Method for arranging a multiplicity of LEDs in packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), comprising the following steps: a) defining a desired value range for at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) for each of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), wherein the average value of the photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) for a fixed number of N ≥ 3 successive LEDs in the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3) is intended to lie in the desired value range, b) providing the multiplicity of LEDs and the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), c) selecting an LED from the multiplicity of LEDs, which is not yet arranged in one of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), d) measuring the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) for the selected LED, e) equipping one of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), which contains fewer than N-1 LEDs with the selected LED, wherein the LEDs are strung together in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in the equipping order, f) storing the measured value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) and the position of the selected LED in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in a data memory, g) repeating steps c) to f), until all of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3) are equipped with N-1 LEDs, h) repeating steps c) and d) and calculating the average value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y), which respectively results for the N-1 LEDs last arranged in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) and the selected LED, wherein this calculation is carried out for all of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), i) equipping a packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3), for which the calculated average value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) lies in the defined desired value range with the selected LED, wherein the selected LED is arranged in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in such a way that it directly follows the LED last arranged in the packaging unit, or sorting out the selected LED, if the calculated average value of the photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) does not lie in the defined desired value range for any of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), j) storing the measured value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) and the position of the selected LED in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in the data memory, and k) repeating steps h) to j), until the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3) are equipped with a desired total number of LEDs. a) defining a desired value range for at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) for each of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), wherein the average value of the photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) for a fixed number of N ≥ 3 successive LEDs in the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3) is intended to lie in the desired value range, b) providing the multiplicity of LEDs and the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), c) selecting an LED from the multiplicity of LEDs, which is not yet arranged in one of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), d) measuring the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) for the selected LED, e) equipping one of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), which contains fewer than N-1 LEDs with the selected LED, wherein the LEDs are strung together in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in the equipping order, f) storing the measured value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) and the position of the selected LED in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in a data memory, g) repeating steps c) to f), until all of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3) are equipped with N-1 LEDs, h) repeating steps c) and d) and calculating the average value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y), which respectively results for the N-1 LEDs last arranged in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) and the selected LED, wherein this calculation is carried out for all of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), i) equipping a packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3), for which the calculated average value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) lies in the defined desired value range with the selected LED, wherein the selected LED is arranged in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in such a way that it directly follows the LED last arranged in the packaging unit, or sorting out the selected LED, if the calculated average value of the photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) does not lie in the defined desired value range for any of the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3), j) storing the measured value of the at least one photometric measurement variable (Φ, C x, C y) and the position of the selected LED in the packaging unit (R 1, R 2, R 3) in the data memory, and k) repeating steps h) to j), until the packaging units (R 1, R 2, R 3) are equipped with a desired total number of LEDs.