Whether you live in a studio apartment or a mansion, lighting such as lamps, wall sconces, and chandeliers add beauty and style. However, not many are made in the USA with all domestically sourced materials. So, we did some digging to find brands that make lighting right here in the USA. Here’s what we found, as well as tips for finding the country of origin for lighting and other products.
Complete List of Lighting Brands Made in the USA
This company specializes in barn-style lighting for indoors or outdoors. Their fixtures, which are made from 18-gauge American steel, include wall-mounted lights, ceiling-mounted lights, galvanized lights, gooseneck lights, straight-arm lights, and brass barn lights.
Arroyo Craftsman makes arts-and-craft-inspired lighting fixtures, including chandeliers, pendants, and wall and ceiling mounts. This brand also crafts lamps and landscape lighting. Everything is finished by hand. Arroyo is known for the heavier gauge brass it uses for its fixtures.
Barn Light Electric uses locally sourced materials to make its early 20th-century-inspired lighting and other products. Much of their lighting is compliant with Buy American Act standards. Another bonus is their customizable options, ensuring each customer gets a fixture suited to their taste and home décor. This company’s lighting products include wall lighting, ceiling lighting, and outdoor lighting, as well as desk lamps and floor lamps. They also have an LED lighting collection.
Located in New Orleans, Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights is famous for its stunning interior and exterior lighting designs, which include Colonial, French, Traditional, Transitional, Coastal, Mediterranean, Barn, Industrial, and Modern styles. You can find lanterns on their website that look like antique street lamps in London, Williamsburg, or the French Quarter.
The artisans at Cerno draw inspiration for their lighting designs from the culture and natural beauty of Laguna Beach, where the company is located. Their products include floor and table lamps, indoor and outdoor sconces, vanity lighting, pendants, wall and ceiling mounts, and more.
Coast Lamp Manufacturing, which has been in the same family for three generations, is famous for its amazing variety of North Carolina-made lamps. Featured styles are Casual Living, Coastal Living, Rustic Living, and Western Living. Individual finishes and interchangeable lampshades offer a high degree of customization.
Coe Studios specializes in custom outdoor lighting for gardens, walkways, and driveways. Their products are made from solid bronze, so they can withstand the elements. This metal never rusts; it just becomes more beautiful with age. The Bay Area company’s designs have been featured on HGTV’s “Curb Appeal.”
DEKOR custom-makes its interior and exterior lighting fixtures that are functional as well as stylish. This brand, located in the Rocky Mountains, has an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. They also sell accessories such as controllers, wiring, and power source transformers.
Dunes and Duchess, which has been featured in Oprah Magazine, House Beautiful, and many other prestigious publications, is known for its playful, colorful, and versatile lighting designs. Their products include lamps, candelabras, pendants, and sconces.
Dutch Crafters makes Amish furniture from locally sourced hardwoods. This brand has tons of lamps and lighting fixtures to choose from. However, although they are crafted in the USA, some of the materials are imported.
Framburg makes lighting for commercial and residential use. Their chandeliers, ceiling lights, outdoor lighting, pendants, wall sconces, vanity lighting, and floor and table lamps come in a variety of styles. Whether you need lighting for a rustic cabin or an ultra-modern apartment, you’re sure to find what you want.
Genie House handcrafts indoor and outdoor lighting in styles that range from minimalist to ornate. They make wall sconces, garden lanterns, table lamps, and more.
Guild Nines is known for creating durable mid-century-inspired furniture and lighting from solid hardwood. This brand focuses on superior craftsmanship and high-quality materials.
This furniture company’s lighting products include chandeliers, pendants, and sconces. The online descriptions for some of these items say they were made in the USA, while others use the phrase “handblown in the USA” – both are pretty safe when it comes to lighting since the raw materials are easy to come by in the US.
Hammerton Studio creates high-end chandeliers, pendants, wall sconces, outdoor lighting, and more. When you visit their website, you can filter your product search by rooms and spaces in your home, such as the living room, kitchen, dining room, home office, bathroom, entry and stairway, hallway, and even the game and media room.
Hennepin Made focuses on sustainable design and craftsmanship for its lighting fixtures, which include chandeliers, sconces, pendants, and votives. This brand has a showroom in Minneapolis where customers can look at these pieces up close before making a purchase.
