Industry Statistics and Trends
Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 1.4 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.2bn in 2025.
Trends and Insights
LED technology transformation reshapes market structure and value creation
- Canadian lighting manufacturers have shifted away from incandescent and fluorescent technology, driving a rapid rise in LED fixture sales across the commercial, municipal and retrofit sectors. The shift enables longer product lifecycles and lower maintenance, making LED the preferred choice across the industry. Manufacturers have had to adjust cost structures and invest in new capabilities to stay competitive as hardware becomes commoditized.
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Source: IBISWorld
Industry outlook (2025-2030)
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Trends and Insights
Smart, human-centric and wellness lighting moves mainstream
- Human-centric, tunable and IoT-integrated fixtures are shifting from niche to standard across healthcare, education and premium commercial projects, with smart lighting projected to grow exponentially as wellness, comfort and spectrum control become baseline specifications for both public and private buyers. This normalization elevates expectations for digital controls, analytics and seamless interoperability in new builds and deep retrofits.
Biggest companies in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing in Canada
| Company | Market Share (%)
2025 | Revenue ($m)
2025 | Profit ($m)
2025 | Profit Margin (%)
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There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing in Canada industry.
Products & Services Segmentation
Source: IBISWorld
Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Electric lighting fixtures for ceilings or walls, Home lighting and other and Nonfixed lighting. Electric lighting fixtures for ceilings or walls is the largest segment of the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing in Canada.
Trends and Insights
LEDs are becoming the standard for electric lighting fixtures for ceilings or walls
- This segment includes fixtures installed on ceilings and walls, including chandeliers, pendant lights and wall sconces. These fixtures are used in both residential and commercial settings and are typically installed during the initial construction phase. According to Statistics Canada, three out of every ten households used LED lights in 2015, up from just 9.0% in 2011. By 2021 (the latest data available), over half of all Canadian residences used LED lights.
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Table of Contents
About this industry
Industry definition
This industry manufactures electric lighting fixtures, nonelectric lighting equipment, lighting fixture components and lampshades made of metal, paper or textiles. The industry does not manufacture light bulbs and tubes, glass lighting fixtures, vehicular lighting equipment, current-carrying wiring devices or lampshades made of plastic.
What's included in this industry?
Products and services covered in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada include Manufacturing commercial lighting fixtures, Manufacturing residential lighting fixtures, Manufacturing outdoor lighting fixtures, Manufacturing industrial lighting fixtures, Manufacturing lamps and lampshades and Manufacturing nonelectric lighting fixtures, such as propane, kerosene and carbide.Companies
Companies covered in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada include .Purchase this report to view all major companies in this industry.
Related Terms
Related terms covered in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada include compact fluorescent lamps (cfl), light-emitting diode (led), luminaires, offshore, organic light-emitting diode (oled), outsource, polymer light-emitting diode (pled) and solid-state lighting.Industry Code
NAICS 335120 - Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing in Canada
Performance
Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.
Analyst insights
LED adoption reshapes competition and profitability. As basic hardware commoditizes, domestic manufacturers protect profit by leaning into high-CRI, tunable and architectural...
In this chapter (4)
- Current Performance
- Outlook
- Volatility
- Life Cycle
Key metrics
- Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
- Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
- Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
- Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business
Charts
- Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
- Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
- Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
- Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
- Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
- Industry Life Cycle
Detailed analysis
- Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
- Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
- Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
- How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.
Products and Markets
Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.
Analyst insight
LEDs dominate ceiling and wall fixtures. Government bans, efficiency gains and longer lifespans have pushed LEDs into standard status, lifting retrofit appeal across homes an...
In this chapter
- Products & Services
- Major Markets
- International Trade
Key metrics
- Largest market segment and value in 2025
- Product innovation level
- Total imports, level and trend
- Total exports, level and trend
- Trade Balance
Charts
- Products & services segmentation in 2025
- Major market segmentation in 2025
- International trade, including imports by country and exports by country
Detailed analysis
- Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
- Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
- Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
- Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
- Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends
Geographic Breakdown
Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.
