1254 Industries

What 1254 Industries does

1254 Industries, LLC is a privately-held Southern California-based manufacturer of outdoor ornamental street and area lighting, site amenities, and custom metal fabrication, founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Clemente, California. The company produces a broad physical product portfolio including non-tapered square and round light poles (aluminum and steel), decorative light poles and arms, bollards, tree and landscape lighting (both 12V and 120V), solar-powered LED lighting systems, decorative wayfinding and regulatory signage, park benches, and trash receptacles. Its underlying technology is in-house custom fabrication using water-jet and plasma cutting, which enables bespoke and small-batch production of ornamental and project-specific designs.

The company serves three primary customer segments: government and municipal buyers (cities, counties, agencies requiring streetscape and public-area lighting as the primary segment), homeowners associations and residential community managers, and architectural and landscape professionals specifying decorative and custom outdoor products. Go-to-market is executed through a company website with detailed product catalogs, PDF catalog downloads, and a regional sales representative network supported by a geolocation-based sales rep locator tool. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; quotes are obtained via direct sales contact. The company operates with a headcount of 1-10 employees, has no disclosed institutional ownership, no funding rounds, and no patents, trademarks, or formal certifications in the available record.

Name

1254 Industries

Legal name

1254 Industries, LLC.

Website

https://1254industries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

1254 Industries is a Southern California-based custom manufacturer of ornamental outdoor street and area lighting, site amenities, and metal fabrication serving municipal, HOA, and architectural buyers across regional US markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outdoor Street and Area Lighting Manufacturing

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (33513), Ornamental and Architectural Metal Products Manufacturing (33232), Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (332322)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Outdoor street lighting
• Light pole manufacturing
• Custom metal fabrication
• Site amenities
• Decorative area lighting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Clemente

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

1254 Industries manufactures and sells outdoor ornamental street and area lighting (light poles, arms, bollards, solar/landscape lighting), site amenities (park benches, trash receptacles), and offers custom metal fabrication using in-house water-jet and plasma cutting. Products serve municipal streetscapes, HOAs, parking lots, parks, archways, monuments, and custom signage projects, with materials including cast aluminum, steel, and solar-powered LED options.

Product overview

1254 Industries is a Southern California-based manufacturer of outdoor ornamental street and area lighting, site amenities, and general custom fabrication. The company operates as a single unified product portfolio focused on physical goods rather than software, encompassing light poles (non-tapered square and round, decorative styles), arms, bollards, solar and landscape lighting (12V and 120V options), decorative wayfinding and traffic signs, solar LED illumination systems, park benches, trash receptacles, and custom fabrication services including water-jet and plasma cutting. The products are designed for municipal streetscape projects, community parks, HOAs, parking lots, archways, monuments, and custom signage applications, with nearly four decades of lighting industry experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Light Poles - Non-Tapered Square

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sternberg Lighting: Specialty manufacturer of architectural decorative street and area lighting fixtures and poles serving municipalities, parks, campuses, and HOAs with a comparable custom/spec-driven model.
• Hess America: Producer of architectural outdoor lighting (poles, bollards, luminaires) for urban streetscapes and public spaces; closely aligned with 1254's decorative streetscape product set.
• Spring City Electrical Manufacturing Company: Heritage manufacturer of cast iron and cast aluminum decorative street, area, and site lighting poles for municipal and streetscape applications; closest direct match to 1254's ornamental pole and site amenity business.
• King Luminaire (StressCrete Group): North American manufacturer of decorative concrete, steel, and aluminum street/area lighting poles and arms for municipalities and HOAs; directly comparable product mix and customer base to 1254 Industries.
• Sun Valley Lighting (Solas Ray Lighting): Specialty manufacturer of decorative outdoor lighting poles, bollards, and architectural lighting for streetscapes and site amenities; comparable niche positioning to 1254.

Broad incumbents

• Signify (Philips Lighting): Global lighting leader with a strong outdoor, roadway, and architectural product portfolio; an indirect but unavoidable competitor on larger municipal and infrastructure bids.
• Holophane (Acuity Brands): Heritage manufacturer of industrial, commercial, and outdoor architectural lighting and poles; competes across the same outdoor area lighting category as 1254 but with much larger scale.
• Hubbell Lighting: Major lighting fixtures manufacturer with outdoor area, roadway, and site lighting lines sold through electrical distributors; competes for the same municipal and commercial outdoor lighting budgets as 1254.
• Valmont Industries (Utility/Structures): Large, publicly traded manufacturer of steel and aluminum lighting and traffic structures for utility, highway, and area lighting; vastly broader scale and product breadth than 1254 but overlapping in pole and arm products.

Emerging players

• East LA Civic Hardware / U.S. Architectural Lighting (USAL): Smaller specialty vendor of decorative street, area, and pedestrian-scale lighting poles and fixtures in the same end markets; comparable to 1254 in scale and customization model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/1254_industries

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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