How many sign shops are in the Baltimore area?

Name: Sign shops in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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44 sign shops

in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 10% smaller share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 50% of Maryland's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023-4.3%2 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration0.90×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Baltimore area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
30	Indianapolis areaIN	52	—	—	1.38×
31	Kansas City areaMO-KS	51	—	—	1.05×
32	Columbus areaOH	48	—	—	1.27×
33	Baltimore areaMD	44	—	—	0.90×
33	Las Vegas areaNV	44	1,019	$74,497	1.07×
33	Milwaukee areaWI	44	747	$81,176	1.37×
36	Salt Lake City areaUT	42	—	—	0.97×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. For Maryland as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the Maryland page.

Other metro areas in Maryland

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Philadelphia area	139	—	—	1.23×
Washington area	74	—	—	0.54×
Hagerstown area	5	—	—	1.02×
Lexington Park area	2	—	—	0.76×

Sign permits in Baltimore

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Questions

How many sign shops are in the Baltimore area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 44 sign manufacturing establishments in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 33 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Baltimore area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Baltimore area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Maryland's sign shops paid an average of $69,294 that year.

Does the Baltimore area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, no: sign shops make up a 10% smaller share of the Baltimore area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 0.90, where 1.00 is the national share).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan statistical area, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. 2024 is the latest year the BLS has published for metro areas. Concentration is the BLS location quotient for establishments. Ranks computed from the 383 metro areas with a published count; tied areas share a rank.