Top 20 LED Flood Light Manufacturers in the World

Note: Except GQLAMP, listed first, the remaining manufacturers aren’t ranked in any particular order. This list is intended primarily for procurement reference and market research.

LED flood light manufacturers are companies that design, engineer, and mass-produce outdoor flood-light fixtures for commercial, industrial, and municipal projects, as distinct from resellers who simply relabel someone else’s product. Search for LED flood light manufacturers today, and roughly one in five results Google shows you isn’t a manufacturer at all — it’s a reseller. That single fact shapes how this list was built, and it’s worth knowing before you request a single quote.

How We Picked These 20 Manufacturers

A company earns a spot on this list only if it clears three checks: it manufactures, rather than just resells, LED flood lights; you can verify its founding year and headquarters against an independent public record, a stock listing, a national business registry, or a corroborating third-party profile, not just take the company’s own marketing copy at face value; and it publishes a real product line, not a single catalog page.

That bar matters more than it sounds. 4 of 19 sites ranking for this exact query are retailers, not manufacturers: greenlightdepot.com, eledlights.com, superbrightleds.com, and ledlightingsupply.com are all large, well-established retail sites that turned out to be resellers or distributors, not factories. Call it The Three-Question Factory Filter: before requesting a quote from any site ranking for this term, ask three questions. Does the site name a factory location? Does it describe actual production capability, not just “our products”? And does a search for the company name plus “manufacturer” turn up independent confirmation, a stock listing, an industry directory, a trade-press mention? If the answer to all three is no, you’re likely looking at a reseller with a markup, not a factory with a price.

Quick Comparison Table, All 20 at a Glance

Before the full profiles, here’s every manufacturer on this list side by side. Use it to shortlist 3-5 names before reading further.

*Signify and LEDVANCE both trace their lighting heritage to older parent companies (Philips and OSRAM respectively) but became independent companies via 2016 spin-offs. Public-company entries in this table can be independently cross-checked via SEC EDGAR full-text search.

#1, GQLAMP

Founded: 2010  |  Headquarters: Guzhen Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China  |  Website: gqlamp.com

Full profiles for all 20 manufacturers in the table above start here, beginning with the site publishing this list. Guangqi Lighting (GQLAMP), 16 years in business, is a B2B LED lighting manufacturer based in Zhongshan, China’s largest lighting-industry manufacturing cluster, producing flood lights, street lights, facade and architectural lighting, landscape lighting, pool lighting, and industrial high-bay fixtures for export markets.

Main products: eight product-category lines — LED flood lights from 50W to 500W (IP65/IP66), solar and grid-powered LED street lights, facade and architectural lighting, landscape and garden lighting, pool and water lighting, industrial high-bay fixtures, DMX512/DALI/0-10V control systems, and LiFePO4 portable power stations.

Key advantages: Factory-direct OEM/ODM pricing with low minimum order quantities on selected lines; CE and RoHS compliant, ISO 9001:2015 certified, with IP65/IP66-rated fixtures; a broad catalogue spanning most outdoor lighting categories under one supplier relationship, which simplifies sourcing for buyers running multi-category projects.

Purchasing considerations: As with most China-based export manufacturers, buyers outside Asia should factor shipping lead time into project timelines, and should request independent third-party test reports rather than relying only on self-declared certification marks for large orders.

Global & Multinational Manufacturers

Signify (Philips Lighting)

Founded: 2016 (independent company via spin-off/IPO from Royal Philips; lighting heritage traces to Philips’ 1891 Eindhoven incandescent-lamp factory)  |  HQ: Eindhoven, Netherlands  |  Website: signify.com

Outside GQLAMP’s China-based operation, this next group is headquartered across Europe and North America. Signify N.V. is the renamed successor to Philips Lighting, listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 2016 (10 years as an independent company), and describes itself as the world leader in connected LED lighting systems, software, and services.

Products: Professional and consumer LED lighting under the Philips brand, connected/IoT lighting, and services spanning architectural, sports/stadium, and outdoor flood lighting.
Advantages: Deep R&D scale and a 130+ year lighting heritage; global service and connected-lighting software ecosystem.
Considerations: As a large multinational, standard lead times and order minimums are typically geared to enterprise/project-scale buyers rather than small custom runs.