Herwig Lighting is known for its antique and vintage-style outdoor lanterns. This company’s extensive product line covers time periods ranging from Colonial, Victorian, Traditional, Gothic, Arts & Crafts, and Art Deco. If you have a passion for the past, Herwig may have exactly what you are looking for.
Hubbardton Forge is an acclaimed lighting brand that combines craftsmanship and sustainability. This company stands out because of its LED lighting technology. Their collection includes ceiling, bath, outdoor, wall, and floor/table lighting.
This company is renowned for its USA-made copper lanterns and outdoor lighting. Products include ceiling lights, pendants, wall sconces, wall lights, post lights, and pier base/garden lights.
Lucent Lightshop creates high-quality, handcrafted light fixtures with a Mid-Century modern look. Customers can choose from a variety of chandeliers, flush mounts, sconces, and pendants.
Lumax Lighting makes LED and fluorescent lighting fixtures for commercial, industrial, and institutional use. This company doesn’t market its products to homeowners. However, if you have a big garage, workshop, or home office and want some commercial-grade lighting solution, Lumax is worth checking out.
Matter Made is renowned for its contemporary, minimalist furniture and lighting products. This brand works with top designers to create high-quality chandeliers, pendants, sconces, and lamps.
Modernica, which custom builds modern and contemporary furniture in Los Angeles, CA, only makes one lighting product: the Case Study Pearl Lamp, which has an adjustable pendant and can be installed on slanted ceilings up to 30 degrees.
Naples Lamp Factory makes lamps and home accessories in Florida. This family-owned company focuses on coastal, nautical, and contemporary designs. Customers can choose from pelican, turtle, and pineapple-themed lamps, golf-themed lamps, mermaid-themed lamps, and more.
Niche’s team of artists hand-crafts chandeliers, sconces, and pendants from original designs that blend luxury with a contemporary look. These lighting products can be ordered in either clear or colored glass.
This company is known for its custom-made solid brass and copper outdoor lighting, chandeliers, sconces, flush mounts, hanging lights, pendants, and accessories. All fixtures come with a lifetime guarantee.
True to its name, Old Hickory Furniture makes its products from hickory saplings and other natural and sustainable materials. Their lighting collection includes hanging lights, chandeliers, scones, table and floor lamps, and vanity lighting.
This brand’s lighting fixtures are assembled in their Portland, Oregon factory using ethically sourced domestic and global components. Products include sconces, chandeliers, pendants, outdoor lighting, and floor and table lamps.
Siemon & Salazar is renowned for its handcrafted blown glass vessels and lighting fixtures. This design studio’s products, which include chandeliers, pendants, elbow sconces, and flush mounts, reflect the evolved craftsmanship of the Muranese tradition combined with Scandinavian balance and restraint. The designs are also inspired by the beauty of the Southern California landscape.
The Stiffel Lamp Company is a leader in the lighting industry due to its innovative and iconic designs. This company makes table lamps, desk lamps, floor lamps, buffet lamps, candle lamps, and library lamps, as well as wall and ceiling fixtures. Customers can also order individual lampshades.
This company focuses on making wooden pendant lighting by hand. These pieces are designed to fit any common medium base pendant kit. They can directly replace an installed shade, be installed as new work with the pendant install kit, or hung from a hook with the cord kit.
This solid wood furniture company offers the Apollo Mini Lamp, which is handcrafted by Lume Home in Portland, Oregon. This lamp’s cast porcelain center is glazed in a matte bone color accented by a hand-turned walnut piece.
UltraLights’s focus is on making customized, decorative wall and ceiling fixtures that are both modern and transitional. This company produces some exterior lighting in addition to its interior lighting.
Vermont Wood Studios is best known as a bedroom furniture company, but they also resell tons of floor lamps, table lamps, chandeliers, and pendants made by Hubbardton Forge.
Butler Lighting is a showroom based in High Point, North Carolina, that has a huge selection of USA made lighting. Everything from chandeliers to sconces, lamps, and more. You can browse their entire American made inventory on their website.
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How to Find Lighting Made in the USA
Shopping for lighting is complicated due to the limitless range of options. Just like any other product, you want the best you can afford. That’s why it makes sense to look specifically for lighting that’s made in the USA and compare prices to see what makes the most sense for your budget. So how do you find lighting that’s made here? Let’s get into it.
What Does “Made in the USA” Mean?
Any product that’s advertised as being “made in the USA” must be “all or virtually all” made here from domestically sourced parts, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This means the product can only contain a minimal amount of overseas material in it.
