To provide a lamp socket of labor-saving type, in which the lamp socket 6 can be fixed easily to a lighting equipment main body 1, and a lighting equipment reflecting plate 4 can be mounted easily on the lamp socket 6.

In the fluorescent lamp socket, the lighting equipment main body 1, a socket mount 2, a reflecting plate mounting board 3, the reflecting plate 4, a mounting screw 5, the lamp socket 6, a lamp socket outer housing 6A, a slit-form mounting part 6B, an engaging part 6C, a lighting device 7, a fluorescent lamp 8, a fixing means 6B of a slit or the like for mounting the lamp socket 6 on the lighting equipment main body 1 in the lamp holder outer housing 6A, and an engaging part C to mount the lighting equipment reflecting plate 4 are installed elastically. As a result, the socket 6 can be fixed easily to the lighting equipment main body 1, and furthermore, the lighting equipment reflecting plate 4 can be mounted easily.