Acuity Brands (Lithonia Lighting)

Founded: traces its roots to 1892  |  HQ: Atlanta, Georgia, USA  |  Website: acuitybrands.com

Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) is a publicly traded lighting and building-technology company tracing its roots back 134 years, whose Lithonia Lighting brand the company describes as the largest lighting business in North America.

Product line: Commercial, industrial, and outdoor lighting fixtures, including floodlighting, under the Lithonia Lighting brand, plus lighting controls.
Strengths: Scale and distribution reach across North America; broad outdoor/floodlighting portfolio under one public-company umbrella.
Watch for: Primarily distributor-channel sales; direct-factory OEM/ODM sourcing isn’t the typical model for smaller buyers.

OSRAM

Founded: 1919 (merger of Auergesellschaft, Siemens & Halske, and AEG’s lighting businesses)  |  HQ: Munich, Germany  |  Website: osram.com

OSRAM is a German lighting and photonics company with 107 years of history, now part of ams OSRAM, with a long history supplying lamps and LED components to professional and automotive lighting markets.

What they make: LED components, professional/industrial luminaires, and (via licensing) general lighting under the OSRAM brand.
Why buyers choose them: Deep photonics/LED-component engineering heritage; strong brand recognition in industrial and automotive lighting.
Before you order: OSRAM’s general lighting (lamps/luminaires) business was divested into LEDVANCE in 2016 — confirm which legal entity you’re actually sourcing from.

RAB Lighting

Founded: 1946  |  HQ: Northvale, New Jersey, USA  |  Website: rablighting.com

RAB Lighting is a privately held US LED lighting manufacturer with 80 years of history that sells exclusively through electrical distributors, with a large catalogue of outdoor and flood lighting fixtures.

Products: LED flood lights, area/site lighting, wall packs, and lighting controls.
Advantages: Distributor-first model gives contractors and electricians an established procurement channel; long US manufacturing track record.
Considerations: Distributor-exclusive sales model means direct factory-to-buyer OEM sourcing isn’t RAB’s standard channel.

LEDVANCE

Founded: 2016 (spin-off from OSRAM’s general lighting business)  |  HQ: Garching bei München, Germany  |  Website: ledvance.com

LEDVANCE emerged in 2016 as OSRAM’s divested general-lighting lamp business (10 years old as its own entity), and has been wholly owned by Chinese lighting group MLS since 2018, a real, useful example of the cross-border consolidation common in this industry.

Product line: General LED lighting, lamps, and luminaires; licensed to continue using the OSRAM brand in Europe and Sylvania in North America.
Strengths: Combines German lighting engineering heritage with MLS’s Chinese manufacturing scale.
Watch for: Brand licensing (OSRAM/Sylvania names under LEDVANCE ownership) can confuse sourcing — confirm the actual manufacturing/legal entity behind any quote.

Hubbell Lighting

Founded: 1888 (Hubbell Incorporated, by Harvey Hubbell)  |  HQ: Shelton, Connecticut, USA  |  Website: hubbell.com/hubbelllighting

Hubbell Lighting is the lighting division of Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE: HUBB), a 130+ year old US electrical-equipment manufacturer with 138 years of history since its 1888 founding.

What they make: Commercial, industrial, and outdoor lighting fixtures including area/flood lighting.
Why buyers choose them: Long US manufacturing and electrical-engineering history; publicly listed with audited financials.
Before you order: Lighting is one of several Hubbell business segments — confirm you’re reaching the lighting-specific sales channel.

Zumtobel Group

Founded: 1950 (as Zumtobel KG, by Walter Zumtobel)  |  HQ: Dornbirn, Austria  |  Website: zumtobelgroup.com

Zumtobel Group is an Austrian lighting company with 76 years of history (founded 1950) known for architectural and precision-optic lighting for facades and large venues.

Products: Architectural lighting, facade lighting, and large-venue/sports lighting with precision optical control.
Advantages: Strong reputation in architectural/optical lighting design; long European manufacturing heritage.
Considerations: Design-led positioning typically comes with premium pricing versus commodity flood-light suppliers.

Dialight

Founded: 1938  |  HQ: London, United Kingdom  |  Website: dialight.com

Dialight plc is a British, London Stock Exchange-listed LED lighting company with 88 years of history specializing in hazardous-location and industrial lighting, LED-only since the 1970s.

