Cary Sign Company

Cary Sign Company has been making signs on East Chatham Street since 1987, when it opened as the first vinyl sign shop in the Cary area. Banners, decals, vehicle graphics, stands and frames all come out of the same shop, along with standard storefront signage.

The pitch is straightforward: signs that get noticed, at a price a small business can live with, made by people down the road instead of across the country. Customers can stop by the store to talk a project through before anything gets printed.

What to know

• The design team and production crew have more than 60 years of combined experience.
• The shop joined the American Sign franchise group, bought by Signs By Tomorrow in 2002.
• It stayed inside that franchise system for the next sixteen years.
• The company went independent on March 1, 2019, and has stayed that way.