What Legacy Lighting does

Legacy Lighting is a privately-held regional lighting distributor and design services firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, founded in 2002 by president Shawna Sieck. The company combines authorized distribution of lighting products from 189+ manufacturers with a professional lighting design practice, serving architects, designers, contractors, developers, and end-clients across 14 Central Texas counties. Its project portfolio spans hospitality (W Hotel, Hilton, Marriott), healthcare (Dell Children's Hospital), higher education (University of Texas Tower and Stadium), government (City Hall Austin, Federal Courthouse), retail (Whole Foods), luxury residential (The Austonian), and broader commercial construction.

The company's product surface is a multi-brand catalog rather than proprietary hardware: it distributes LED fixtures, architectural luminaires, smart lighting controls (notably the Cooper Lighting WaveLinx system), emergency lighting, solar lighting, acoustic lighting, and exterior/site lighting sourced from brands including Cooper Lighting Solutions, Metalux, Corelite, PrentaLux, Bullard, Lumenwerx, SPI Lighting, Lodes, FLOS Architectural, Boca Lighting and Controls, and Vista Pro. Its in-house technical capability is concentrated in lighting design services — conceptual drawings, photometric analysis, Com Check, EPACT compliance documentation, CAD, Revit, AGI, light fixture schedules, renderings, and lighting control documentation — supported by LEED-credentialed and LC-certified staff. The firm is a Texas HUB-certified small business, a credential that supports government contracting access.

Legacy Lighting operates a dual go-to-market: a field-based outside sales team of approximately eight representatives plus inside sales, quotations, project management, and application & design staff (~30–35 employees total in total) covering the 14-county territory, complemented by an interactive online line card for product search and project templating. Revenue is generated through quote-based hardware distribution and fee-bearing professional design services, with no public pricing. The company is founder-owned and operated with no disclosed outside investment, parent company, or acquisition activity in the record.

Name

Legacy Lighting

Legal name

Legacy Lighting

Website

https://legacyltg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Legacy Lighting is a privately-held, Austin-based regional distributor and lighting design firm founded in 2002, distributing products from 189+ manufacturers and providing professional lighting design services to architects, contractors, and developers across 14 Central Texas counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lighting Distribution and Design Services

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (33513)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lighting Controls & Building Integration (Drivers, sensors, dimming, lighting control panels, networked lighting) (IMAGAIAI), Outdoor & Area Lighting (Street, Roadway, Parking, Flood, Sports/Architectural exterior) (IMAGAIAB)

Keywords

• Lighting distribution
• Lighting design services
• Architectural lighting
• Lighting controls
• Commercial lighting

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Lighting Product Distribution: Revenue generated from distributing lighting fixtures and products from manufacturer partners including Cooper Lighting Solutions and 189 other manufacturers. Products include architectural lighting, controls, emergency lighting, and outdoor/site lighting.
2. Lighting Design Services: Professional services including conceptual drawings, document reviews, photometrics, Com Check, EPACT compliance, CAD, light fixture schedules, renderings, AGI, Revit, and lighting control documentation for construction projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Legacy Lighting distributes lighting fixtures and controls from 189+ manufacturers including Cooper Lighting Solutions (HALO, Metalux, Portfolio, Corelite, PrentaLux, WaveLinx), and provides professional lighting design services such as conceptual drawings, photometrics, CAD, Revit, AGI, Com Check, EPACT compliance documentation, renderings, and lighting control documentation for construction projects in Central Texas.

Product overview

Legacy Lighting is a lighting products distributor and design services firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2002. The company operates as a multi-brand distributor offering over 21,000 products from 189 manufacturers including Cooper Lighting Solutions, Metalux, Corelite, PrentaLux, WaveLinx, Bullard, Lumenwerx, and others. Their product portfolio spans LED fixtures, architectural lighting, smart lighting controls, emergency lighting, solar lighting, and acoustic lighting solutions. Legacy Lighting also provides professional lighting design services including CAD, Revit, photometrics, and lighting control documentation. The company has a team of LEED professionals and specializes in serving the Central Texas market across 14 counties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lighting Design Services
• Continuing Education Courses
• Interactive Line Card Platform

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cooper Lighting SolutionscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary manufacturer partner; combined efforts have made Legacy Lighting the premier choice in Austin lighting. Cooper Lighting provides smart lighting systems including WaveLinx controls. Legacy Lighting is an authorized distributor for the full Cooper Lighting portfolio including HALO, Metalux, Portfolio, and other Cooper brands.
• 189+ Lighting ManufacturerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLegacy Lighting maintains relationships with 189+ manufacturers across architectural, decorative, outdoor, emergency, and controls categories. Includes Bullard, SPI Lighting, Lodes, FLOS, Zaniboni, Vista Pro, and many others.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Graybar Electric Company: Graybar is the largest North American employee-owned distributor of electrical and lighting products, with a national branch network and dedicated lighting specialist teams. It competes with Legacy Lighting for large commercial lighting contracts but at substantially greater scale and geographic reach.
• Rexel USA: Rexel is a global electrical and lighting distribution group with substantial U.S. operations through banners such as Rexel USA and Gexpro Services. It competes head-on with regional lighting reps on commercial and industrial projects, with broader sourcing and pricing power than Legacy Lighting.
• Acuity Brands: Acuity Brands is one of the largest North American lighting and lighting-controls manufacturers, including Lithonia, Gotham, A-Light, and others, and operates agent-and-distributor programs that channel products through firms like Legacy Lighting. As the upstream brand owner, it competes by controlling how products reach specifiers in the same end markets Legacy Lighting serves.
• Platt Electric Supply: Platt Electric is a multi-state electrical and lighting distributor with a broad product portfolio serving contractors and industrial customers across the Western U.S. It competes in the lighting distribution space with a much larger branch footprint and broader product mix than Legacy Lighting's 14-county Austin territory.
• Sonepar USA: Sonepar USA is the U.S. arm of the world's largest electrical distribution group, operating banners including Cooper Electric, Capital Light, and others with deep lighting offerings. It competes with regional reps like Legacy Lighting on mid- and large-scale commercial projects, with national procurement leverage.

Others

• Lutron Electronics: Lutron is a leading manufacturer of lighting controls (dimming, shading, networked controls) distributed through lighting reps including Legacy Lighting. As a strategic manufacturer partner and competitor in the controls space, Lutron's channel strategy and product roadmap affect Legacy Lighting's controls attach economics on every spec.
• Cooper Lighting Solutions (Signify): Cooper Lighting Solutions is Legacy Lighting's primary manufacturer partner (HALO, Metalux, Corelite, PrentaLux, WaveLinx, etc.) and is now part of Signify. While not a direct competitor, Cooper's strategic decisions on distribution channels, rep appointments, and direct-sales programs materially shape Legacy Lighting's economics.

Direct peers

• Voss Lighting: Voss Lighting is a regional commercial lighting distributor serving architects, contractors, and end users with a multi-brand product offering and on-staff design support. Its product-distribution-plus-specification model, customer base, and GTM closely mirror Legacy Lighting's positioning in Central Texas.
• The Lighting Practice: The Lighting Practice is an independent architectural lighting design consultancy providing full-service lighting design (concept through construction administration) for commercial, healthcare, education, and civic projects. It directly parallels the design-services arm of Legacy Lighting's business and competes for spec influence on major projects.
• North Coast Lighting: North Coast Lighting is a Pacific Northwest lighting manufacturer's representative and distributor combining product distribution with specification and design services for architects and contractors. Its regional rep + design-services model directly parallels Legacy Lighting's structure and customer segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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