About us · since 2002

Celebrating 25 years in 2027!

Who we are

State Line Lighting started with one man's 34 years in the lighting business. Mason McMehan began at 19 in 1992, working in a Charlotte lighting warehouse handling deliveries, shipping and receiving. He moved into sales, became the company's top salesperson at more than $2 million a year, and went on to run its Columbia, SC branch as a partner.

In 2002 Mason founded State Line Lighting in Charlotte as a family-owned commercial and industrial lighting distributor, and in 2015 we grew into the Greensboro Triad. Today we serve property managers, electrical contractors, hospitals, schools, hotels, apartment communities, manufacturers, warehouses, and local, state and federal facilities across the Carolinas.

We stock what keeps a building lit, from LED fixtures and lamps to ballasts, sockets, photo controls and emergency light batteries. We also handle turnkey LED retrofits with on-site visits, energy audits, ROI calculations, help finding available utility rebates, installation and responsible lamp recycling.

We're a family business with Southern values: we pick up the phone, we tell you straight, and we stand behind what we sell.

704-542-3133 · sales@statelinelighting.com · 1005 N. Church St, Charlotte, NC 28206

The timeline

1992
Off the delivery truck
Mason McMehan starts in the lighting business as a warehouse delivery driver in Charlotte.
1994
Into sales
Mason moves to sales, becomes the top producer at more than $2 million a year, then runs the Columbia, SC branch as a partner.
2002
State Line Lighting opens
After 10 years in the industry, Mason founds State Line Lighting, Inc. in Charlotte as a family-owned commercial and industrial lighting distributor.
2003
Ben joins
Ben Burroughs joins on the company’s first anniversary and learns every part of the business.
2014
Case studies go up
A new website shows off LED retrofits like the 394-fixture parking garage.
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2015
Greensboro Triad
State Line grows into the Greensboro Triad. The Greensboro line still rings through today.
2016
Fourteen years and a cake
A lightbulb cake for the 14th anniversary, and a Customer Appreciation Day in May.
Today
Charlotte
A counter at 1005 N. Church St in Charlotte, an online store, and Duke Energy Smart $aver rebates on the invoice.
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2027
25 years
A quarter century of lighting the Carolinas.