AMERICA'S ONLY LIGHT BULB FACTORY

The lightcame home.

America stopped making the light bulb. So we brought it back — reshoring a product found in every home and business in the country, and rebuilding it for scale.

Founder Tom Enright holding the first American-made GoodBulb
THIS ISN'T A METAPHOR

Bulb No.1. Signed on the factory floor.

This bulb, held by our founder, is the first GoodBulb made in America. Not a rendering, not a promise — a real bulb off a real line that a lot of people said could never run here.

America lit the world, then let it go dark.
A small team brought it back.
The story of American light.
1879
The light bulb arrives. American cities begin to light up.
1890
Electric light reaches Fargo, North Dakota.
1900s
The industrial age ignites. Bulb factories rise in city after city.
1990s
Offshoring begins. Bulb production starts moving overseas.
2020
The last of American light bulb factory shuts down.
2026
GoodBulb reopens America's only light bulb factory. Fargo, ND.

THE GIANTS

Made billions and gave up.

One after another, the big names sold to foreign investors, small names shut down, production shipped overseas. Billion-dollar companies decided America couldn't make a light bulb anymore.

GOODBULB

Had nothing and built it.

Five people built the most advanced LED bulb line in the world, right here in Fargo, North Dakota. Today, a team of twelve, and growing.

BUILT HERE. BY THIS TEAM.

The light bulb is being made in America again.

Seth and Brian at GoodBulb
The GoodBulb team
GoodBulb crew on the SMT line
Incandescent filament bulb
IN THE LIGHT SINCE 2015

Before we made bulbs,
we sold them.

GoodBulb started in 2015 sourcing and shipping the bulbs America still needs, real incandescent, rough-service, specialty and hard-to-find, and we still do. Prefer the warm glow you grew up with? We import and stock it. Want that feeling with modern efficiency? We now manufacture our LEDs ourselves, in Fargo.

Specialty incandescent bulbs are imported. GoodBulb manufactures LED A19s in Fargo.

SEE YOUR SPACE

The same room.
Four different feels.

Light changes everything. Pick a room and a color temperature, and see it before you buy.

Room at selected color temperature
2700K Soft White  Â·  Warm, golden, cozy, like a classic incandescent.
INSIDE THE FACTORY

The only light bulb factory
in all of America.

We spent two years renovating a 16,000 sq ft steel building and turned it into a factory made to build light bulbs — the most advanced light bulb automation line in the world.

01SMT circuit boardsOur surface-mount line places every tiny component and builds LED boards in-house, the same precision tech behind modern electronics.
02Make the bulbCustom automation, engineered from scratch, builds each A19 bulb by machine — thousands per shift, start to finish in Fargo.
03Packaged on the lineFinished bulbs are tested and packed right on the line, not hand-boxed in a warehouse overseas.
04Robotic palletizingRobots stack and palletize the cartons, ready to ship. Raw components to a loaded pallet, all in Fargo.
American-made LED A19 bulb
THE BULB THAT STARTED IT

American-Made A19.

The bulb we built an entire factory to make. Warm soft white to crisp daylight, a body that runs cool, and a life measured in years — the everyday American A19, done right.

800–1600 lumens2700–5000 K90 CRI25,000 hr
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"In a crowded field of lighting retailers, this company stands out. I'm an electrician and these folks know their stuff."

Patrick McCormick
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"The solder point on a GoodBulb is flawless, many times better than the big brand I used to buy. And it lasts far longer."

Happy Flyer
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"First lighting supplier that's reliable, easy to reach, and ships the right bulbs. Highly recommend."

Mike Aanstad
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"I didn't think anyone still made a light bulb in America. Proud to have these in my home."

Greg Tolliver
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"The color is unreal — my kitchen finally looks the way it's supposed to. That 90 CRI is the real deal."

Sofia Marchetti
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"We put GoodBulb A19s in every unit across the property. Same clean light in every fixture, ordering for other properties is easy."

Dana Reyes, Property Mgr.
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"Over a year of daily use, zero failures, and they stay cool to the touch. Worth every penny."

Ray Nolan
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"Called with a question and a real person picked up and helped me pick the right color temperature."

Belinda Cho