With more than 500 industries, the lighting sector generates more than 23 thousand jobs, including the production chain of lighting devices (luminaires), light sources (lamps) and controllers (ballasts and drivers).

THE SECTOR

The majority of lighting product manufacturing activities are concentrated in the Southeast region, particularly in the state of São Paulo, with distribution across the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goiás, Amazonas, Ceará, Sergipe, Rio Grande do Norte, Espírito Santo, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Amapá, Tocantins, and the Federal District.

The sector's revenue in 2023 was R$8 billion, with over 23,000 employees.

The R$8 billion is divided into 67% for lighting fixtures, 23% for lamps, and 10% for controllers.

 

About Brazil

Brazil: diversified and sustainable economy  

Brazil has a diversified economy, solid institutions and legal security for domestic and foreign investors. These attributes, coupled with innovative social policies that are especially relevant to developing countries, lead Brazil to become one of the largest economies of the 21st Century and play a strategic role in the world economic scenario.

With a strong consumer market, Brazil stands out for the development of innovative technologies in several industrial and services segments, such as in the oil exploration, biotechnology, aviation, telecommunications, banking automation, agribusiness and biofuel industries, among others. Rich in natural resources, Brazil is a major producer of food and has a broad industrial and technological base, modern and diversified, and stands out even more in the world scenario in segments of the creative economy.

A leader in world oil production in deep and super-deep waters, the country is also the world's largest producer of biofuels. The diversified Brazilian energy matrix is the cleanest among all countries. Half of the energy consumed in Brazil comes from renewable sources. Currently, more than 90% of vehicles licensed in Brazil are equipped with flexfuel engines.

Creativity and cultural diversity are Brazilian marks present in industry, technology and services produced in the country. These are characteristics that contribute to the Brazilian economy being increasingly innovative, competitive and sustainable.