How many sign shops are in the Nashville area?
The Nashville area among U.S. metro areas
| # | Metro area | Sign shops | Employees | Avg pay | Concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | San Francisco areaCA | — | — | 0.47× | |
| 22 | Austin areaTX | — | — | 1.31× | |
| 23 | San Antonio areaTX | — | — | 1.68× | |
| 24 | Nashville areaTN | — | — | 1.19× | |
| 24 | Riverside areaCA | 807 | $62,931 | 0.56× | |
| 26 | Cleveland areaOH | — | — | 1.37× | |
| 27 | Pittsburgh areaPA | — | — | 1.29× |
All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville area | 30 | — | — | 1.77× |
| Memphis area | 22 | 168 | $45,112 | 1.08× |
| 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 Murfreesboro
Before a sign goes up in Murfreesboro, the city's code decides whether it needs a permit and how large it can be. Murfreesboro's sign rules, summarised by PrinterFlo, list what triggers a permit and the limits a design has to meet.
Questions
How many sign shops are in the Nashville area?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 58 sign manufacturing establishments in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 24 of 383 U.S. metro areas.
What do sign shops pay in the Nashville area?
The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Nashville area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Tennessee's sign shops paid an average of $57,722 that year.
Does the Nashville area have more sign shops than average?
Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 19% larger share of the Nashville area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.19, 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, Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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.