For facility managers, building owners, and safety compliance officers, ensuring the operational readiness of emergency lighting is a critical and non-negotiable responsibility. These systems are essential for guiding occupants to safety during power outages, fires, or any emergency. However, the traditional method of manually testing hundreds or thousands of individual emergency lights across a large building, campus, or municipal infrastructure is incredibly labor-intensive, costly, and prone to human error. Undetected failures can lead to serious safety risks and regulatory non-compliance. The solution lies in intelligent, automated technology. Connected Emergency Lighting systems are advanced solutions designed to enhance safety and compliance by enabling real-time monitoring, remote management, and automated reporting of emergency light status. By integrating sensors, communication modules, and centralized control software, these systems allow facility teams to instantly verify that every light is operational, identify faults remotely, and generate compliance reports with a single click. Leveraging either wireless or wired network infrastructure, connected emergency lighting is transforming safety management across municipal buildings, large commercial facilities, and even high-end residential complexes, ensuring that when an emergency strikes, the path to safety is reliably illuminated.
Global Leading Market Research Publisher QYResearch announces the release of its latest report “Connected Emergency Lighting – Global Market Share and Ranking, Overall Sales and Demand Forecast 2026-2032″. Based on current situation and impact historical analysis (2021-2025) and forecast calculations (2026-2032), this report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Connected Emergency Lighting market, including market size, share, demand, industry development status, and forecasts for the next few years.
The market data reflects this powerful shift toward intelligent building systems. The global market for Connected Emergency Lighting was estimated to be worth US$ 2,405 million in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ 3,812 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 6.9% during the forecast period 2025-2031. This robust growth is driven by increasingly stringent building safety codes, the proliferation of smart building technologies, and the compelling operational and cost benefits of automated compliance monitoring.
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Defining the Technology: Intelligent Systems for Critical Safety
Connected emergency lighting systems are advanced solutions designed to enhance safety and compliance in buildings by ensuring that emergency lights are operational and can be monitored and managed remotely. These systems are integral to building safety, guiding occupants to exits during emergencies and power outages. Connected emergency lighting systems leverage various technologies to provide real-time monitoring, testing, and reporting capabilities.
The core advancement over conventional emergency lighting is the integration of communication capabilities. Each emergency light fitting contains a monitoring device that continuously checks the status of the lamp, battery, and control gear. This status data is communicated over a network—either a dedicated wired connection or a wireless mesh network—to a central management software platform. Facility managers can view the status of every light on a digital floor plan, receive instant alerts about any fault, and initiate automated or manual test sequences remotely. The system automatically logs all test results, creating a comprehensive, auditable trail for safety inspectors and regulatory compliance, dramatically reducing the labor burden associated with manual checks.
The market is segmented by the type of connectivity infrastructure and by the primary end-user sector.
By Type (Connectivity):
Wireless Type: These systems use wireless communication protocols (such as mesh networks, Wi-Fi, or proprietary RF) to connect individual light fittings to the central management system. Wireless systems offer significant advantages in retrofitting existing buildings, as they avoid the cost and disruption of installing new cabling. They are also highly scalable and flexible.
Wire Type: These systems utilize a dedicated wired communication network, often running alongside the building’s main electrical wiring or using Power over Ethernet (PoE). Wired connections are typically extremely reliable and secure, making them a preferred choice for new construction projects and facilities with the highest security requirements, such as hospitals or data centers.
By Application (End-User Sector):
Municipal: This includes public buildings such as schools, libraries, government offices, courthouses, and transportation hubs (airports, train stations). These facilities have a duty of care to the public and face strict compliance requirements, making connected systems highly attractive for efficient management.
Residential: This segment encompasses multi-unit residential buildings like apartment complexes, condominiums, and high-rise residential towers. Ensuring emergency lighting in common areas (hallways, stairwells) is critical for occupant safety and is often mandated by building codes. Connected systems offer property managers a cost-effective way to manage this responsibility across large properties.
Others: This broad category includes commercial office buildings, industrial facilities, warehouses, retail centers, hospitals, educational campuses, and hospitality venues. In these settings, connected lighting is often integrated into broader building management systems (BMS) for centralized control of energy and safety functions.
Competitive Landscape: Global Leaders in Lighting and Building Management
The market is served by the world’s largest lighting manufacturers and leading players in building automation and electrical equipment. The Connected Emergency Lighting market is segmented as below:
MPN, Emerson, OSRAM, Signify, Glamox Corporate, Panasonic, AGC Lighting, Kenall, Shenzhen Benwei Lighting Technology, LuminAID, Schneider, Acuity Brands, Eaton, Legrand, ABB, Hubbell, ZFE
Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) and OSRAM are global lighting giants at the forefront of connected lighting technologies, offering comprehensive portfolios of emergency lighting with integrated monitoring. Acuity Brands and Eaton are major North American players with strong positions in both lighting and building management systems. Schneider Electric, ABB, Legrand, and Emerson are global leaders in electrical equipment and building automation, integrating connected emergency lighting into their broader energy and safety management platforms. Panasonic is a major player in the Asian market. Hubbell and Kenall are well-known in North America for specialized and robust lighting solutions. The list also includes specialized and regional manufacturers like Glamox Corporate (Europe) and Shenzhen Benwei (China). The competitive landscape is characterized by a focus on system integration, software platform capabilities, reliability, and compliance with international safety standards.
Strategic Outlook: Integration, Data, and Proactive Safety
Looking toward 2032, several key trends will shape the connected emergency lighting market.
Integration with Smart Building Platforms: Connected emergency lighting will increasingly become a standard component of integrated building management systems (BMS) and IoT platforms, sharing data for enhanced energy efficiency, space utilization, and predictive maintenance.
Data-Driven Compliance and Safety: The ability to generate automated, auditable compliance reports will become a key selling point, as regulations evolve to recognize and potentially mandate such automated monitoring capabilities.
Proactive Maintenance and Analytics: Continuous monitoring enables a shift from reactive to proactive maintenance. Alerts for battery degradation or lamp failure allow for repairs before a failure occurs, maximizing safety and uptime.
Wireless Dominance in Retrofits: The growth in the building retrofit market, driven by energy efficiency and safety upgrades, will continue to fuel demand for easy-to-install wireless connected systems.
Cybersecurity Focus: As lighting systems become connected, cybersecurity becomes paramount. Vendors will need to invest in robust security protocols to protect building networks from potential intrusion through lighting systems.
In conclusion, the connected emergency lighting market is a dynamic and high-growth segment at the intersection of building safety, digitalization, and the Internet of Things. For investors and industry executives, it represents a market with strong, sustained growth potential, driven by regulatory demands, the need for operational efficiency, and the overarching trend toward smarter, safer, and more connected buildings. Its robust CAGR is a clear indicator of how technology is fundamentally improving a critical aspect of life safety.
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