How many sign shops are in the Charlotte area?

Name: Sign shops in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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73 sign shops

in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 18% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.18×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Charlotte area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
16	San Diego areaCA	77	613	$79,003	0.92×
18	Portland areaOR-WA	74	—	—	1.15×
18	Washington areaDC-VA-MD-WV	74	—	—	0.54×
20	Charlotte areaNC-SC	73	—	—	1.18×
21	San Francisco areaCA	66	—	—	0.47×
22	Austin areaTX	63	—	—	1.31×
23	San Antonio areaTX	62	—	—	1.68×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. The Charlotte area crosses state lines (North Carolina, South Carolina) and is counted whole. For North Carolina as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the North Carolina page.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Raleigh area	37	234	$53,392	1.02×
Virginia Beach area	30	—	—	1.00×
Greensboro area	22	390	$57,832	1.56×
Wilmington area	18	80	$45,252	1.62×
Winston-Salem area	16	—	—	1.45×
Asheville area	10	—	—	0.89×
Durham area	9	—	—	0.71×
Fayetteville area	8	—	—	1.57×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Charlotte area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 73 sign manufacturing establishments in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 20 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Charlotte area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Charlotte area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, North Carolina's sign shops paid an average of $56,026 that year.

Does the Charlotte area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 18% larger share of the Charlotte area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.18, 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, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 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.