Product line: Hazardous-location and industrial LED fixtures, including obstruction, signal, and site/area lighting.
Strengths: Deep specialization in hazardous-area/industrial certifications (ATEX/IECEx); publicly listed.
Watch for: Hazardous-location focus means a narrower catalogue for buyers who need general-purpose commercial flood lighting rather than certified hazardous-area fixtures.

Established China-Based Manufacturers

NVC Lighting

Founded: 1998 (by Wu Changjiang)  |  HQ: Hong Kong (manufacturing base in Huizhou, Guangdong)  |  Website: nvc-international.com

Unlike the multinational manufacturers above, headquartered in Europe and North America, this next group operates primarily from mainland China or Hong Kong. NVC Lighting (now NVC International), 28 years in business, is one of China’s best-known lighting brands, producing commercial, industrial, and residential lighting from its Huizhou industrial park.

What they make: Commercial, industrial, and outdoor LED lighting including flood and area lighting.
Why buyers choose them: Large-scale manufacturing base; the company describes an internationally standardized R&D center and a CNAS-accredited testing lab.
Before you order: Request specific product-line certifications rather than assuming company-wide certification covers every SKU.

Opple Lighting

Founded: 1996 (Zhongshan, Guangdong)  |  HQ: Shanghai, China (relocated from Zhongshan in 2009)  |  Website: opple.com

OPPLE Lighting is a Shanghai-listed (SHA: 603515) Chinese lighting company with 30 years of history, manufacturing centers in Wujiang and Zhongshan, and roughly 6,000 employees.

Products: Integrated lighting spanning R&D, production, distribution, and after-sales, including commercial and outdoor lighting lines.
Advantages: Publicly listed with disclosed financials; multiple manufacturing centers for capacity redundancy.
Considerations: Primarily an Asia-Pacific-focused brand; buyers elsewhere should confirm export/certification support for their market.

FSL (Foshan Electrical and Lighting)

Founded: 1958 (as Foshan Light Bulb Factory)  |  HQ: Foshan, Guangdong, China  |  Website: chinafsl.com

FSL is the brand of Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co., Ltd., one of China’s oldest lighting manufacturers with 68 years of history since its 1958 founding, Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed since 1993 (000541).

Product line: Lighting products across commercial, industrial, and (since 2016-2017) electrical and automotive-lighting divisions.
Strengths: 68 years of manufacturing history; publicly listed with disclosed financials since 1993.
Watch for: Large diversified product range (lighting + electrical + automotive) — confirm which division/factory handles flood-light orders.

MLS Co., Ltd.

Founded: 1997  |  HQ: Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong, China  |  Website: mls-ledlights.com

MLS Co., Ltd., 29 years in business, describes itself as the largest LED-package manufacturer in China — an independent financial profile puts its workforce in the five-figure range, with the company’s own materials citing a higher figure — and is best known internationally as the parent company that has wholly owned Germany’s LEDVANCE since 2018.

What they make: LED packaging/components and finished lighting products, including outdoor and flood lighting lines.
Why buyers choose them: Very large manufacturing scale; international reach demonstrated by its LEDVANCE/OSRAM-brand ownership in Europe.
Before you order: As a large vertically integrated group, clarify whether you’re quoting the domestic MLS lighting brand or an overseas subsidiary/brand.

WOSEN Lighting

Founded: 1992  |  HQ: Zhongshan, Guangdong, China  |  Website: wosenled.com

Zhongshan Wosen Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. is a China-based LED and solar-light manufacturer with 34 years of production history (founded 1992) in China’s Zhongshan “Lighting City” cluster.

Products: LED and solar flood lights, street lights, and related outdoor fixtures.
Advantages: Long operating history (30+ years); also publishes its own buyer-facing sourcing guide, indicating export-market experience.
Considerations: Smaller-scale factory (roughly 300 employees per third-party listings) versus the multinational majors — request references matching your order volume.

ZGSM

Founded: 2005  |  HQ: Hangzhou, China  |  Website: zgsm-china.com

Hangzhou ZGSM Technology Co., Ltd., 21 years in business, is a China-based outdoor LED lighting manufacturer (street and flood lighting) operating from Linglong Industrial Park west of Hangzhou.

