How many sign shops are in the Richmond area?

Name: Sign shops in the Richmond, VA metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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24 sign shops

in the Richmond, VA metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 14% smaller share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 15% of Virginia's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023-11.1%3 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration0.86×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Richmond area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
52	North Port areaFL	26	168	$65,129	1.15×
52	San Juan areaPR	26	—	—	1.19×
54	Baton Rouge areaLA	24	—	—	1.29×
54	Richmond areaVA	24	—	—	0.86×
56	Fresno areaCA	23	—	—	0.73×
56	Palm Bay areaFL	23	145	$62,429	1.94×
56	Wichita areaKS	23	244	$54,117	2.08×

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

Other metro areas in Virginia

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Washington area	74	—	—	0.54×
Virginia Beach area	30	—	—	1.00×
Roanoke area	7	—	—	1.10×
Kingsport area	6	—	—	1.24×
Charlottesville area	5	—	—	0.93×
Blacksburg area	4	—	—	1.32×
Lynchburg area	4	—	—	0.79×
Harrisonburg area	2	—	—	0.83×

Sign permits in Richmond

Every city in the area permits signs under its own code. For Richmond, PrinterFlo's summary of the Richmond sign code covers which signs need a permit, the size and height limits, and what the city checks before a sign goes up.

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Richmond area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 24 sign manufacturing establishments in the Richmond, VA metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 54 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Richmond area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Richmond area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Virginia's sign shops paid an average of $62,893 that year.

Does the Richmond area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, no: sign shops make up a 14% smaller share of the Richmond area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 0.86, 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, Richmond, VA 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.