How many sign shops are in the Baton Rouge area?

Name: Sign shops in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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24 sign shops

in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 29% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 19.7% of Louisiana's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023+4.3%1 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.29×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Baton Rouge area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
51	Columbia areaSC	28	—	—	1.84×
52	North Port areaFL	26	168	$65,129	1.15×
52	San Juan areaPR	26	—	—	1.19×
54	Baton Rouge areaLA	24	—	—	1.29×
54	Richmond areaVA	24	—	—	0.86×
56	Fresno areaCA	23	—	—	0.73×
56	Palm Bay areaFL	23	145	$62,429	1.94×

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

Other metro areas in Louisiana

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
New Orleans area	34	—	—	1.43×
Lafayette area	12	—	—	1.20×
Shreveport area	12	—	—	1.56×
Houma area	6	—	—	1.72×
Monroe area	6	—	—	1.36×
Slidell area	6	51	$44,384	0.87×
Lake Charles area	5	—	—	1.13×
Alexandria area	2	—	—	0.73×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Baton Rouge area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 24 sign manufacturing establishments in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 54 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Baton Rouge area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Baton Rouge area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Louisiana's sign shops paid an average of $46,172 that year.

Does the Baton Rouge area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 29% larger share of the Baton Rouge area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.29, 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, Baton Rouge, LA 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.