How many sign shops are in the Washington area?

Name: Sign shops in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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74 sign shops

in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 46% smaller share of local private employers than they do nationally.

Shops vs 2023-5.1%4 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration0.54×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Washington area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
16	Boston areaMA-NH	77	—	—	0.69×
16	San Diego areaCA	77	613	$79,003	0.92×
18	Portland areaOR-WA	74	—	—	1.15×
18	Washington areaDC-VA-MD-WV	74	—	—	0.54×
20	Charlotte areaNC-SC	73	—	—	1.18×
21	San Francisco areaCA	66	—	—	0.47×
22	Austin areaTX	63	—	—	1.31×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. The Washington area crosses state lines (District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia) and is counted whole. For District of Columbia as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the District of Columbia page.

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Washington area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 74 sign manufacturing establishments in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 18 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Washington area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Washington area in 2024, to protect individual employers.

Does the Washington area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, no: sign shops make up a 46% smaller share of the Washington area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 0.54, 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, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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.