Holiday Creations Pro Inc.

What Holiday Creations Pro Inc. does

Holiday Creations Pro, Inc., operating as HC Lights, is a privately held Illinois corporation providing professional holiday lighting installation services to residential, commercial, and municipal customers across the Chicagoland metropolitan area. The company delivers a full-service, full-lifecycle offering that covers custom lighting design, professional installation by trained and insured crews, in-season service response within 24-48 hours, post-season takedown, on-site storage, and a March spring cleanup service. Its go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and direct-to-business: customers configure packages and submit service requests through the company's Wix-hosted website, contact the company by phone, or initiate dedicated commercial request workflows; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with payments processed online through a SwipeSimple integration that carries a 2.5% credit card fee.

The underlying technology stack is intentionally lean and operationally focused rather than platform-based: a Wix website with a build-a-package configurator, SwipeSimple payment processing, and organic social presence on Facebook and YouTube. The company's reported throughput is over 800 projects annually, supported by more than 30 years of combined installation experience. There is no public evidence of venture capital or private equity backing, no disclosed parent entity, and no app, API, or proprietary software platform; the core "technology" is the trained labor force, established safety protocols, and the company's own warehouse storage capability that enables the recurring seasonal service model.

Name

Holiday Creations Pro Inc.

Legal name

Holiday Creations Pro, Inc.

Website

https://hclights.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Holiday Creations Pro, Inc. (HC Lights) is a privately held Illinois-based holiday lighting installation service that designs, installs, services, takes down, and stores custom lighting for residential, commercial, and municipal customers across the Chicagoland area, completing over 800 projects annually with quote-based pricing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Holiday Lighting Installation Services

NAICS

Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising (541850), Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Seasonal/Holiday Outdoor Lighting Installation & Takedown (HSAIAHAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Line-Voltage/120V Outdoor Lighting Installation (HSAIAHAC), Holiday & Seasonal Event Decor (Home/Commercial) (HSACAOAM)

Keywords

• Holiday lighting installation
• Commercial lighting services
• Residential holiday decor
• Seasonal lighting design
• Municipal lighting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Broadview

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Holiday Lighting Installation Services: HC Lights generates revenue through professional holiday lighting installation services. They design, install, service, take down, and store holiday lights for residential, commercial, and municipal customers. Services include custom design, professional installation with trained and insured crews, 24-48 hour service response, and seasonal storage. The company also offers spring cleanup and late takedown services. Payments are processed through an online payment portal with a 2.5% credit card fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Holiday Creations Pro, Inc. (operating as HC Lights) provides professional holiday lighting design, installation, service, takedown, and storage services for residential, commercial, and municipal customers in the Chicagoland area. Customers can build custom holiday lighting packages on the company's website by selecting their home style, and the company manages the full seasonal lifecycle of the lighting. Crews are trained, insured, and provide 24-48 hour service response including holidays.

Product overview

Holiday Creations Pro, Inc. (operating as HC Lights) is a holiday lighting installation service company offering a comprehensive suite of services for residential, commercial, and municipal customers in the Chicagoland area. The core offering consists of professional holiday lighting design, installation, maintenance, takedown, and storage services. Customers can build custom holiday lighting packages through the company's website by selecting their house style. The company serves over 800 projects annually and handles the full lifecycle of holiday lighting: professional design consultation, trained installation crews, 24-48 hour service response, late takedown services in January, and spring cleanup in March. The product portfolio includes Commercial Holiday Lighting for businesses, Municipal Holiday Lighting for cities and parks, and Residential Holiday Lighting for homes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Holiday Lighting Installation Services Full-lifecycle professional holiday lighting service covering residential, commercial, and municipal properties, including custom design, professional installation, maintenance, takedown, and seasonal storage.
• Commercial Holiday Lighting Custom holiday lighting and decor services for commercial properties, designed to transform commercial buildings into winter wonderlands for businesses in the Chicagoland area.
• Municipal Holiday Lighting Holiday lighting services for cities, parks, and municipal areas throughout the Chicagoland region, providing professional display installation and maintenance for public spaces.
• Residential Holiday Lighting Holiday lighting installation services for individual homes and residential properties, eliminating the hassle of untangling lights, climbing ladders, and managing wiring.
• Custom Holiday Lighting Packages Build-a-package system allowing customers to select house styles and customize holiday lighting packages directly on the website, followed by quote-based pricing.
• Spring Cleanup Services Spring cleanup service offered in March to remove any clips or cords that may have been frozen or missed during takedown of holiday lighting.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Junk King: National home-services franchise offering hauling and cleanout services with seasonal decorative-lighting add-on offerings. Comparable as a multi-truck home-services franchise platform that competes for similar SMB marketing budgets.
• Authority Brands: Parent company of multiple home-services franchise brands (including The Grounds Guys, Mister Sparky, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing). Comparable as a roll-up consolidator whose portfolio covers the kind of category HC Lights operates in and which could acquire or compete with regional holiday lighting operators.
• BrightView Holdings: Large publicly-traded commercial landscaping services firm that supplies holiday decor services to corporate and municipal clients in major metros. Comparable because it competes directly for HC Lights' commercial and municipal accounts at scale.
• The Grounds Guys: National landscaping franchise under Neighborly that adds holiday lighting as a seasonal add-on to lawn care customers. Comparable as an adjacent home-services competitor that bundles holiday lighting with broader outdoor services.

Others

• Yard Butler: Regional Chicagoland-area exterior services provider that occasionally bundles seasonal decoration work. Listed as a local peer with overlapping customer overlap in the same Chicago suburbs HC Lights serves.

Direct peers

• Blingle Premier Lighting: Franchise network specializing in architectural, landscape, and holiday lighting design, installation, and maintenance. Direct competitor serving the same residential and commercial end-customers with comparable bundled service packages.
• Christmas Decor: National holiday and Christmas lighting franchise system offering residential and commercial installation, takedown, and storage services. Most directly comparable peer to HC Lights because it operates on the same seasonal rental / full-service install model with recurring annual revenue cycles.

Emerging players

• Trimlight: Manufacturer-franchise offering permanent, app-controlled exterior LED lighting that eliminates annual install/takedown. Represents a structural substitution threat and adjacent opportunity relative to HC Lights' seasonal rental model.
• Outdoor Lighting Perspectives: National provider of permanent landscape and architectural lighting with seasonal holiday lighting add-ons. Comparable because it competes in both permanent outdoor lighting and seasonal holiday decor with similar design-led sales motion.
• Gemstone Lights: Premium permanent architectural and holiday lighting system sold through dealers in North America. Relevant emerging player because it competes for the same high-end residential customer budget but shifts the model from rental to ownership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/holidaycreations
• Facebookfacebook.com/hclights
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/holiday-creations-pro-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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