How many sign shops are in the Indianapolis area?

Name: Sign shops in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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52 sign shops

in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 38% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 33.3% of Indiana's sign shops.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.38×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Indianapolis area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
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×
32	Columbus areaOH	48	—	—	1.27×
33	Baltimore areaMD	44	—	—	0.90×

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

Other metro areas in Indiana

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Chicago area	216	—	—	1.37×
Cincinnati area	53	—	—	1.25×
Louisville area	41	—	—	1.33×
South Bend area	10	180	$62,049	2.13×
Evansville area	9	—	—	2.00×
Elkhart area	7	46	$37,849	2.10×
Fort Wayne area	7	61	$46,495	0.93×
Bloomington area	6	—	—	2.53×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Indianapolis area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 52 sign manufacturing establishments in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 30 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Indianapolis area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Indianapolis area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Indiana's sign shops paid an average of $53,556 that year.

Does the Indianapolis area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 38% larger share of the Indianapolis area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.38, 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, Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, 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.