The Report ‘The lighting fixtures market in Middle East and North Africa‘ (MENA region), now in its eighth edition, provides historical data and trend on production, international trade and market size of the lighting fixtures industry in the MENA region highlighting the two main market segments for lighting fixtures, residential lighting and professional lighting, indoor and outdoor.

Economic and market forecast up to 2025 by country are also provided.

Lighting Demand is broken down by segment (consumer/residential lighting; architectural/commercial lighting; industrial lighting; outdoor lighting), by product (floor and table lamps; wall and ceiling lighting, suspensions and chandeliers; downlights and spotlights; linear and flexible strips; high and low bays; LED panels) and application (hospitality, office, retail, industrial plants, healthcare, residential outdoor, urban landscape, area lighting…).

The competitive system analyses the main companies present in the region, with data on sales and market shares and short company profiles.

The geographical coverage of the report includes:

• Gulf Countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
• Middle East: Jordan, Lebanon
• North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia

The term ‘MENA‘ is used as synonym of: Middle East and North Africa.

The first section of the report shows the aggregate figures and the outlook of the area, including the activity trend and the competitive situation. The second part contains the analysis by single country.

For each country: activity trend 2016-2021 and preliminary 2022; forecast 2023-2025; lighting fixtures exports and imports, broken down by country and by geographical area of destination/origin; exports and imports of lamps (total and LED based); distribution system, highlighting the main contractors, interior designers and architects involved in the lighting business, the main specialist importers and distributors of lighting fixtures and the major building projects in the pipeline; competition analysis of the leading companies present in the country, with data on sales and market shares and short company profiles; main country economic indicators.

MENA region. New hotel projects in the pipeline

The lighting fixtures market in Middle East and North Africa (MENA region) is estimated by CSIL to be worth US$ 3.8 billion in 2022, to reach 4.8 billion in 2025 (forecast in current USD, at the 2022 exchange rate), a cumulative growth of 24% in value and 9% in real terms.

The MENA Region is a net importer of lighting fixtures (over US$ 2.5 billion, equal to 70% of the total consumption). In 2022 imports have increased of approximately 5% in the whole Region.

Most of the growth during 2022 comes from Qatar, Kuwait and Morocco. It is driven from Hospitality, Entertainment, street and area lighting.

Saudi Arabia is the main market in the area, followed by the United Arab Emirates. Italy is today the second source of imports for all the countries (except Jordan) after China.

Signify is market leader everywhere but to be noted the growth of Zumtobel, Al-Babtain and Ledvance. Some country big players are Nouran and Al Nasser in Saudi Arabia, Gulf Lights in Qatar, Al Meer in Kuwait. Emerging players are Fumagalli (Itay) and Pelsan (Turkey). 

As regards the distribution system Contract/Projects account for approximately 40%-50% of the lighting fixtures market in the region, lighting/electrical wholesalers sell around 30%-40% of products, 20% is sold among lighting specialists, lifestyle chains, e-commerce.