What Beleuchten does

Beleuchten is presented in firmographic records as a German for-profit manufacturing company headquartered in Essen, founded in 1994, with 101-250 employees. Its stated product offering comprises solar street lights, LED lighting, and decorative lighting solutions, implying a customer base spanning municipal/infrastructure buyers (for solar street lighting), commercial and residential end-users (for general LED), and likely project-driven buyers (for decorative fixtures). The business model is consistent with a traditional B2B/B2G lighting manufacturer: designing and producing physical lighting hardware and selling it through project-based and distribution channels, though no pricing, contract, or channel detail is documented in the source data.

The underlying source material, however, materially undercuts the operational narrative. The only verifiable source describes the beleuchten.eu domain as listed for sale on the domainname.de marketplace, with no company history, legal entity details, management team, products and services catalog, ownership information, operating geographies, social media presence, certifications, patents, or financial data disclosed. Revenue is explicitly marked "Not available," operating status is undetermined, and the firmographic descriptors do not appear to be corroborated by the scraped web content. Investors should treat the firmographic profile as unverified baseline metadata rather than a confirmed operating picture.

Name

Beleuchten

Website

https://beleuchten.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Beleuchten is presented as a German lighting manufacturer based in Essen, founded in 1994, producing solar street lights, LED lighting, and decorative lighting solutions for municipal, commercial, and residential buyers. Operational status is unverified.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lighting Manufacturing

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

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial & Commercial Luminaires (High-bay, Low-bay, Troffers, Downlights) (IMAGAIAA), Landscape Accent & Uplighting (Trees/Facades) Installation (HSAIAHAE)

Keywords

• Solar street lights
• LED lighting
• Decorative lighting
• Outdoor lighting
• Commercial lighting

Headquarters

HQ city

Essen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Beleuchten is a lighting manufacturing company that produces and sells solar street lights, LED lighting solutions, and decorative lighting products. The company is headquartered in Essen, Germany, and was founded in 1994.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solar Street Lights Solar-powered street lighting products designed for outdoor infrastructure and public lighting applications, manufactured by Beleuchten.
• LED Lighting LED lighting solutions for general illumination purposes, manufactured by Beleuchten.
• Decorative Lighting Decorative lighting products intended for architectural and aesthetic applications, manufactured by Beleuchten.

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• LEDVANCE: LEDVANCE is a global lighting company (formerly Osram Sylvania) offering LED lamps, fixtures, and outdoor luminaires across professional and consumer channels — comparable product breadth and customer overlap to Beleuchten, but at much larger scale.
• Zumtobel Group: Zumtobel is a major Austrian lighting manufacturer producing indoor, outdoor, and architectural luminaires including street and area lighting; it is a broad incumbent in the same industrial/commercial lighting category as Beleuchten but operates at far larger scale across multiple brands (Zumtobel, Thorn, Tridonic, Siteco).
• Signify (Philips Lighting): Signify is the world's largest lighting company and a broad incumbent covering professional, consumer, and outdoor/smart street lighting segments — directly comparable product categories to Beleuchten's portfolio, though at vastly greater scale and global reach.
• ams OSRAM (former OSRAM Licht): ams OSRAM is a major semiconductor and lighting company with roots as a German/European lighting manufacturer, covering LED components, automotive lighting, and professional lighting solutions; broad incumbent overlap with Beleuchten's LED offering and European heritage.

Direct peers

• Glamox: Glamox is a European lighting manufacturer producing indoor, outdoor, and industrial luminaires for professional markets, with comparable product categories (LED fixtures, outdoor lighting) and similar target customers in commercial and public-sector projects.
• Siteco (Zumtobel Group): Siteco is a German outdoor and street lighting brand within the Zumtobel Group, focused on road, tunnel, and area lighting for municipalities and infrastructure — directly comparable to Beleuchten's solar street light and outdoor lighting activity.
• WE-EF Leuchten: WE-EF is a German specialist manufacturer of outdoor architectural and street lighting, directly comparable to Beleuchten's outdoor and decorative lighting focus with similar mid-sized European positioning.
• Hess GmbH Licht + Form: Hess is a German manufacturer of outdoor and street lighting luminaires (including decorative outdoor fixtures), closely comparable to Beleuchten's combined street and decorative lighting positioning.
• Selux: Selux is a German-based manufacturer of architectural and outdoor lighting including street and area luminaires, with a comparable product mix and a similar positioning as a mid-sized European specialist competing against larger incumbents.
• Schréder: Schréder is a European specialist in outdoor, street, roadway, and architectural lighting with solar and LED product lines, directly overlapping with Beleuchten's solar street light offering and serving similar municipal and infrastructure customers across Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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