How many sign shops are in the Memphis area?

Name: Sign shops in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area, 2024
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22 sign shops

in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area in 2024. They employed 168 people, about 7.6 per shop, at an average of $45,112 a year. Sign shops make up a 8% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.08×the national share of employers

Employees1687.6 per shop

Average pay$45,11229% below the U.S. average

The Memphis area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
59	Charleston areaSC	22	—	—	1.12×
59	Deltona areaFL	22	—	—	1.73×
59	Greensboro areaNC	22	390	$57,832	1.56×
59	Memphis areaTN-MS-AR	22	168	$45,112	1.08×
59	Rochester areaNY	22	—	—	1.28×
59	Tulsa areaOK	22	—	—	1.05×
68	Toledo areaOH	21	—	—	2.15×

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

Other metro areas in Tennessee

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Nashville area	58	—	—	1.19×
Knoxville area	30	—	—	1.77×
Chattanooga area	18	—	—	1.69×
Clarksville area	6	—	—	1.25×
Kingsport area	6	—	—	1.24×
Jackson area	5	—	—	1.68×
Cleveland area	3	—	—	1.69×
Johnson City area	3	—	—	0.93×

Sign permits in Memphis

Sign permits are issued city by city, and the permit is often the slowest step in a sign job. The rules a shop works under in Memphis, from permit triggers to size and lighting limits, are set out in a plain-English guide to Memphis's sign regulations from PrinterFlo.

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Memphis area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 22 sign manufacturing establishments in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 59 of 383 U.S. metro areas. They employed 168 people, about 7.6 per shop.

What do sign shops pay in the Memphis area?

Average annual pay in the area's sign shops was $45,112 in 2024, 29% below the U.S. sign industry average of $63,399. It blends fabricators, installers, designers and owners on payroll.

Does the Memphis area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 8% larger share of the Memphis area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.08, 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, Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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.