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Commercial Network Lighting
Market Data | 1Q 2026 | MD-SLCBC-103
Get The ReportAccording to ABI Research forecasts, the smart lighting market will see 84.3 million shipments in 2026, a 10.6% increase Year-over-Year (YoY). Growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.9%, we forecast more than 140 million smart lighting shipments by 2031.
What’s driving demand for smart lighting solutions?
Adoption of Networked Lighting Control (NLC) continues to accelerate as energy prices rise, and building performance standards continue to mandate stricter lighting standards and require measurable energy reductions. Smart lighting is growing more common for new luminaires to be shipped with embedded sensors or be “controls-ready,” which accelerates adoption and leads to increased insights into occupancy analytics, daylight harvesting, and space optimization use cases that expand beyond basic energy savings.
Lighting Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly prioritizing more modular and interoperable designs, which allow for more cost-effective retrofits of existing LED infrastructure. Over the next few years, retrofit smart lighting deployments will continue to outpace new construction installations as building owners pursue decarbonization targets, operational cost reduction, and compliance with tightening energy codes and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting requirements.
