How many sign shops are in the Tampa area?

Name: Sign shops in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area, 2024
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100 sign shops

in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area in 2024. They employed 1,226 people, about 12.3 per shop, at an average of $62,282 a year. Sign shops make up a 33% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 15.8% of Florida's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023+3.1%3 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.33×the national share of employers

Employees1,22612.3 per shop

Average pay$62,2822% below the U.S. average

The Tampa area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
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×
13	Seattle areaWA	86	875	$66,032	1.11×

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
Miami area	175	1,001	$61,945	1.01×
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 St. Petersburg

Every city in the area permits signs under its own code. For St. Petersburg, PrinterFlo's summary of the St. Petersburg 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 Tampa area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 100 sign manufacturing establishments in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 10 of 383 U.S. metro areas. They employed 1,226 people, about 12.3 per shop.

What do sign shops pay in the Tampa area?

Average annual pay in the area's sign shops was $62,282 in 2024, 2% below the U.S. sign industry average of $63,399. It blends fabricators, installers, designers and owners on payroll.

Does the Tampa area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 33% larger share of the Tampa area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.33, 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, 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.