How many sign shops are in the Grand Rapids area?

Name: Sign shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area, 2024
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39 sign shops

in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 123% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 16.5% of Michigan's sign shops.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration2.23×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Grand Rapids area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
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×
41	Raleigh areaNC	37	234	$53,392	1.02×

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
Detroit area	94	—	—	1.37×
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×

Sign permits in Grand Rapids

Before a sign goes up in Grand Rapids, the city's code decides whether it needs a permit and how large it can be. Grand Rapids's sign rules, summarised by PrinterFlo, list what triggers a permit and the limits a design has to meet.

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Grand Rapids area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 39 sign manufacturing establishments in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 39 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Grand Rapids area?

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

Does the Grand Rapids area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 123% larger share of the Grand Rapids area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 2.23, 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, Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, 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.