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LED Manufacturing in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Terry Faber Terry Faber New York, United States Last Updated: July 2024 NAICS OD4456

Revenue

$2.0bn

2024

$2.0bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

3,346

Businesses

23

Wages

$XXX.Xm

LED Manufacturing in the US industry analysis

The LED manufacturing sector is amid a transformative phase marked by innovation, governmental support and challenges that are intrinsic to high-tech industries. Government and private sector incentives have helped shape the industry's direction. Along with numerous rebate programs, a complete ban on the sale of incandescent bulbs has propelled the demand for LED products at an estimated CAGR of 2.3% from 2019 to 2024, when they are expected to have reached $1.95 billion. Support from industry associations and utility companies has fortified the sector’s foundation, enabling access to resources and knowledge sharing that fuel growth and competitiveness. Growth is anticipated to be 0.4% in 2024.

Trends and Insights

  • LED manufacturers are locked in a competition to create a superior-quality, energy-efficient and cost-effective product. A manufacturer able to produce an LED product with at least two of these three attributes will have a significant advantage over the competition.
  • LED modules are the building blocks of any LED product and make up the bulk of demand. They are essential for both industry-produced products and any custom product produced by downstream markets.
  • LED manufacturers have primarily flocked to the West region to be in close proximity to the broader tech industry. Silicon Valley is the cradle of tech innovation in the US and its location near a major West coast port facilitates trade with many of the silicon manufacturing centers in Asia.
  • The competitiveness of LED manufacturers is continually in flux. One manufacturer often gains market share and then is overtaken by another as technical innovations continue to proliferate.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 2.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.0bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

LED manufacturers prioritize improvements to dim incandescent bulb's appeal

  • The push by LED manufacturers to enhance color rendering index (CRI) metrics directly tackled a longstanding consumer perception that the warmth and fidelity of light from incandescent bulbs is unmatched. The industry allocated significant research and development funds to narrow the qualitative gap by shifting phosphor formations.
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LED Manufacturing in the US
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

LEDs glow green

  • As the world considers sustainability more and more, LED manufacturing is poised to minimize their environmental impact in ways other than energy efficiency. Innovations are steering toward swappable and biodegradable LED light components, promising a reduction in electronic waste impact.

Biggest companies in the LED Manufacturing in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Osram Licht Ag
349.9
-15.7
-4.5
Wolfspeed, Inc.
140.8
-35,200.0
-25,000.0

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Products & Services Segmentation

LED Manufacturing in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including LED modules for display manufacturers, LED modules for other applications and LED light engines. LED modules for display manufacturers is the largest segment of the LED Manufacturing in the US.

Trends and Insights

Integrated LED modules brighten vehicles, medical devices and other custom systems

  • LED modules designed for integration into various products and systems represent versatility and innovation within the US LED manufacturing industry. These modules have applications beyond conventional lighting – from automotive headlights to medical devices – signaling a shift toward more thoroughly integrated lighting solutions.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry manufactures light-emitting diode (LED) chips and components. An LED chip is a solid-state light source that is long-lasting and energy efficient. LEDs are used as indicator lamps in many devices and they are increasingly used for lighting and consumer electronics. This industry does not include LED fixtures, luminaires and tertiary products.

What's included in this industry?

Manufacturing LED modules for displaysManufacturing LED modules for other applicationsManufacturing LED light engines

Companies

Osram Licht AgWolfspeed, Inc.

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Related Terms

LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) PACKAGELAMP

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 33441 - LED Manufacturing in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

LED manufacturers are locked in a competition to create a superior-quality, energy-efficient and cost-effective product. A manufacturer able to produce an LED product with at...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

LED modules are the building blocks of any LED product and make up the bulk of demand. They are essential for both industry-produced products and any custom product produced ...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

LED manufacturers have primarily flocked to the West region to be in close proximity to the broader tech industry. Silicon Valley is the cradle of tech innovation in the US a...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The competitiveness of LED manufacturers is continually in flux. One manufacturer often gains market share and then is overtaken by another as technical innovations continue ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Osram Licht AG is the largest manufacturer of LED products in the US. The company – headquartered in Munich, Germany – generates more than one-fifth of all revenue in the ind...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Osram Licht Ag's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Wolfspeed, Inc.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Osram Licht Ag, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Wolfspeed, Inc., and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The federal government has made a considerable effort to phase out classic incandescent lightbulbs and promote LEDs. Incandescent bulbs are less energy efficient and, on aver...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Rising purchase costs have cut into profit. LED manufacturing is a moderately capital-intensive business, for example because computer chips require sterile environments.

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2017-2022)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2017-2022)
  • Income Statement (2017-2022)
  • Balance Sheet (2017-2022)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States in 2024?

The market size of the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is $2.0bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in 2024?

There are 23 businesses in the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.8 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States has been growing at a CAGR of 2.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the LED Manufacturing in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the LED Manufacturing market in United States are Osram Licht Ag and Wolfspeed, Inc.

What does the LED Manufacturing in the US in United States include?

Manufacturing LED modules for displays and Manufacturing LED modules for other applications are part of the LED Manufacturing in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the LED Manufacturing in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Osram Licht Ag.

How competitive is the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the LED Manufacturing in the US industry in United States.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Semiconductor & Circuit Manufacturing in the US
  • Circuit Board & Electronic Component Manufacturing in the US
  • Lighting & Bulb Manufacturing in the US
  • Lighting Fixtures Manufacturing in the US
  • Laboratory Testing Services in the US

International industries

  • Global Semiconductor & Electronic Parts Manufacturing
  • Lighting & Bulb Manufacturing in Canada
  • Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing in Australia
  • Electrical Equipment Repair & Maintenance in the UK
  • Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing in Germany

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