Sheet E-101  ·  Lighting takeoff

We count the fixtures.
You win the bid.

Upload the drawing set. Count it with AI, by hand — or have a lighting pro do it for you. Check the light levels, quote it, and submit.

How it works

Drawing set in. Submittal package out.

LumenCount carries the whole job in one project — from the first page of the set to the quote and the submittal package — with every step editable until you deliver.

01 / Take it off

Upload and count

Drop in the PDF set. LumenCount classifies the sheets, reads the fixture schedule, and counts every fixture on the floor plans — or you count by hand on the same screen. Every mark stays editable.

02 / Quote it

Price the package

Your counts flow straight into a quoting workspace — line items seeded from the fixture schedule. Add pricing line by line or import your fixture list from CSV or Excel.

03 / Package it

Submittals & O&M

Build the submittal package and O&M manual from the same project — datasheets and warranties pulled from your shared library instead of hunted down one by one.

04 / Deliver it

Export and send

Marked-up plans, a branded Excel count, the quote, and the submittal package — every deliverable a GC expects, generated from one source of truth.

Projects dashboard

Every job lives as a project — takeoff, quote, and submittals together, so nothing is scattered across downloads and email threads.

Version history

Save a takeoff, reopen it later, and save edits as a new version. Addendum drops a week before bid day? V2, without losing V1.

Datasheet & warranty library

A shared library of manufacturer datasheets and warranties feeds your submittal packages — pulled automatically, not hunted down per job.

New · Photometrics

Not just how many. How much light.

The fixtures you counted already know their own output — pulled from their IES datasheets. Lay out each room on the plan and LumenCount reads the light back: average maintained footcandles, a point-by-point heat map, and a marked-up photometric plan — without leaving your takeoff or re-keying a thing.

Footcandles per room

Draw a room, set its ceiling height, and read the average maintained footcandles from the fixtures inside it — the lumen method, worked out for you.

Point-by-point grid

A footcandle heat map across the space, with avg / min / max and uniformity ratios — the numbers a reviewer asks for, computed live as you edit.

Photometric plans

Export a marked-up plan with the grid and iso-footcandle contours, a per-room footcandle summary PDF, and an Excel schedule.

Three ways to count

AI when you want it. Manual when you don't. Us, when you're slammed.

AI head start

Let the AI count first

The AI runs the first pass over your floor plans and marks every fixture by type. You review, correct, and approve — minutes instead of hours, with you in control of the final number.

Full Access · $179 / seat · mo
Manual mode

Count it yourself

The same markup tools with no AI in the loop — click to mark, tag by type, measure runs to scale. A fast, purpose-built counting surface for estimators who trust their own eye.

Free to start
Done for you

A pro counts it for you

Send the set and pick your pages. A real lighting professional runs the full takeoff by hand and returns marked-up plans and a count you can quote from — within 48 hours.

$9.99 / page · $39 min · no subscription
Too slammed to count?

We'll do it for you.

Bid due and no hours left? Upload the drawing set, pick the pages, and a lighting pro does the takeoff by hand — marked-up plans and a fixture count, delivered to your project, ready to quote.

$9.99 / page · $39 min · 48 hr turnaround
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No subscription required. Counted from your E-sheets — full service terms shown before you pay. See pricing
Free guide · PDF

The Package Is Yours Now.

A field guide to running the lighting package at a distributor — quote, submittals, controls, procurement, expediting, delivery, changes, and closeout. Set your margin, hold it, and grow it, from the first count to the last spare driver.

45 pages · no email required
Download the guide (PDF)
Written by the Light Dude — the LumenCount guide. Skim it, keep it in the drawer, open it to whatever's on fire.
Built first for lighting estimators

Your next takeoff, already counted.

Start free in manual mode — no card, no trial clock. Bring in the AI or hand us the set whenever a deadline demands it.

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