How many sign shops are in the Toledo area?

Name: Sign shops in the Toledo, OH metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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21 sign shops

in the Toledo, OH metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 115% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 7.5% of Ohio's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023+10.5%2 more shops than 2023

Concentration2.15×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Toledo area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
59	Memphis areaTN-MS-AR	22	168	$45,112	1.08×
59	Rochester areaNY	22	—	—	1.28×
59	Tulsa areaOK	22	—	—	1.05×
68	Toledo areaOH	21	—	—	2.15×
68	Tucson areaAZ	21	256	$48,159	1.41×
70	Albuquerque areaNM	20	—	—	1.13×
70	Omaha areaNE-IA	20	—	—	1.09×

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

Other metro areas in Ohio

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Cleveland area	55	—	—	1.37×
Cincinnati area	53	—	—	1.25×
Columbus area	48	—	—	1.27×
Akron area	18	—	—	1.46×
Canton area	18	—	—	2.85×
Dayton area	17	—	—	1.35×
Youngstown area	9	—	—	1.34×
Huntington area	5	—	—	0.75×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Toledo area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 21 sign manufacturing establishments in the Toledo, OH metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 68 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Toledo area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Toledo area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Ohio's sign shops paid an average of $58,165 that year.

Does the Toledo area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 115% larger share of the Toledo area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 2.15, 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, Toledo, OH 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.