How many sign shops are in the Birmingham area?

Name: Sign shops in the Birmingham, AL metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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40 sign shops

in the Birmingham, AL metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 77% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 29.4% of Alabama's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023+5.3%2 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.77×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Birmingham area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
33	Milwaukee areaWI	44	747	$81,176	1.37×
36	Salt Lake City areaUT	42	—	—	0.97×
37	Louisville areaKY-IN	41	—	—	1.33×
38	Birmingham areaAL	40	—	—	1.77×
39	Grand Rapids areaMI	39	—	—	2.23×
39	Oklahoma City areaOK	39	—	—	1.27×
41	Jacksonville areaFL	37	—	—	1.07×

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

Other metro areas in Alabama

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Mobile area	18	73	$32,526	2.34×
Huntsville area	12	—	—	1.21×
Daphne area	9	—	—	1.63×
Dothan area	9	—	—	3.02×
Auburn area	7	29	$54,051	2.38×
Montgomery area	7	—	—	1.07×
Tuscaloosa area	7	—	—	1.76×
Columbus area	5	—	—	1.04×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Birmingham area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 40 sign manufacturing establishments in the Birmingham, AL metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 38 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Birmingham area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Birmingham area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Alabama's sign shops paid an average of $56,039 that year.

Does the Birmingham area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 77% larger share of the Birmingham area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.77, 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, Birmingham, AL 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.