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Christmas light installer marketing

Start the season with your holiday lighting route already full.

Nobody is thinking about Christmas in September. That is when your route gets sold, so November is installs, not selling.

  • Keep the customers whose lights are in your storage
  • Sign the storefronts and plazas before summer is over
  • Rebook the route in January, while you take it down

Holiday lighting marketing is Meta first, the one exterior trade where that is true, because about 80 percent of search volume lands in November (Creatively Innovative, 2026) while commercial books by August and residential install dates lock by mid-September, and there is no Local Services Ads category. Meta reaches the neighbourhood in early October with a deadline; the site prices the full-service package by house size; Google captures the November spike and permanent lighting searches year-round.

A ten-week business sold in the eight weeks before it

Ten to fourteen weeks carry 80 to 90 percent of a holiday lighting company’s annual revenue (Christmas Lights HQ, 2026), and the customer decides before the weeks begin. Commercial accounts book by August, residential preferred install dates lock by mid-September (Christmas Lights Experts DFW, 2026), returning clients are rebooked in September and October (Big Star Lights, 2025), and roughly 80 percent of Google search volume does not arrive until November (Creatively Innovative, 2026). A company that waits for the search is selling the leftover dates. That calendar, more than any cost per lead, is why the channel order flips in this trade: reach first, capture second.

The holiday lighting installation year, and where the money is

Researched, not guessed. Every line names where it came from.

Peak
Lights go up October through December, and those weeks carry most of the year's revenue. The work is sold earlier: commercial books by August, and the best residential dates go by mid-September. (christmaslightshq.com)
Shoulder
Late September into early October, before the crew fills up, and again in January, when the lights come down and you ask for next year.
Quiet
February through July. The work is a winter line for landscaping, lawn care and pressure washing crews, and summer is when you prep and buy lights.
What triggers a call
The neighbors' lights went up first; First Christmas in a new house; Nobody in the house should be on a ladder; The neighborhood decorating contest; A property manager needs the plaza lit; Saw a permanent system and wants the price
Typical residential job
A season of lights put up, serviced, taken down and stored runs $1,200 to $4,500. A permanent system fitted to the roofline runs $2,500 to $5,000. (ctacquisitions.com, 2026)
Commercial
$4,500 and up (CT Acquisitions, 2026). Storefronts, plazas and community entrances. They book in August.
Comes back
Every year, if you store the lights for them. Customers who buy the whole package, install through takedown and storage, rebook at 75 percent or better (CT Acquisitions, 2026). Ask for next season right after takedown.

Meta first for holiday lighting installation. Here is why.

First channel
Meta first. Nobody is searching for lights in September and October, but that is when your season gets booked, so a lit roofline on Facebook is what fills your calendar. Google matters in November, when people finally search and the prime dates are gone.
Second channel
Google search. It catches the November rush, when most people finally go looking, and it keeps running year round for homeowners shopping permanent lighting.

What we build for a holiday lighting company

A site that prices the full-service package by house size, $800 to $1,500 standard and $1,500 to $3,500 premium for a typical home, with what is included: design, commercial-grade LEDs, install, in-season service, takedown and storage (Strandr, 2026). Not the $444 average the national guides quote, which describes roofline-only labour at $2 to $5 a foot (Angi, HomeAdvisor, 2026) and undersells the package by a factor of three. A lease-versus-own page with the math. A booking deadline and a route-fill count from September. Night galleries. A commercial and HOA page. And a permanent lighting page with the per-foot price, $18 to $35 installed (Trimlight, 2026), because that question is asked all year.

Behind it: Meta from early October with authentic vertical crew video, ladders going up and lights coming on, and a design mockup of the prospect’s own house, with a free design consultation as the offer and a deadline in the copy; Google Search live for the November spike and running year-round on the permanent lighting terms; a Google Business Profile with a night gallery and a fitting primary category, since there is no holiday lighting category on Local Services Ads. Every lead gets a callback inside five minutes, and returning customers are rebooked one to two weeks after takedown in January.

  • Full-service package priced by house size, with what is included
  • Lease versus own page, booking deadline and route-fill count from September
  • Meta from early October with crew video and a house mockup
  • Google for the November spike and permanent lighting all year
  • Rebooking one to two weeks after takedown, storage as the lock-in

Who you are up against, and the customer who stays

The largest lighting franchise reported holiday lighting as 21 percent of $56.5 million in system revenue for fiscal 2024, at an average of $1,809.21 per holiday job across 68 reporting franchisees (Franchise Chatter, 2025). A Christmas-only franchise last disclosed 225 units in 2020. Landscapers, pressure washers and lawn companies run lights as an off-season line to keep crews busy. Permanent lighting dealers claim 120,000 and 50,000 homes between two brands. Retention is a function of the bundle, not the brand: install, storage and takedown contracts retain 75 to 90 percent year over year, install-only 40 to 55, and commercial chain accounts 85 to 95 (CT Acquisitions, 2026). Storage fees of $200 to $600 a year are 20 to 35 percent of three-year lifetime value. The plan sells the bundle.

Questions about marketing for holiday lighting installation companies

What is the best marketing channel for a holiday lighting company?

Meta, and it is the one exterior trade where that is the answer. About 80 percent of search volume lands in November (Creatively Innovative, 2026), after the install dates are gone, and there is no Local Services Ads category. Meta reaches the neighbourhood in early October; Google captures the November spike and permanent lighting all year.

When is the holiday lighting season actually sold?

August for commercial, mid-September for preferred residential dates, September and October for returning clients (Christmas Lights Experts DFW, Big Star Lights). The install weeks are October to December; the selling weeks are before them.

Why not quote the national average price?

Because the $444 average (Angi, 2026) is roofline-only labour at $2 to $5 a foot. A full-service package runs $800 to $3,500 a season (Strandr, 2026), and quoting the labour number on the site undersells it by three times.

What keeps a holiday lighting customer year to year?

The bundle. Install, storage and takedown contracts retain 75 to 90 percent; install-only retains 40 to 55 (CT Acquisitions, 2026). Storage is the lock-in, and rebooking happens one to two weeks after takedown.

Do you work with more than one holiday lighting company in an area?

No. One holiday lighting company per service area, first come first served, while you are a client.

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