Build a Lighting Business with the Lighting Partners Playbook
Holiday installations from September through December. Permanent outdoor lighting year-round. Two recurring revenue streams under one national brand — 8 active territories and growing.
The Business Model
Two Revenue Streams. One Brand.
Lighting Partners franchisees operate two complementary service lines — a seasonal sprint and a year-round recurring base — under a single brand with shared crew, equipment, and marketing.
Sept – Dec
Holiday Lighting
Residential and commercial installations — roofline, trees, wreaths, architectural accents. Install, service, removal, and storage. High-intensity seasonal revenue sprint with strong customer retention year over year.
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Permanent Outdoor Lighting
Architectural, landscape, pathway, and pool deck lighting — installed once, billed annually, maintained by the franchise. App-controlled LED systems for homes and commercial properties with no seasonal ceiling.
Learn moreThe Network
8 Active Territories Across the U.S.
From Minneapolis to Miami, from the desert southwest to New England. Each territory is exclusively licensed and locally operated under the Lighting Partners brand standard.
Michigan Lighting Partners
Southeast Michigan
Visit siteMN Lighting Squad
Twin Cities Metro
Visit siteNortheast Ohio Lighting Partners
Northeast Ohio
Visit siteNew England Lighting Partners
New England
Visit sitePhoenix Lighting Partners
Phoenix Metro and Scottsdale
Visit siteSouth Chicago Lighting Partners
South Chicago Suburbs
Visit siteVirginia Lighting Partners
Northern Virginia
Visit siteDenver Lighting Partners
Denver Metro
Visit siteWhy Lighting Partners
The Operational Advantage of a Proven System
Built from the ground up in Seattle and refined across 8 markets. The playbook exists because we ran the business first.
Proven Playbook
Documented install systems, pricing templates, crew management SOPs, and customer communication sequences — the result of 6+ years of operational learning distilled into a transferable framework.
Two Revenue Streams
Holiday lighting generates concentrated seasonal revenue. Permanent lighting compounds year over year as more homes convert to installed systems. The combination produces more stable annual cash flow than a single-season model.
Prospectr Lead Pipeline
Every franchisee gets access to the Prospectr B2B and B2C lead generation system in their territory — targeted homeowner and commercial prospect outreach that generates booked consultations before the season begins.
Recurring Customer Base
Holiday lighting customers rebook at 70-85% year over year. Permanent lighting clients carry multi-year service agreements. The business compounds in value the longer it operates in a market.
Low Overhead Model
No retail footprint. No large inventory carry. Crew scales with bookings. A van, the right equipment package, and the Lighting Partners brand system is enough to launch. The capital goes into the business, not into overhead.
National Brand Standard
Every Lighting Partners territory operates under the same brand identity, quality standard, and customer experience — the asset that makes the whole network more valuable than any single franchise operating independently.
Buying Power Advantage
Because we are buying millions of dollars of product every year, we pass that savings to our franchise partners. The volume pricing advantage alone justifies the cost of the franchise by year three.
From the Network
What Franchise Partners Say
Operators from across the network share what moved them from prospect to franchise partner.
"The Lighting Partners playbook eliminated a full year of trial and error. I had the operational systems, the brand, the marketing, and the supplier network from day one. My first season generated revenue I would not have hit without the framework."
"What convinced me was the two-revenue-stream model. Holiday lighting runs September through December. Permanent lighting runs year-round. I am not dependent on a single season. The business has real cash flow twelve months of the year."
"I came from a landscaping background. The skills transferred. The customer relationships transferred. What Lighting Partners added was the brand, the training, and the lead pipeline. That combination made the difference."
Travis Piepho
Founding Partner — Lighting Partners LLC
Lighting Partners began as a working holiday lighting business in Seattle, where the install and pricing playbook was built under Renova Holiday Lighting. In 2022 that playbook became a franchise system based in Minneapolis, launched with MN Lighting Squad, and it now runs across 8 active territories.
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10 Priority Markets Available Now
These metros have no active Lighting Partners franchisee. First qualified operator in wins the exclusive territory.
Dallas
TX
7.5M metro
Houston
TX
7.3M metro
Atlanta
GA
6.1M metro
Nashville
TN
2.1M metro
Charlotte
NC
2.7M metro
Portland
OR
2.5M metro
Salt Lake City
UT
1.2M metro
San Diego
CA
3.3M metro
Tampa
FL
3.2M metro
Kansas City
MO
2.2M metro
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