Service Line
Permanent Outdoor Lighting —
The Year-Round Revenue Base
App-controlled LED architectural and landscape lighting installed once and maintained under a multi-year service agreement. Every Lighting Partners franchise builds a permanent lighting base that compounds value year over year — no seasonal ceiling.
The Product
What Permanent Lighting Means
Permanent outdoor lighting is a commercial-grade LED system installed on a property's architecture — roofline channels, eave mounts, pathway and step lights, tree and landscape uplighting, pool deck and water feature accents. Installed once. Controlled from an app. Color-changing capable for holidays, seasons, and events.
The system is not "holiday lighting left up year-round." It is an architectural feature — flush-mounted, wired to a controller, with no hanging or removal ever required. Properties run the system nightly; many clients use it for entertaining, for ambient outdoor lighting, and for color programs tied to holidays, sports seasons, and personal occasions.
For the franchise operator, permanent lighting is a service agreement business. Install, annual maintenance, warranty service. The contracts compound as the installed base grows. A franchise with 80 permanent lighting clients on annual agreements has predictable recurring revenue regardless of whether a particular client rebooks a holiday install in any given year.
Architectural Channel Lighting
Flush-mounted LED channels along rooflines, eaves, fascia, and soffits. The clean, architectural look — no visible hanging hardware.
Landscape + Tree Uplighting
Ground and surface fixtures that uplight trees, specimen plants, walls, and features. Creates depth and drama after dark without intrusive hardware.
Pathway + Step Lighting
Low-voltage path lights, step inserts, and driveway border lights. Safety and ambiance combined.
Pool + Water Feature Accents
Submersible and waterproof fixtures for pool coping, waterfalls, fountains, and pond features. Fully compatible with the property controller.
App-Controlled Color + Scheduling
Every system is smart-home compatible — color change, dimming, schedules, and scene control from a phone. Clients use holiday colors, team colors, or simple warm white nightly.
The Franchise Economics
Why Permanent Lighting Changes the Math
Holiday lighting generates high-intensity seasonal revenue. Permanent lighting makes the business worth owning year-round.
Recurring Revenue via Annual Agreements
We provide recurring revenue by signing customers to annual maintenance agreements. Every permanent install adds a client to the service base. A franchise 5 years in with 150 installs has a revenue floor from renewals alone, on top of new install revenue.
Year-Round Cash Flow
No seasonal ceiling. Permanent installs happen every month. ~10 permanent-install bid requests per territory per month on average. Average permanent install bid: approximately $5,000. The business produces revenue in February just like in November.
Higher Average Job Value
The average permanent lighting install value (~$5,000) is significantly higher than a holiday install (~$1,500). A single estate or commercial project can equal multiple holiday seasons — at strong margins.
Applications
Permanent Lighting Across Property Types
The permanent lighting opportunity spans residential and commercial, from single-family homes to resort hospitality properties.
Luxury Residential Estates
High-end homes where the exterior is an extension of the interior design. Comprehensive roofline, landscape, pool, and entertainment area programs.
Suburban Residential
The mass-market residential opportunity. A well-designed roofline + front yard program at a mid-market price point, sold at volume during the holiday install season and converted to permanent.
Commercial Office + Retail
Class A office parks, mixed-use retail, and commercial corridors. Annual contracts, after-hours installation, brand-color capability for holidays and special events.
Hospitality + Restaurant
Hotels, resorts, restaurants, and entertainment venues where exterior ambiance is part of the product. Year-round, high-visibility installs with premium service agreements.
HOA + Multi-Family
Community-scale programs for HOA common areas, apartment community entrances, clubhouses, and multi-family amenity spaces. One contract, ongoing annual billing.
Commercial Outdoor Spaces
Shopping center food courts, event venues, outdoor amphitheaters, sports complexes, and entertainment districts. Large-scale custom programs.
The Franchise Opportunity
The Best Lighting Partners Franchises Run Both Streams
Holiday lighting fills the calendar September through December with concentrated high-revenue activity. Permanent lighting fills the rest of the year and builds a compounding service agreement base. Together they make Lighting Partners one of the most defensible service franchise models in the home services category.
Explore the Franchise Opportunity →Common Questions
Permanent Lighting Franchise FAQ
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