What Lite Brite Neon Studio does

Lite Brite Neon Studio is an artisan neon fabrication and rental studio founded in 1998 and headquartered in Kingston, New York. The studio creates custom luminous works using gas-filled glass tubes (neon, helium, krypton, mercury, argon) excited by electrical current, and offers bespoke fabrication, a rental catalog of 100+ signs (the largest in New York City), restoration services, and custom chandeliers and interior lighting fixtures. Its commercial work spans film, television, advertising and fashion production rentals alongside commissioned neon for fashion shows, retail windows, brand activations, and tech events; its cultural work includes collaborations with artists whose pieces hang in galleries and museums worldwide (MoMA, Pace Gallery, Leslie-Lohman Museum) and a portfolio that includes Glenn Ligon, Theaster Gates, Keith Sonnier, Tschabalala Self, Agnes Denes, Tavares Strachan, and others. The studio generates revenue from project-based custom fabrication, transactional rental fees (with delivery and on-site consultation priced on request), and limited edition artist works sold via its Artist Edition Program, which channels proceeds to nonprofit beneficiaries including Leslie-Lohman Museum, Housing Works, NYC AIDS Memorial, Art Omi, and the National Forest Foundation. In recent years the studio has shifted from a purely for-profit model to a hybrid structure supported by nonprofit partner Queer Art and individual benefactors, and in 2026 launched the Native Neon residency with the Walker Youngbird Foundation — a $50,000 annual program providing a $10,000 stipend and studio residency for one Indigenous artist. Distribution is regional (New York City and surrounding area), with sales led through direct outreach to scenic arts, fashion, luxury retail, and cultural institution buyers, supplemented by a self-serve website rental catalog and earned media coverage.

Name

Lite Brite Neon Studio

Legal name

Lite Brite Neon

Website

https://litebriteneon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lite Brite Neon Studio is a 25+ year artisan neon fabrication and rental studio in Kingston, NY, serving the scenic arts industry, fashion and luxury brands, museums, and visual artists with custom fabrication, the largest neon rental catalog in NYC, and artist edition programs supporting LGBTQ+ and Indigenous communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Neon Rentals: Rental of 100+ neon signs, letters, tubes and designs for film, television, advertising productions. Convenient rental pickup and custom rental packages available.
2. Custom Neon Fabrication: Bespoke neon fabrication services for artists, galleries, museums, corporate clients, fashion brands, and events. Collaboration with artists to produce original works.
3. Artist Edition Program: Limited edition neon works created in collaboration with artists, with proceeds supporting social causes and organizations like Leslie-Lohman Museum, National Forest Foundation, Housing Works, NYC AIDS Memorial.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lite Brite Neon Studio is a neon fabrication studio that designs, fabricates, and rents custom neon signage and luminous works of art. It operates as a Kingston, New York-based artist collective offering bespoke neon fabrication for artists, galleries, museums, and commercial clients, alongside a rental catalog of 100+ neon signs for film, television, advertising productions, and events. The studio also runs an artist edition program supporting social-cause organizations and an Indigenous artist residency (Native Neon).

Product overview

Lite Brite Neon Studio is a neon fabrication studio with over 25 years of experience creating neon and luminous works. The studio offers custom neon fabrication services, a rental catalog of 100+ neon signs for film/television/events, artist collaborations for gallery and museum installations, limited edition artist editions supporting social causes, restoration services, and chandelier/interior lighting products. The core offerings center on custom fabrication and rentals, with artist programs providing social impact. The studio serves both artistic (galleries, museums, queer artists) and commercial markets (fashion, tech, corporate events).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Neon Work Bespoke neon fabrication services in which the studio collaborates with artists, galleries, museums, and corporate clients to design and produce custom neon signs and installations for public and private spaces worldwide.
• Neon Rentals

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ neon signs in rental inventory - largest selection in NYC

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Walker Youngbird FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2026Native-led nonprofit partnering with Lite Brite Neon to launch Native Neon, a $50,000 annual residency program expanding Indigenous access to neon fabrication. One selected Indigenous artist receives $10,000 stipend and 7-10 day immersive residency at the Kingston studio.
• Queer ArtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit partner whose support allows Lite Brite Neon to expand collaboration scope with artists, particularly those working at the margins of society. Part of new working model enabling reciprocal relationships.
• Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian ArtminorOthersBeneficiary of artist edition program. Limited edition neon works sold to raise funds for museum.
• National Forest FoundationminorOthersBeneficiary of artist edition program. Limited edition neon works sold to raise funds for foundation.
• Art OmiminorOthersBeneficiary of artist edition program. Limited edition neon works sold to raise funds for arts organization.
• Housing WorksminorOthersBeneficiary of artist edition program. Limited edition neon works sold to raise funds for HIV/AIDS organization.
• NYC AIDS MemorialminorOthersBeneficiary of artist edition program. Neon artwork created in support of the memorial.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Standard Neon: Custom neon sign and display fabricator serving retail, hospitality, and entertainment clients. Comparable business model of bespoke neon production for commercial end-markets.
• North Coast Neon: Custom neon fabricator producing signage, art, and architectural neon installations. Comparable to Lite Brite as a custom-fabrication-focused neon house serving commercial and artistic clients.
• American Neon: Custom neon sign and lighting manufacturer producing commercial signage and artistic neon work. Comparable in manufacturing craft and B2B custom-build model, though with less of a public-art focus.
• Let There Be Neon: Long-established New York City neon studio offering custom fabrication, repairs, and rentals. Closest geographic and product peer to Lite Brite Neon, serving overlapping film, retail, and artist customers in NYC.
• Brooklyn Glass: Brooklyn-based glass and neon studio providing custom fabrication, classes, and commissions. Comparable to Lite Brite on the artisan neon-fabrication side, though with stronger emphasis on education and retail walk-in traffic.
• Glimmerglass: Custom lighting and sculptural illumination manufacturer. Adjacent product overlap with Lite Brite's chandelier and interior lighting line, with comparable custom-fabrication and commercial project focus.

Broad incumbents

• Artkraft Strauss: Historic New York sign maker (Bergdorf Goodman windows, Times Square signage) operating at much larger scale across multiple sign technologies. Comparable in NYC signage heritage and marquee commercial clients, but with a broader signage portfolio than neon-only.
• YESCO: Large national sign and lighting manufacturer with deep entertainment, retail, and architectural lighting work. Comparable in custom lighting/signing capability for enterprise end-markets, though at significantly larger scale and broader product mix than Lite Brite.
• Signs of the Times: Custom commercial sign manufacturer with neon capabilities. Comparable in custom-build commercial signage and neon fabrication, serving overlapping retail, hospitality, and entertainment customers.

Others

• The Neon Museum: Las Vegas museum dedicated to preserving historic neon signage. Not a competitor, but a thematically related institution that elevates public awareness and cultural cachet of neon as a medium, indirectly benefiting artisan neon fabricators like Lite Brite.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/litebriteneon
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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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