How many sign shops are in the Kansas City area?

Name: Sign shops in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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51 sign shops

in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 5% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.05×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Kansas City area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
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×
33	Las Vegas areaNV	44	1,019	$74,497	1.07×

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

Other metro areas in Missouri

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
St. Louis area	53	—	—	0.89×
Springfield area	18	—	—	1.86×
Columbia area	5	17	$28,009	1.36×
Jefferson City area	5	30	$44,704	1.95×
St. Joseph area	5	—	—	2.19×
Cape Girardeau area	2	—	—	1.01×
Joplin area	1	—	—	0.29×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Kansas City area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 51 sign manufacturing establishments in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 31 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Kansas City area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Kansas City area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Missouri's sign shops paid an average of $55,078 that year.

Does the Kansas City area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 5% larger share of the Kansas City area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.05, 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, Kansas City, MO-KS 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.