Product line: LED street lights and LED flood lights for commercial, industrial, and outdoor use.
Strengths: Self-reported ISO-certified factory; two decades of specialization in outdoor/street lighting.
Watch for: Regional mid-size manufacturer — confirm export logistics and after-sales coverage for your region.

Hpwinner (Hangzhou Hpwinner Opto)

Founded: 2011  |  HQ: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China  |  Website: hpwinner.com

Hangzhou Hpwinner Opto Corporation, 15 years in business, is a China-based manufacturer specializing in modular outdoor LED lighting, with over 800 staff.

What they make: Modular LED street lights, modular LED flood lights, modular LED high-bay, and modular LED tunnel lights.
Why buyers choose them: Modular design specialization simplifies field maintenance and part replacement; sizeable dedicated workforce for a mid-size factory.
Before you order: Founded relatively recently (2011) versus some century-old competitors on this list, shorter operating track record.

ZHL Lighting Group

Founded: 2008  |  HQ: China (Ganzhou, per company materials)  |  Website: zhgdled.com

ZHL Lighting Group, 18 years in business, is a China-designated national high-tech enterprise focused on the R&D, manufacturing, sales, and service of LED industrial engineering lighting products, including outdoor flood lighting.

Products: LED outdoor flood lights and industrial engineering lighting products.
Advantages: States it is recognized as a national high-tech enterprise, a formal Chinese government designation tied to R&D investment; entered international markets from its 2008 founding year.
Considerations: Smaller/more regional profile than the largest Chinese lighting groups on this list — request project references at your target order scale.

Specialized & Regional Manufacturers

Cree Lighting

Founded: 1987 (as Cree, Inc.); joined the IDEAL Industries family in 2019  |  HQ: Durham, North Carolina, USA  |  Website: creelighting.com

The three manufacturers below serve narrower or more regional niches than the larger groups already covered, and the same origin-verification standard applies to a smaller regional shop as it does to a multinational. Cree Lighting traces to Cree, Inc., founded 39 years ago in 1987, and has operated as part of IDEAL Industries, a company with 110 years of history dating to 1916, since 2019.

Product line: LED lighting for commercial, industrial, and outdoor applications.
Strengths: LED semiconductor heritage from Cree’s original founding; backed by IDEAL Industries’ century-plus electrical-products history since the 2019 acquisition.
Watch for: The Cree Inc. semiconductor business, now Wolfspeed, is a separate company from Cree Lighting since the 2019 divestiture — don’t confuse the two when checking company history.

Straits Lighting

Founded: 2012  |  HQ: Brighton, Michigan, USA  |  Website: straitslighting.com

The Straits Lighting Company, 14 years in business, is a privately held US LED lighting manufacturer, 11-50 employees per public listings, serving industrial and electrical-distribution clients.

What they make: Industrial and commercial LED lighting including outdoor/flood lighting, with yoke, knuckle, and pole-mount options.
Why buyers choose them: US-based manufacturing with a focused industrial/commercial product line.
Before you order: Small company size versus the multinational majors, better suited to smaller or regional projects than very large-scale rollouts.

PacLights

Founded: 2013  |  HQ: Chino, California, USA  |  Website: paclights.com

PacLights, 13 years in business, is a US-based commercial and industrial lighting manufacturer headquartered in Chino, California, describing itself as one of the fastest-growing companies in its category.

Products: Commercial and industrial LED lighting fixtures including outdoor/flood lighting.
Advantages: US-based manufacturing and distribution facility; fast-growth positioning.
Considerations: Shorter operating history than most other companies on this list, fewer years of long-term field-reliability data to draw on.

What to Check Before You Buy

The biggest, most recognized name on this list isn’t automatically the best fit for your project. That holds whether you’re weighing the multinational companies covered earlier or the regional builders on this list. One industry comparison of lighting-company selection puts it plainly: a big brand can help, but it doesn’t replace fit for the building, and a smaller, more focused manufacturer sometimes wins on the merits. Match the manufacturer tier to your actual project, not the other way around.

A CE mark does not satisfy US NRTL listing requirements, and NRTL recognition itself is not a blanket product endorsement — certification is jurisdiction- and standard-specific, not a single pass/fail badge.

