Spectra Lighting

What Spectra Lighting does

Spectra Lighting Inc is a privately held architectural lighting manufacturer headquartered at 10821 Bloomfield St., Unit C, Los Alamitos, California. The company designs, manufactures, and sells specification-grade exterior architectural lighting products including post top fixtures, linear columns, flood lights, bollards, poles, arms, and wall/ceiling fixtures. Its products serve commercial buildings and retail spaces, institutional facilities such as schools, universities, hospitals, and government buildings, urban and municipal projects including parks and streetscapes, and multi-family residential developments. Notable installations span The Getty Villa, MTA Expo Line, Kaiser Permanente, Inova Hospital, Citadel Outlets, Belmont Pier, Heritage High School, Golden West College, and AC Hotel Irvine across multiple US states.

The company's product architecture is organized around interconnected families including the Element Series, Seabridge Series, Lantern Square Series, Dome Series, Marketa Series, Bell Series, Acorn Series, and SearchLight, each offering multiple scales (mini, standard, medium, large) and fixture types. Underlying technology centers on LED luminaires with wattages ranging from 9W to 80W and outputs from 600 to 6500 lumens, with color temperature options of 2700K-4000K, 0-10V dimming, Type II, III, and V distributions, and superior corrosion resistance. Materials include aluminum (notably 6061-T6 and 6063 alloys), brass, copper, stainless steel, and sustainably sourced Western red cedar and Alaskan yellow cedar wood, with Super TGIC powder paint finishes and cast A356 aluminum base covers. Manufacturing is conducted entirely in-house with casting, machining, fabrication, and assembly capabilities, enabling design flexibility and custom product modifications.

Spectra Lighting generates revenue through hardware sales of its lighting products via quote-based pricing that is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market relies on a nationwide network of authorized field sales representatives covering all 50 US states through regional partners including CAL Lighting, SCI Lighting, The Reflex Lighting, Tampa Bay Lighting, Federated Lighting Virginia, and lda. The company's website serves as a project gallery and find-a-representative tool supporting bottom-of-funnel sales engagement. Customers are primarily architects, engineers, lighting designers, and end-clients specifying fixtures into commercial, institutional, urban, retail, and residential projects. The company is independently owned and privately held with no disclosed external investment, private equity backing, or public listing.

Name

Spectra Lighting

Legal name

Spectra Lighting Inc

Website

https://spectralighting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Spectra Lighting is a privately held architectural lighting manufacturer specializing in specification-grade exterior LED fixtures, columns, bollards, and poles, produced in-house and sold through a nationwide authorized representative network to commercial, institutional, municipal, retail, and residential projects across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (3351)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Architectural lighting fixtures
• Exterior LED luminaires
• Bollards and poles
• Specification grade lighting
• Commercial lighting manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Cypress

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Lighting Products: Spectra Lighting generates revenue through the design, manufacturing, and sale of architectural specification grade lighting products including post top fixtures, bollards, poles, flood lights, and linear columns for commercial, institutional, urban, retail, and residential applications.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Spectra Lighting designs, manufactures, and sells specification-grade architectural exterior lighting products for commercial, institutional, urban, retail, and residential projects. Its product line includes post top luminaires, linear columns, bollards, flood lights, wall/ceiling fixtures, and matching poles and accessories, all produced in-house with casting, machining, fabrication, and assembly capabilities. The company distributes through a nationwide network of authorized field sales representatives serving architects, engineers, lighting designers, municipalities, and developers across all 50 U.S. states.

Product overview

Spectra Lighting is an architectural lighting manufacturer specializing in specification grade exterior lighting products. The company operates a platform-based product architecture centered around multiple interconnected product families including the Element Series, Seabridge Series, Lantern Square Series, Dome Series, and Marketa Series, which offer various scales (mini, standard, medium, large) and fixture types (bollards, lanterns, flood lights, columns). These core product lines share common mounting systems, material options (aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel), and finish treatments (Super TGIC powder paint), allowing architects and designers to specify coordinated lighting across different applications. Supporting the main luminaire families are pole and accessory products including round poles, tapered poles, stepped poles, wood poles, fluted poles, and base covers. The manufacturing process is conducted in-house with casting, machining, fabrication, and assembly capabilities, enabling design flexibility and quality control. Products serve commercial, institutional, urban, retail, and residential applications across exterior landscape, pedestrian areas, and building accent lighting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Acuity Brands: Acuity Brands owns Hydrel, Holophane, and Lithonia outdoor lines, all of which overlap with Spectra's exterior architectural and area lighting categories. Largest North American lighting incumbent with broad portfolio, IoT-enabled fixtures, and deep rep coverage that Spectra indirectly competes with.
• Hubbell Lighting: Hubbell Lighting owns architectural outdoor brands including Kim Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting (AAL), and Beacon Products that compete directly with Spectra in bollards, poles, and site lighting at scale. Broad incumbent spanning commercial, industrial, and institutional lighting portfolios.
• Eaton (Cooper Lighting Solutions): Eaton's Cooper Lighting Solutions brand portfolio includes Invue, McGraw-Edison, and Lumark outdoor/architectural lines with substantial specification-grade exterior offerings. Broad incumbent with comparable product lines and rep-based distribution.
• Signify (Philips): Signify markets the Gardco and Hadco architectural outdoor brands plus the Philips Lumec line for poles and bollards, all directly competing in Spectra's specification-grade exterior category. Global lighting incumbent with strong municipal and commercial footprint.
• Holophane: Holophane, an Acuity Brands-owned brand, manufactures specification-grade outdoor poles, bollards, and architectural area lighting used across institutional, municipal, and commercial sites. Direct overlap with Spectra's specification-grade exterior portfolio as part of Acuity's broader suite.

Direct peers

• Hess America: Hess America manufactures architectural outdoor lighting — bollards, poles, columns, and linear LED systems — primarily for urban, streetscape, and municipal applications. Comparable niche player overlapping with Spectra's Urban/Municipal customer segment.
• BEGA: BEGA is a German-rooted manufacturer specializing in specification-grade architectural outdoor lighting — bollards, poles, floodlights, and in-grade luminaires — sold globally to architects and lighting designers. Highly comparable to Spectra in product mix (outdoor decorative and site lighting), target customer (specifiers), and customization-driven value proposition.
• Sternberg Lighting: Sternberg Lighting manufactures architectural-grade decorative outdoor lighting including post tops, bollards, and poles for streetscapes, campuses, and commercial sites. Closely comparable niche-scale US manufacturer with the same specifier channel and high-customization approach as Spectra.
• WE-EF Leuchten: WE-EF designs and manufactures specification-grade outdoor architectural lighting including bollards, columns, and flood luminaires with a strong focus on optics and durability. Comparable to Spectra in targeting architects and engineers for landscape, pedestrian, and urban exterior projects.
• Ligman Lighting: Ligman is a privately held manufacturer of architectural exterior lighting — bollards, poles, linear columns, floodlights — sold through a rep/specifier channel worldwide. Direct match to Spectra on outdoor architectural spec-grade products and project-by-project customization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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