Holiday Lighting Franchise Opportunity
A Lighting Partners franchise is a protected-territory holiday and permanent outdoor lighting business, backed by a national brand, a defined install standard, and a shared lead engine. Eight regional franchises operate today across Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, New England, Arizona, Illinois and Virginia.
Holiday lighting is one of the few home service categories where a crew can build an entire year of revenue inside a sixteen week window, then carry that same customer into a year-round permanent lighting program. That is the structural reason the category attracts operators who already run landscaping, window cleaning, gutter, or commercial maintenance businesses. The equipment overlaps. The ladder work overlaps. The customer overlaps.
What it does not come with, when you do it alone, is a brand a commercial property manager has heard of, a product spec that survives a Michigan winter or a Phoenix summer, or a lead engine that fills the calendar before October.
What a Lighting Partners franchise includes
- A protected territory with defined boundaries, not a shared market - The national install standard: product specification, clip patterns, routing rules and takedown procedure that every franchise follows - A regional brand of your own, operating under one national identity. Michigan Lighting Partners, MN Lighting Squad, Phoenix Lighting Partners and five others run this way today - Commercial program structures: multi-year contracts, locked install windows, property manager and HOA board coordination - The permanent outdoor lighting product line, which converts a seasonal customer into a year-round one - Marketing infrastructure: a local site, local search presence, and routing from this national brand site to your territory
Who this fits
- Existing home service operators with crews and ladder capability already on payroll, looking for a Q4 revenue block - Commercial maintenance companies with an existing property manager book - Landscaping and lawn operators with a seasonal gap from October to January - Operators who want a second brand rather than a second service line
Who this does not fit
Honest version: if you are looking for a passive investment, this is not it. Holiday lighting is a compressed season run by crews on ladders in cold weather. The eight operators running territories today are working owners.
The eight territories operating today
Denver Lighting Partners, Front Range Colorado Michigan Lighting Partners, metro Detroit and Grand Rapids MN Lighting Squad, Twin Cities Northeast Ohio Lighting Partners, Cleveland and Akron New England Lighting Partners, six-state New England territory Phoenix Lighting Partners, Valley of the Sun South Chicago Lighting Partners, South Chicagoland Virginia Lighting Partners, Northern Virginia, Richmond and Tidewater
Franchise Questions
What is a holiday lighting franchise? +
A holiday lighting franchise is a licensed, protected-territory business that installs seasonal holiday lighting and permanent outdoor LED lighting under an established brand and install standard. Lighting Partners operates eight such territories across the United States. Each franchise is locally owned and operated and follows the same national product specification and install procedure.
Is a holiday lighting franchise seasonal only? +
No. The holiday install season runs roughly October through January, but the permanent outdoor lighting product line is a year-round installation business. Permanent LED channel lighting is installed into the soffit, is app controlled, and carries a ten to fifteen year service life. Most Lighting Partners territories run both, which is what converts a sixteen week season into a twelve month business.
Do I need lighting or electrical experience? +
Most operators come from adjacent home service trades rather than from lighting. Landscaping, window cleaning, gutters, and commercial maintenance all transfer directly because the crew structure, ladder work, and property manager relationships are the same. The install standard, product specification and procedure are provided.
What territory would I get? +
Territories are defined geographically with protected boundaries rather than shared across operators.
How is this different from starting an independent christmas light business? +
Three things an independent operator has to build alone are provided: a product specification already proven across climates from Phoenix desert UV to Minnesota sub-zero, a commercial program structure that property managers and HOA boards will sign, and routing from a national brand site. The independent route is viable. It is slower to commercial revenue.
How much does a Lighting Partners franchise cost? +
Request it through the contact form on this page.
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