How many sign shops are in the Detroit area?

Name: Sign shops in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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94 sign shops

in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 37% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 39.7% of Michigan's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023-9.6%10 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration1.37×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Detroit area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
8	Philadelphia areaPA-NJ-DE-MD	139	—	—	1.23×
9	Phoenix areaAZ	109	—	—	1.17×
10	Tampa areaFL	100	1,226	$62,282	1.33×
11	Detroit areaMI	94	—	—	1.37×
12	Denver areaCO	89	—	—	1.08×
13	Seattle areaWA	86	875	$66,032	1.11×
14	Minneapolis areaMN-WI	84	—	—	1.22×

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

Other metro areas in Michigan

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Grand Rapids area	39	—	—	2.23×
South Bend area	10	180	$62,049	2.13×
Flint area	7	87	$56,835	1.53×
Kalamazoo area	7	102	$63,366	1.86×
Ann Arbor area	6	38	$59,062	0.99×
Saginaw area	6	37	$37,323	2.41×
Traverse City area	5	39	$55,351	1.45×
Lansing area	4	—	—	0.61×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Detroit area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 94 sign manufacturing establishments in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 11 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Detroit area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Detroit area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Michigan's sign shops paid an average of $60,365 that year.

Does the Detroit area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 37% larger share of the Detroit area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.37, 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, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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.