How many sign shops are in the Miami area?

Name: Sign shops in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, 2024
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175 sign shops

in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area in 2024. They employed 1,001 people, about 5.7 per shop, at an average of $61,945 a year. Sign shops make up a 1% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 27.7% of Florida's sign shops.

Shops vs 20230%0 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.01×the national share of employers

Employees1,0015.7 per shop

Average pay$61,9452% below the U.S. average

The Miami area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
3	Dallas areaTX	230	—	—	1.73×
4	Chicago areaIL-IN	216	—	—	1.37×
5	Atlanta areaGA	208	—	—	1.48×
6	Miami areaFL	175	1,001	$61,945	1.01×
7	Houston areaTX	161	—	—	1.45×
8	Philadelphia areaPA-NJ-DE-MD	139	—	—	1.23×
9	Phoenix areaAZ	109	—	—	1.17×

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

Other metro areas in Florida

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Tampa area	100	1,226	$62,282	1.33×
Orlando area	80	703	$59,193	1.33×
Jacksonville area	37	—	—	1.07×
North Port area	26	168	$65,129	1.15×
Palm Bay area	23	145	$62,429	1.94×
Cape Coral area	22	212	$56,623	1.21×
Deltona area	22	—	—	1.73×
Lakeland area	15	—	—	1.38×

Sign permits in Miami

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Questions

How many sign shops are in the Miami area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 175 sign manufacturing establishments in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 6 of 383 U.S. metro areas. They employed 1,001 people, about 5.7 per shop.

What do sign shops pay in the Miami area?

Average annual pay in the area's sign shops was $61,945 in 2024, 2% below the U.S. sign industry average of $63,399. It blends fabricators, installers, designers and owners on payroll.

Does the Miami area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 1% larger share of the Miami area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.01, 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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.