Website

https://tubelightingproducts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tube Lighting Products is a private, US-based manufacturer founded in 1987 that designs, fabricates, and sells architectural low-voltage lighting products and custom fixtures through a network of over 80 independent sales agents serving commercial, retail, hospitality, and institutional customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting Manufacturing

NAICS

Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (3351), Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing (335311)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640), Power, Distribution & Specialty Transformers (3612)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

LED Drivers, Ballasts & Power Modules for Lighting (Constant-current/voltage drivers, ballasts, control gear) (IMAGAIAJ)

Keywords

• Low voltage lighting
• LED tape lights
• Custom lighting fixtures
• Architectural lighting
• Lighting transformers

Headquarters

HQ city

El Cajon

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

Revenue model

1. Lighting Fixtures and Components: Sale of manufactured lighting products including LED tape lights (Strands), transformers, LED drivers, tube lights, tree lights, stringers, and custom fixtures. Revenue generated through direct project-based sales and agent-distributed product sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tube Lighting Products manufactures and sells low-voltage LED and traditional lighting products from its facility in El Cajon, California. The product portfolio includes tube lights, Strands LED tape lights, transformers, LED drivers, stringers, and custom-fabricated architectural fixtures such as chandeliers, wall sconces, and bollards. In-house CNC equipment enables custom manufacturing from concept drawings to completed fixtures in weeks.

Product overview

Tube Lighting Products is a custom lighting manufacturer based in El Cajon, CA (San Diego area) offering a comprehensive portfolio of architectural and decorative lighting solutions. The company operates a full in-house manufacturing facility with CNC equipment for fabrication, welding, and painting. The product lineup centers on LED and traditional lighting technologies including TubeLights, TreeLights, Transformers, LED Drivers, and Strands LED Tape Lights as core components. Supporting products include Stringers (Horizontal, Vertical, Festoon, Globes), Channel Lights, Display Lights, Fluorescents, LED Treads, Lightsicles, Ropelights, and Starpanels. The company also offers Custom Fixtures for bespoke architectural projects and Kinetics holographic kinetic coffer lighting. A network of over 80 agents across the United States provides sales and service support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TubeLights
• TreeLights
• Transformers
• LED Drivers
• Strands LED Tape Lights
• Stringer-Vertical
• Stringer-Globes
• Custom Fixtures
• Kinetics
• Channel Lights
• Display Lights
• Fluorescents
• LED Treads
• Lightsicles
• Ropelights
• Starpanels
• Stringers

Named customers16 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Acuity Brands: Large publicly traded lighting and building solutions provider offering architectural, commercial, and outdoor lighting. Overlaps with Tube Lighting Products across commercial architectural fixtures but at vastly greater scale and with a much broader catalog.
• Signify (Philips Lighting): Global lighting leader covering architectural, commercial, and specialty LED fixtures. Competes indirectly in architectural decorative lighting and LED drivers/transformers used in commercial projects.
• Hubbell Lighting: Established US lighting manufacturer with broad commercial, industrial, and outdoor product lines. Overlaps with Tube Lighting Products in LED drivers, architectural fixtures, and outdoor lighting.
• Eaton Lighting (Cooper Lighting Solutions): Major commercial and industrial lighting manufacturer under Eaton. Competes with Tube Lighting Products in commercial fixtures, LED drivers, and outdoor area lighting for institutional and architectural applications.

Direct peers

• American Lighting: Specialty LED manufacturer focused on tape lights, rope lights, under-cabinet, and architectural accent lighting. Directly comparable to Tube Lighting Products' Strands LED tape lights, rope lights, and low-voltage decorative fixtures.
• WAC Lighting: Designer and manufacturer of decorative architectural and landscape LED lighting, including tape lights, transformers, and outdoor fixtures. Closely mirrors Tube Lighting Products' architectural decorative and outdoor low-voltage portfolio.
• Q-Tran: Specialty manufacturer of low-voltage transformers, LED drivers, and architectural lighting for commercial and landscape applications. Directly comparable to Tube Lighting Products' transformer-led, low-voltage system offering.
• Jesco Lighting Group: Manufacturer of architectural decorative and LED lighting including custom fixtures, tape lights, and low-voltage systems. Comparable niche focus on decorative architectural and custom lighting solutions.
• NICOR Lighting: US-based LED lighting manufacturer offering architectural, commercial, and outdoor fixtures plus drivers. Comparable in product breadth and US manufacturing footprint to Tube Lighting Products.
• Magnitude Lighting: Specialty manufacturer of LED drivers and transformers for low-voltage lighting systems. Directly comparable to Tube Lighting Products' transformer and LED driver product lines for architectural/landscape applications.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tube-lighting-products

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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