Frequently asked questions.

LumenCount turns a lighting drawing set into a counted, reviewable fixture takeoff. It reads the luminaire schedule, the AI takes a first pass at counting fixtures on your floor plans, and you review, correct, and mark up every plan before exporting a branded Excel and a marked-up PDF.

It's built for lighting estimators, distributors, and contractors who want to get to a bid faster — without giving up control of the numbers.

Just sign up. Create an account at lumencount.com — it's free, no invite needed. Manual takeoffs are free to run right away; AI fixture counting is a paid upgrade.

Manual takeoffs are free. AI fixture counting starts at $199/mo (130 AI-counted pages), with Team and Pro plans for higher volume. See the full breakdown on the pricing page.

The AI gives you a head start, not a final answer. It scans each floor plan and proposes a count, but you review every fixture — add what it missed, remove false hits, fix types — before anything is final. The count is never locked in until you say so.

That's by design: you stay in control of the numbers you bid on.

The AI count finds fixtures by the type code printed next to them. If your plans tag fixtures only by symbol — with no code at each fixture — the AI can't reliably find them.

For those jobs, use symbol-only / manual mode: skip the AI count and place every fixture by hand on a clean, boxed plan. You get the same markup tools and the same branded export — just a fast manual takeoff.

Today, LumenCount works on PDF lighting drawing sets. Support for lighting controls and other MEP trades is on the way.

A branded Excel workbook with a count-by-floor matrix and the full fixture schedule, plus a marked-up PDF of every plan you reviewed — ready to drop into a bid.