Who owns Lumishore?
Lumishore is owned by Garmin (Switzerland, NYSE: GRMN), which has owned the brand since 22 October 2024.[1][2]
Evidence: Garmin Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Garmin Ltd. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Schaffhausen
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Swansea
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Batteries & lighting
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GRMN
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Lumishore
Lumishore makes high-performance LED lighting for boats, above and below the waterline, in single-colour, dual-colour and full colour-change versions for vessels from small runabouts to superyachts. Garmin acquired the Swansea company on 22 October 2024, and the lights integrate with Garmin multifunction displays and mobile apps so that zones can be switched and automated from the same screen as the charts.
What Garmin's annual report says about Lumishore
Sentences about Lumishore from Garmin's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Lighting: Garmin is a premier supplier of above water and below water lighting for marine and RV markets under the Lumishore name.
The Lumishore product lines include single color, dual color, and full RGB lighting opens in a variety of power levels and installation options.
How often Garmin names Lumishore in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Lumishore
Where Lumishore sits in Garmin
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Garmin
Garmin controls 10 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in batteries & lighting, and who owns them
The 20 brands in batteries & lighting on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Signify, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Energizer | Energizer Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cooper Lighting Solutions | Signify | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Eveready (India) | Eveready India | 🇮🇳 India |
| Amazon Basics | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anker SOLIX | Anker Innovations | 🇨🇳 China |
| Duracell | Berkshire Hathaway | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BIC Lighter | BIC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Havells | Havells | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Garmin
Garmin is a publicly listed company headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, founded in 1989. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GRMN.
Garmin designs satellite navigation and sensor-based products for five markets: fitness, outdoor, aviation, marine and automotive original equipment. Founded in 1989 by a small group of engineers building GPS applications for active lifestyles, it is incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, keeps its North American campus in Olathe, Kansas, and had delivered more than 300 million products by the end of 2025, over 20 million of them that year. It holds more than 2,100 patents and over 1,290 trademark registrations.
🇬🇧 Lumishore and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Lumishore among them.
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- Belling — Glen Dimplex 🇮🇪
- CDA — Amica 🇵🇱
- Cillit Bang — Reckitt 🇬🇧
- Comfort — Unilever 🇬🇧
- Daler-Rowney — F.I.L.A. 🇮🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lumishore?
The parent company of Lumishore is Garmin, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Lumishore British or Swiss?
Lumishore originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Garmin, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Lumishore is a British-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Since when has Garmin owned Lumishore?
Garmin has owned Lumishore since 22 October 2024.
Is Lumishore still owned by Garmin?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Lumishore is still owned by Garmin. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Garmin Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 February 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [2] Garmin acquires Lumishore, a leader in marine LED lighting — Garmin Ltd., Official press release, published 22 October 2024; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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