Commercial Lighting for Every Chicago Business

Every commercial property has different lighting demands, and cookie-cutter fixtures rarely fit real spaces. Mr. Mighty Electric installs and upgrades commercial lighting for retail storefronts and showrooms, office suites and conference rooms, warehouses and industrial floors, restaurants and hospitality, medical clinics, and multi-tenant build-outs. We handle LED retrofits on existing fluorescent fixtures, high-bay LED for warehouses and manufacturing bays, parking-lot and exterior pole lighting, emergency and egress lighting to meet code, and full tenant build-out electrical for new business openings.

Chicago Commercial Code, Permits, and Real-World Scheduling

Commercial lighting work in Chicago comes with realities that residential jobs don’t. Our electricians pull the permits and handle Chicago Department of Buildings and inspection coordination for every job that needs one. We’re familiar with the Chicago Energy Conservation Code requirements for new fixtures and retrofits, and we design around real-world constraints — after-hours installs so retail and office traffic isn’t disrupted, staged rollouts for multi-floor tenants, and coordination with property managers on multi-tenant buildings where common areas and individual suites share circuits.

Our Commercial Lighting Process

Every commercial job starts with an on-site audit — we walk the space, measure existing footcandles, note fixture counts, and look at your electrical panel capacity. From the audit we produce a photometric design that shows exactly where the new fixtures go, what light levels they deliver, and where the biggest energy savings sit. Then we spec the fixtures — brand, wattage, lumens, color temperature, and dimming compatibility — and give you an itemized quote. Installation happens on the schedule that works for your business, and we handle ComEd commercial lighting rebate paperwork so the utility incentive actually gets to you (many commercial LED retrofit projects qualify for a significant per-fixture rebate through the ComEd Business Solutions program).

Why Hire an Electrician for Commercial Lighting?

Some lighting-only companies stop at swapping fixtures. Real commercial lighting work touches your electrical panel, breaker sizing, circuit loading, and often the transformer feeding your suite — none of which a fixture-swap company is licensed to modify. Our licensed commercial electricians handle the fixture install AND the electrical infrastructure behind it, pull the permit, and stand behind the inspection.

Commercial Lighting FAQs

Do you handle LED retrofits on existing fluorescent fixtures?

Yes. LED retrofits are one of the most common commercial projects we do. We replace the tubes and driver on existing troffers, or swap the whole fixture where the housing is worn out. Both routes typically qualify for ComEd commercial rebates.

Can you work after business hours to avoid disrupting operations?

Yes. Most retail, office, and restaurant commercial lighting installs run on nights and weekends by default. We build the schedule into the quote.

Do you help with the ComEd commercial lighting rebate?

Yes. We spec fixtures that qualify for the ComEd Business Solutions program and handle the rebate application paperwork — you get the credit without chasing utility forms.

Do you install parking lot and exterior commercial lighting?

Yes. Parking-lot pole lighting, wall packs, security floods, wet-rated fixtures for canopies and drive-throughs, and photocell/timer controls — indoor and outdoor commercial lighting are both in scope.

Do you pull the permit and handle Chicago inspections?

Yes. Every commercial lighting job that needs a permit gets pulled by us. We coordinate the Department of Buildings inspection so you don’t need to.