How many sign shops are in the Phoenix area?

Name: Sign shops in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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109 sign shops

in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 17% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 72.2% of Arizona's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023-5.2%6 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration1.17×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Phoenix area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
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×
10	Tampa areaFL	100	1,226	$62,282	1.33×
11	Detroit areaMI	94	—	—	1.37×
12	Denver areaCO	89	—	—	1.08×

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

Other metro areas in Arizona

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Tucson area	21	256	$48,159	1.41×
Lake Havasu City area	6	18	$48,574	1.89×
Prescott Valley area	4	38	$64,228	0.85×
Yuma area	3	—	—	1.20×

Sign permits in Mesa

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Questions

How many sign shops are in the Phoenix area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 109 sign manufacturing establishments in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 9 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Phoenix area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Phoenix area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Arizona's sign shops paid an average of $67,700 that year.

Does the Phoenix area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 17% larger share of the Phoenix area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.17, 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, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 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.