Clareo saves businesses and local authorities 34 million euros

CLAREO, a French manufacturer of lighting solutions, announces that it has enabled businesses and communities to save 34 million euros on their electricity bills in 2025. A welcome saving even as the price of electricity has increased by around 30% over the last five years, making energy an increasingly strategic expense for organizations.

These results can be explained by CLAREO's long-standing commitment to energy-efficient and high-performance lighting.

Since its creation, the company has placed innovation at the heart of its development, faithful to its mission: to support its customers in their energy transition through solutions based on intelligent lighting.

This mission translates concretely into continuous work on improving the yields and energy performance of products, making it possible to significantly reduce electricity consumption.

Electricity bills have jumped by 30% in 5 years in France

Between 2020 and 2025, electricity prices have risen sharply, driven by the European energy crisis, rising CO2 costs and, in France, strained electricity production, despite the buffer of the tariff shield.

In a context of economic crisis and rationalized spending, this increase (and the associated volatility) has directly impacted the budgets of companies and communities, making energy a strategic item in trade-offs.

In the service sector, lighting is a key factor: it represents on average 20% of a building's electricity consumption. And in some locations—logistics warehouses and parking lots—it often becomes the largest single consumption item, sometimes accounting for up to 70% of the electricity bill.

€34 million in savings on electricity bills by 2025

CLAREO has always designed innovative solutions, using smart lighting technologies that adjust lighting precisely to usage patterns (occupancy, zones, time periods) to avoid unnecessary energy consumption. This approach allows for the modernization of existing systems and generates up to 50% additional savings compared to a standard installation.

CLAREO claims a large-scale impact, based on concrete and measurable savings, linked to the deployment of products sold in 2025:

Budget: €34 million in estimated savings on the electricity bills of the businesses and local authorities supported.
Energy: ≈ 200 GWh saved (equivalent to the annual consumption of a city like La Rochelle)
Carbon: 19.000 tCO2e avoided, equivalent to 500.000 trees, and more than 3 times the number of trees in the Bois de Vincennes.

In practice, the results can be very significant, with cases where lighting renovation has generated up to 80% energy savings:

Industrial Sector: France Routing – 80% energy savings, €300.000 saved

At its 22.000 m² site in the Île-de-France region, France Routage, a leading French company in routing and finishing, replaced its outdated lighting fixtures with 250 CLAREO luminaires. Energy audit, financing, supply and installation: a turnkey solution, completed without any production downtime.

Healthcare and social care sector – Multi-site lighting renovation programs

A major player in the French nursing home sector, this group has partnered with CLAREO on a lighting renovation program as part of a nationwide rollout. Energy savings improve resident comfort. More than 10 facilities have already been renovated or are currently undergoing renovations.

CLAREO also works on numerous projects in the industrial, service and medical sectors; references can be shared upon request.

CLAREO, the ally that reduces electricity bills for businesses and local authorities, without administrative constraints

Founded in 2012, CLAREO now boasts €45 million in revenue and ranks among the top 5 lighting manufacturers in France.

In 2025, CLAREO launched CLAREO Global Solution (CGS), a solution still rare on the market, which accelerates the energy transition. This turnkey offering is designed to streamline project management (a single point of contact from diagnosis to maintenance) and remove the main obstacle to renovation: financing. In practical terms, renovation can be undertaken without any initial investment, as it is financed by the energy savings generated.

“With CLAREO Global Solution, we are removing the financial and technical barriers that still too often slow down lighting renovation…,” emphasizes Olivier MASCHINO, President and founder.

For 2026, CLAREO has strong ambitions around CGS, with the aim of accelerating its deployment, both in France and internationally.