Original data · Q3 2026 snapshot
160 of the 556 products in the Z-Wave Alliance certified catalog are Long Range certified — 28.8%. But among the certifications issued in Q2 2026, 21 of 26 were Long Range: 81%.
That gap between the installed catalog and the newest certifications is the whole story of Z-Wave Long Range adoption. LR is still under a third of everything ever certified, and it is already four fifths of everything being certified now. We counted it ourselves, straight from the Alliance catalog, rather than repeating a figure from a press release.
US_LR. We exclude EU_LR, which is a different market on a different frequency. This is stricter than most published LR counts, so our number will usually be lower than figures quoted elsewhere — for example the widely repeated “125 LR devices” from CES 2026, which pools regions. If you cite our figure, cite the definition with it.
The headline numbers, Q3 2026
All figures below come from the Z-Wave Alliance’s own certified-product catalog archive, 556 records, pulled 2 July 2026 and recounted 3 August 2026. No third-party data, no estimates.
Long Range share of the catalog
28.8%160 of 556 certified products carry US_LR.
Long Range share of new certs
81%21 of the 26 certifications issued in Q2 2026.
Half of 2026 vs all of 2025
35 vs 35H1 2026 already matched the full 2025 LR total.
Long Range share of new certifications, quarter by quarter
This is the table that matters. The share of each quarter’s new certifications that are Long Range has gone from a quarter to four fifths in six quarters.
| Quarter | Total certifications | Long Range (US_LR) | LR share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 20 | 11 | 55.0% |
| 2025 Q2 | 20 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2025 Q3 | 26 | 10 | 38.5% |
| 2025 Q4 | 16 | 9 | 56.2% |
| 2026 Q1 | 21 | 14 | 66.7% |
| 2026 Q2 | 26 | 21 | 80.8% |
Quarter-to-quarter movement in a market this size is noisy — 2025 Q2 at 25% sits next to 2025 Q1 at 55% on samples of only twenty certifications each. The trend across six quarters is the signal; any single quarter is not.
Long Range certifications by year
The full US_LR series since Long Range certification began, by quarter:
| Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 38 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 2026 | 14 | 21 | – | – | 35 at the half |
Read the annual totals and Long Range looks flat: about 35 to 40 a year since 2023. Read the share column in the previous table and it is the opposite of flat. What changed is not how many LR devices get certified — it is that classic mesh-only certifications have largely stopped. The denominator collapsed.
Which device categories are going Long Range
US_LR certifications by Alliance product category. A product can sit in more than one category, so these do not sum to 160.
| Category | US_LR products |
|---|---|
| On/Off Switches and Devices | 42 |
| Locks | 41 |
| Sensors | 30 |
| All Lighting Devices | 28 |
| Lighting Accessories | 22 |
| Gateway Controller | 20 |
| Dimming Lighting Devices | 16 |
| Security Systems | 15 |
| All Controllers | 12 |
| Computer Controller Interfaces | 10 |
| Security Add-Ons | 7 |
| Energy Meters | 6 |
Switches, locks and sensors lead, which tracks with where Long Range actually earns its keep: devices at the edge of a property where a mesh hop is unreliable or absent. Dimming lighting devices sit at 16 — one of the thinner categories, and the one the LAMP-ZW2 competes in.
How concentrated is the Long Range catalog?
Very. The single largest certificate holder accounts for 39 of the 160 US_LR products — 24.4% of the entire Long Range catalog. The top ten holders together account for roughly half. For specifiers this matters more than it looks: a category that appears to have plenty of Long Range options often has one vendor behind most of them, and a second source can be genuinely hard to find.
What this means if you specify Z-Wave hardware
Three practical reads for dealers and integrators, which is the audience this data actually serves.
Specify 800 LR on new work
At 81% of new certifications, Long Range is where the hardware is going. Specifying a mesh-only device today means specifying from a shrinking pool.
Check your second source
With one holder at 24.4% of the LR catalog, a category can look well-supplied until you need an alternate. Confirm a second source before you standardise.
Mind the thin categories
Switches and locks are well covered. Dimming sits at 16 certified LR products, so options there are genuinely limited.
