Design Lighting Consultants, Inc.

What Design Lighting Consultants, Inc. does

Design Lighting Consultants, Inc. is a Miami, Florida-based architectural lighting design consultancy founded in 1984 by Michael G. Asmar, who continues to serve as President. The firm operates with 1-10 employees and has delivered lighting design services continuously for over 40 years across the United States. Its core offering is architectural lighting design — the specification, photometric layout, and aesthetic direction of lighting systems — delivered as a professional services engagement rather than as a product.

The company's work spans hospitality, casinos, restaurants, airports, residential developments, and municipal projects. Visible marquee engagements include terminal-wide lighting renovations at Miami International Airport and gaming/hospitality venues such as Chisolm Trail Casino and Hard Rock properties. The firm has expanded its service menu over time to include color-changing lighting design and parking-garage lighting, and maintains a long-standing partnership with Lutron Electronics for lighting controls specification. In 2024 the company opened a second office in the Washington, D.C. / Maryland / Virginia (DMV) area, marking its first geographic expansion beyond South Florida.

The business model is project-based professional services: each engagement is a custom scope with bespoke fees tied to project size, complexity, and phase count. The firm does not disclose revenue, has not raised external funding, and operates as a privately held, founder-led entity. Go-to-market is principally referral-driven and anchored by a multi-decade portfolio that functions as the firm's primary credential asset in competitive design selections.

Name

Design Lighting Consultants, Inc.

Legal name

Design Lighting Consultants, Inc.

Website

https://designlighting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Design Lighting Consultants is a Miami-based boutique architectural lighting design firm founded in 1984, serving hospitality, casino, airport, residential, and municipal clients with custom lighting design and controls specification, and recently expanded into the DMV area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural lighting design
• Hospitality lighting consulting
• Landscape lighting design
• Commercial lighting design
• Lighting controls integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Lighting Design Consulting Services: Professional services engagement for architectural lighting design on new construction and renovation projects across hospitality, commercial, residential, and institutional sectors

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Design Lighting Consultants, Inc. provides architectural lighting design consulting services for new construction and renovation projects. The firm delivers custom lighting plans across residential, commercial, landscape, municipal, hospitality, and food service sectors. Engagements are project-based and include lighting controls solutions through manufacturer partnerships such as Lutron Electronics.

Product overview

Design Lighting Consultants, Inc. is a full-service architectural lighting design company offering a unified suite of professional services rather than a software product. The company provides residential, commercial, landscape, municipal, hospitality, and food services lighting design as its core offerings. Their services include personalized consultations, expert guidance, and tailored lighting concepts for projects ranging from grand architectural developments to intimate boutiques. The company also offers lighting controls solutions through partnerships with industry leaders. All services are delivered by dedicated lighting professionals with over 30 years of experience in creating innovative, environmentally friendly interior and exterior lighting designs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Lighting Design Custom lighting design services for private homes, creating warm and personalized illumination that enhances living spaces. Intended for luxury residential clients, custom home developers, and private yacht owners seeking architectural lighting tailored to their property.
• Commercial Lighting Design Function-driven lighting solutions for commercial spaces designed to enhance sales, production, and overall building performance. Targeted at commercial property owners, retail operators, and developers of commercial buildings, parking structures, and architecturally significant projects.
• Landscape Lighting Design Exterior illumination services using strategically placed luminaires to transform outdoor spaces, with the firm having coined the phrase 'painting the night with light' approximately 25 years ago. Designed for resort properties, hospitality venues, and high-end residential exteriors requiring pathway and architectural feature lighting.
• Municipal Lighting Design Lighting solutions for government and public facilities including airports, courthouses, police stations, and transit authorities. Intended for government agencies, municipal project managers, and public sector clients requiring functional and energy-efficient illumination.
• Hospitality Lighting Design Hotel and resort lighting design focused on creating first impressions, ambiance, and 'WOW' moments that exceed guest expectations. Aimed at full-service hotels, boutique resorts, and extended stay properties seeking lighting design that enhances guest experience and brand positioning.
• Food Services Lighting Design Dining experience lighting design that creates comfortable, visually appealing atmospheres where guests can read menus, see food clearly, and feel totally comfortable. Targeted at upscale dining establishments, themed restaurants, and casual dining chains.

Named customers16 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lutron ElectronicscoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Lutron for lighting controls solutions. Lutron controls referenced in Carnivale Restaurant project using high resolution warm white illumination with Lutron controls. Provides cutting-edge solutions for various use cases including office buildings, hotels, residences, landscape lighting, casinos, and restaurants.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fisher Marantz Stone: Premier New York-based architectural lighting design firm with a comparable B2B professional services model focused on hospitality, cultural, civic, and high-end residential projects; competes for the same marquee developer and architect clients as Design Lighting Consultants.
• Lighting Design Alliance: Long-established California lighting design consultancy providing interior, exterior, and landscape lighting design for hospitality, commercial, and institutional clients, with similar direct-engagement GTM and project-based fee model.
• Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design: Multi-office US lighting design studio serving hospitality, transportation, cultural, and commercial sectors; highly comparable scope of architectural lighting consulting services to Design Lighting Consultants.
• Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design: New York-based architectural lighting design firm with comparable portfolio across museums, hospitality, retail, and themed environments; competes for similar high-end, brand-driven lighting mandates.
• Tillotson Design Associates: Specialized architectural lighting design firm with comparable focus on museums, hotels, and signature commercial projects, offering a similar high-craft, project-based service offering.
• Focus Lighting: New York lighting design consultancy serving hospitality, entertainment, retail, and themed-venue clients; particularly relevant given Design Lighting Consultants' casino and entertainment-venue experience.
• Speirs + Major: Internationally recognized lighting design practice with strong hospitality, cultural, and master-planning portfolios; comparable in offering bespoke lighting design consulting services to marquee architects and developers.

Emerging players

• dot studio: Independent lighting design studio with a hospitality- and brand-environment focus; comparable practice profile but typically smaller and earlier-stage, making it a partial-overlap peer rather than a direct competitor.
• Bartenbach: Austrian lighting design and research firm with specialization in daylighting, human-centric lighting, and architectural lighting; overlaps with Design Lighting Consultants on the human-centric and research-driven side of the discipline.

Others

• Lutron Electronics: Industry-leading manufacturer of lighting controls and a core technology partner of Design Lighting Consultants (per Carnivale Restaurant project); included as an ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, given its product-vendor model versus DLC's services model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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