— paraphrased from OSHA’s Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program guidance, cited in full below

LED Fixtures for Area Lighting, Wattage, and Outdoor Applications

Not every project needs the biggest fixture on the market. A doorway or a sign usually needs a small, low-wattage unit; a large parking lot or industrial yard needs a higher-wattage unit with a wide beam. Matching wattage and beam angle to the actual outdoor application, rather than defaulting to the largest fixture available, is the single most common spec decision buyers get wrong, and it’s the first thing to sort out before comparing manufacturer catalogs.

Flood Light Spec Sheet Terms, Explained

Every manufacturer above publishes spec sheets in roughly the same vocabulary. Knowing what each term actually means, not just recognizing the word, is what turns a comparison table into a real buying decision. This is also where traditional flood lights (metal halide fixtures and older HID lighting) most visibly lose to modern LED technology: on efficiency, on lifespan, and on the wide range of LED product formats now available.

Reliable outdoor performance over years, not just a strong spec sheet on day one, is what separates the leading manufacturers on this list from a one-off LED floodlight supplier. If a listed LED floodlight manufacturer can’t answer a specific question about beam angle, CCT, or L70 lifespan for a named model, treat that as a signal worth following up on before you commit to a larger lighting project or a full facility lighting upgrade, and if you’re near residential neighbors, ask about full-cutoff/shielded optics, since uncontrolled light pollution from an oversized fixture is one of the most common complaints on outdoor lighting projects. From industrial sites phasing out metal halide lights to the growing library of certified LED flood models carrying DLC/UL marks, energy efficiency has become the factor buyers actually weigh most, not just which flood light brands have the biggest marketing budget.

This isn’t a roundup of “best lighting” brands ranked by marketing claims — it’s a working reference for procurement teams evaluating an outdoor LED flood lighting solution for commercial, industrial, and municipal projects. Whether you need high-quality LED fixtures for a single commercial LED flood lights installation or a full range of floodlights across multiple outdoor spaces, the same verification standard applies indoor and outdoor: real manufacturing capability first, marketing claims second. Every outdoor LED flood fixture referenced here, whether sold as a standalone model or part of a broader series flood light product line, should be evaluated against that same standard, because your actual lighting needs matter more than which name is loudest in search results.

What should I check before ordering from a China-based LED flood light factory?

Beyond the checklist above, three things separate a safe order from a costly one. First, confirm the company has a real, named factory address — its absence is one of the clearest signals you’re dealing with a middleman, not the manufacturer. Second, cross-verify company claims, certifications, and years in business across more than one independent source. Third, request sample units and third-party test reports before committing to a full production run — self-declared certification marks are a starting point, not proof.

Industry Outlook, What’s Changing

Demand for this exact search term has been rising sharply, DataForSEO’s historical search-volume data shows a +383.5% increase over the past two to three years (the most recent 12-month average runs 225.8, versus 46.7 for the same query 24 to 36 months back), well beyond normal fluctuation. That’s consistent with a broader shift already visible in manufacturer product launches: LED platforms purpose-built for high-power outdoor applications are displacing older general-purpose LEDs repurposed for flood lighting. In July 2025, LED component maker Luminus Devices added new high-power models to its MP-5050 series, engineered specifically for expressway lights, streetlights, area lights, floodlights, and stadium applications, a sign that upstream component suppliers are now designing for this exact use case rather than treating it as a secondary market. Separately, in May 2025, Signify says it launched Europe’s first LED tube made with roughly 40% post-consumer recycled plastic, part of a broader circular-economy shift that’s starting to show up in manufacturer sourcing decisions, not just marketing copy. Qualification standards are moving too: the DesignLights Consortium’s SSL V6.0 and LUNA V2.0 technical requirements superseded the prior V5.1 edition in 2025, tightening the bar for utility-rebate eligibility.

What this means for buyers: manufacturers investing in application-specific platforms, rather than adapting general LEDs, and disclosing supply-chain sustainability practices are increasingly the ones winning larger commercial and municipal RFQs, not just the ones with the biggest catalog. Market-research firms don’t agree on exactly how big this market is — one widely cited estimate puts the global LED flood light market at roughly $9.4 billion in 2025, growing toward $20.1 billion by 2034, while regional estimates from other firms use different scopes and arrive at different numbers. Treat any single figure here as a directional, order-of-magnitude signal from a paid market-research estimate, not a precision forecast — the real, verifiable signal is the manufacturer product-launch activity described above, not the dollar figure attached to it.

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