If you are working out which Versa parts fit which panels rather than which protocol generation to specify, the dealer line-up by panel covers the sensor side across 319.5, 345 and 433 MHz.
Where Versa sits in this data
Versa Wireless holds exactly one US_LR certification: the LAMP-ZW2 plug-in dimmer, certificate ZC14-24040421, approved in Q2 2024 and listed in the Z-Wave Alliance certified product catalog. One of 160.
We publish that number rather than dressing it up, because the point of a tracker nobody else maintains is that it stays honest whether or not the figures flatter us. Versa’s Long Range line is one product deep today, in a category with 16 certified entries. What that one product does — Z-Wave 800 Long Range with a rated 1,300 ft line-of-sight link direct to the controller, S2 security with SmartStart inclusion, a built-in Z-Wave Plus repeater, and Alarm.com approval for native dealer control — is covered in the LAMP-ZW2 setup guide.
If you want the engineering rather than the market data, the two companion pieces are what the 1 mile, 1,300 ft and 100 ft range figures actually measure and what changed between Z-Wave 700 and 800.
Methodology, in full
Published so the numbers are reproducible. Anyone can run this and get the same result.
- Source: the Z-Wave Alliance certified-product catalog archive, downloaded from products.z-wavealliance.org. One JSON record per certified product.
- Snapshot: 556 records, pulled 2 July 2026. Recounted and corrected 3 August 2026.
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Long Range test: the record’s frequency list contains the exact code
US_LR.EU_LRis excluded. A substring match on “LR” would capture both and inflate the count. - Quarter assignment: from each record’s certification approval date.
- Category counts: from the Alliance category field. Products may hold several categories, so category figures do not sum to the total.
- Currency: every figure on this page describes the catalog as it stood on the stated pull date. When we re-run the count against a newer catalog download, we publish the new pull date with it.
Certified, Alarm.com approved, and stocked through security distribution.
Frequently asked questions
How many Z-Wave Long Range devices are there?
160 as of the Q3 2026 tracker — 160 of the 556 products in the Z-Wave Alliance certified catalog carry the US_LR region code, or 28.8%. Counts quoted elsewhere are often higher because they pool US_LR with EU_LR and other regions.
Is Z-Wave Long Range actually being adopted, or is it still niche?
It is now the default for new hardware. 21 of the 26 Z-Wave certifications issued in Q2 2026 were Long Range, or 81%, up from 25% in Q2 2025. It looks niche only if you measure the whole installed catalog, where LR is 28.8%, because that catalog includes fourteen years of mesh-only devices.
What is the difference between US_LR and EU_LR in the Z-Wave catalog?
They are separate regional certifications on different frequencies. This tracker counts US_LR only, which is the North American Long Range certification. Ten catalog products carry EU_LR. Mixing them together is the most common reason published Z-Wave Long Range counts disagree with each other.
Which product categories have the most Z-Wave Long Range options?
On/Off switches lead with 42 US_LR products, then locks at 41 and sensors at 30. Dimming lighting devices are comparatively thin at 16. Because one vendor holds 24.4% of all Long Range certifications, a category can look better supplied than it is once you need a second source.
How many Z-Wave Long Range products does Versa Wireless have?
One: the LAMP-ZW2 plug-in dimmer, Z-Wave Alliance certificate ZC14-24040421, approved in Q2 2024. It is rated to 1,300 ft line of sight direct to the controller, supports S2 security with SmartStart inclusion, includes a built-in Z-Wave Plus repeater, and is Alarm.com approved.
When was this Z-Wave Long Range data pulled?
These are the Q3 2026 figures, taken from the Z-Wave Alliance certified-product catalog archive downloaded on 2 July 2026 and recounted on 3 August 2026. Every number on the page describes the catalog as it stood on that date, and any later recount is published with its own pull date.
Why do older quarters shift if the count is re-run?
The Alliance archive is a live snapshot rather than a historical ledger. Delisted products leave the catalog, so counts for past quarters drift downward slightly on a later pull. That is the data behaving correctly, not an error, which is why the pull date is stated alongside every figure.
