How many sign shops are in the Minneapolis area?

Name: Sign shops in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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84 sign shops

in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 22% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally.

Shops vs 2023-3.4%3 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration1.22×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Minneapolis area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
11	Detroit areaMI	94	—	—	1.37×
12	Denver areaCO	89	—	—	1.08×
13	Seattle areaWA	86	875	$66,032	1.11×
14	Minneapolis areaMN-WI	84	—	—	1.22×
15	Orlando areaFL	80	703	$59,193	1.33×
16	Boston areaMA-NH	77	—	—	0.69×
16	San Diego areaCA	77	613	$79,003	0.92×

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

Other metro areas in Minnesota

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
St. Cloud area	9	—	—	2.47×
Fargo area	8	—	—	1.16×
Sioux Falls area	8	—	—	0.95×
Duluth area	4	—	—	0.83×
Grand Forks area	4	—	—	1.67×
Rochester area	4	—	—	1.06×
La Crosse area	2	—	—	0.66×
Mankato area	2	—	—	1.06×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Minneapolis area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 84 sign manufacturing establishments in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 14 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Minneapolis area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Minneapolis area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Minnesota's sign shops paid an average of $64,525 that year.

Does the Minneapolis area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 22% larger share of the Minneapolis area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.22, 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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.