Analyst insights
Ontario anchors manufacturing strength. Deep technical talent, integrated highways-rail-airports-lakes access and stable low-cost clean power let operators innovate, customiz...
In this chapter (1)
- Business Locations
Charts
- Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each province
- Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025
Tables
- Number and share of establishments in each province in 2025
- Number and share of revenue each province accounts for in 2025
- Number and share of wages each province accounts for in 2025
- Number and share of employees in each province in 2025
Detailed analysis
- Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
- Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage
Competitive Forces
Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.
Analyst insights
Imported lighting fixtures pose the largest threat to domestic manufacturers. Four out of every five lighting fixtures sold in Canada are imported, so domestic manufacturers ...
In this chapter (4)
- Concentration
- Barriers to Entry
- Substitutes
- Buyer & Supplier Analysis
Key metrics
- Industry concentration level
- Industry competition level and trend
- Barriers to entry level and trend
- Substitutes level and trend
- Buyer power level and trend
- Supplier power level and trend
Charts
- Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
- Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart
Detailed analysis
- Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
- Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
- Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
- Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
- Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
- Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
- Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
- Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
- Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.
Companies
There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing in Canada industry.
Analyst insights
Consolidation is common among large manufacturers. Many fixture producers aim to expand their product portfolio by acquiring smaller companies.
External Environment
Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.
Analyst insights
Interest rates influence downstream demand for lighting fixtures. A favorable lending environment supports the construction sector and lighting fixture sales, but high intere...
In this chapter
- External Drivers
- Regulation & Policy
- Assistance
Key metrics
- Regulation & policy level and trend
- Assistance level and trend
Charts
- Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030)
- Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030)
Detailed analysis
- Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
- Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
- Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.
Financial Benchmarks
View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time.
Analyst insights
Purchases remain the swing factor. Aluminum, electronics and freight volatility plus tariffs and compliance lifted input costs after a brief 2023 respite, pushing purchases’ ...
In this chapter
- Cost Structure
- Financial Ratios
- Key Ratios
Key metrics
- Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
- Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
- Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
- Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio
Charts
- Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
- Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
- Investment vs. share of economy
Data tables
- Liquidity Ratios (2018-2023)
- Coverage Ratios (2018-2023)
- Leverage Ratios (2018-2023)
- Operating Ratios (2018-2023)
- Assets (2018-2023)
- Liabilities (2018-2023)
- Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
- Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
- Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
- Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
- Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
- Average Wage (2015-2030)
- Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
- Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
- IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
- Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
- Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)
Detailed analysis
- Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability
Key Statistics
Industry Data
Data Tables
Including values and annual change:
- Revenue (2015-2030)
- IVA (2015-2030)
- Establishments (2015-2030)
- Enterprises (2015-2030)
- Employment (2015-2030)
- Exports (2015-2030)
- Imports (2015-2030)
- Wages (2015-2030)
Top Questions Answered
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What is the market size of the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada in 2025?
The market size of the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada is $2.2bn in 2025.
How many businesses are there in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada in 2025?
There are 375 businesses in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada, which has grown at a CAGR of 3.9 % between 2020 and 2025.
How may import tariffs affect the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada?
The Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada is likely to be significantly impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a high share of industry revenue.
How may export tariffs affect the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada?
The Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada is likely to be significantly impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a high share of industry revenue.
Has the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada grown or declined over the past 5 years?
The market size of the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada has been growing at a CAGR of 1.4 % between 2020 and 2025.
What is the forecast growth of the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada over the next 5 years?
Over the next five years, the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada is expected to grow.
What does the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada include?
Manufacturing commercial lighting fixtures and Manufacturing residential lighting fixtures are part of the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada.
How competitive is the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada?
The level of competition is moderate and increasing in the Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing industry in Canada.
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