How many sign shops are in the Cincinnati area?

Name: Sign shops in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area, 2024
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53 sign shops

in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 25% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally.

Shops vs 2023-3.6%2 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration1.25×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Cincinnati area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
24	Riverside areaCA	58	807	$62,931	0.56×
26	Cleveland areaOH	55	—	—	1.37×
27	Pittsburgh areaPA	54	—	—	1.29×
28	Cincinnati areaOH-KY-IN	53	—	—	1.25×
28	St. Louis areaMO-IL	53	—	—	0.89×
30	Indianapolis areaIN	52	—	—	1.38×
31	Kansas City areaMO-KS	51	—	—	1.05×

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

Other metro areas in Ohio

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Cleveland area	55	—	—	1.37×
Columbus area	48	—	—	1.27×
Toledo area	21	—	—	2.15×
Akron area	18	—	—	1.46×
Canton area	18	—	—	2.85×
Dayton area	17	—	—	1.35×
Youngstown area	9	—	—	1.34×
Huntington area	5	—	—	0.75×

Sign permits in Cincinnati

Every city in the area permits signs under its own code. For Cincinnati, PrinterFlo's summary of the Cincinnati sign code covers which signs need a permit, the size and height limits, and what the city checks before a sign goes up.

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Cincinnati area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 53 sign manufacturing establishments in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 28 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Cincinnati area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Cincinnati area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Ohio's sign shops paid an average of $58,165 that year.

Does the Cincinnati area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 25% larger share of the Cincinnati area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.25, 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, Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 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.