If you want lighting that’s all or nearly all made in the USA, look at what a product is made from and its labeling. More detailed information on this is available in our “made in the USA” guide.
Materials
Lighting can be made from all kinds of materials, but only some are easily sourced domestically. To make things easier for you, here’s a list of the most common lighting materials and below and their likely countries of origin.
Solid Wood
One of your best bets for finding lighting products that are made here is to look for ones crafted from solid hardwood. This is because the U.S. is the world’s top producer of oak, walnut, maple, and cherry lumber. This type of wood is so durable that products made from it can last for generations.
Fiberboard
Although light fixtures, lamps, and other products produced with fiberboard can be easier on your pocketbook initially, they won’t last as long as those made from solid wood.
The United States was the first country to manufacture fiberboard. Production has spread to other countries, but you can still find domestically-made fiberboard products.
Steel
Some lighting fixtures are made from steel. China, which makes 50% of this metal, is the global leader in steel production. Although the United States is only fourth among steel-producing countries, it ranks high in quality. In fact, US steel is three times stronger than steel from China.
Iron
Iron is a fairly common material for lighting fixtures. The good news is the U.S. produces nearly 50 million metric tons of iron ore making it the third highest-value metal produced here. The not-so-good news is most iron in the United States comes from scraps that originated in other countries, such as China and Japan. In fact, the U.S. ranks only 9th in global iron ore production.
Copper
The United States ranks fifth worldwide in copper production behind Chile, Peru, China, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This means you can find copper lighting products that are made in the USA if you do a little digging.
Brass
This copper and zinc alloy adds a touch of luxury to any lighting fixture. Germany, China, and Japan are the global leaders in the production of this metal, but some of it is also manufactured domestically.
Glass
If you have your heart set on made-in-the-USA glass lighting fixtures, you have a lot of work ahead of you. China makes almost a quarter of the world’s glass, while the U.S. only produces 6.5%. Fortunately, some hand-blown glass production takes place domestically.
Labeling
As we mentioned earlier, labels are an important way to discover any product’s country of origin. This is because manufacturers are required to include this information on labels, and the FTC protects the use of the “made in the USA” label.
However, don’t be misled by almost-but-not-quite language such as “assembled in the USA” or “designed in the USA.” Some brands use these phrases to hide the fact that some production took place overseas.
You should also proceed with caution if you see labels that say “made in America” because it could mean the item was produced in Mexico and Canada, which are also part of North America.
In addition, don’t assume a product was made in the USA just because you see the image of Old Glory on the label. The image of the American flag is not protected, so brands sometimes use it even if an item was made outside the USA.
Another red flag could be using the American flag on the label. Unlike the phrase “made in the USA,” the image of the Stars and Stripes is not protected. This means its presence is NOT a guarantee a product was made here.
Finally, remember when we said the FTC protects the “made in the USA” label? Sounds great, right? Sadly, there’s no pre-approval process manufacturers must go through to receive that label. This means companies policing themselves as to whether their products meet the “made in the USA” standard. So, once again, be prepared to do your own research.
Additional Tips
Check the Company Website
Brands that do make items in the USA often make that a key part of their marketing. This means they will have that information prominently displayed on their website. But keep in mind that companies are not required to include the country of origin for their products when advertising online or in print. Fortunately, some manufacturers are upfront about indicating on their website if a certain item is imported. If they don’t even list that, you are probably better off assuming the product wasn’t produced here.
Look Beyond the Official Website
If you are confused about where a product really comes from, do an online search for news articles, or press releases that might reveal the country of origin. Other possible sources are message boards and social media.
Call the Company
Sometimes the easiest way to find out if an item was made in the USA is to call the company directly, particularly if it’s a small one. Be sure to not only ask where their lighting is manufactured, but also where the materials come from.
Lighting Brands Not Made in the USA
Below are some well-known brands that don’t produce their lighting domestically.
- Ashley Furniture – Mostly made in China and Vietnam.
- IKEA – This Swedish company mainly manufactures in China, Malaysia, Vietnam, and other countries in Asia and Eastern Europe.
- Ethan Allen – Although 75% of its products are made in North America, this brand’s lighting is produced in China or the Philippines.
- Pottery Barn – Lighting is imported.
- West Elm – A lot of manufacturing happens in India, although some pieces are produced in North America.
Coaster Furniture – Imported. - Article – Everything is made in Asia.
- MoDRN – Imported.
- RH – Made in China.
