Shop Signs Manchester

Web Print Signs has made shop signs for Manchester businesses since 2003: fascia panels, tray signs, built-up letters, illuminated and projecting signs, and the window graphics that go with them. We survey the frontage, design the sign onto a photo of your own shop, manage the making and fit it, across Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Oldham and the rest of Greater Manchester.

Send a photo of your shopfront with rough measurements and you’ll get a fixed price, not a “from” price — survey, design, manufacture and fitting by the same team.

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Shop front signs we make

Most shop fronts need one main sign above the door and something at eye level in the window. These are the types we fit most often in Manchester:

• Fascia signs: a flat aluminium composite panel printed or cut in vinyl, or a folded tray sign with returned edges for a cleaner, deeper look. The standard choice for a high street unit.
• Built-up letters: individual acrylic or metal letters fixed to the fascia or straight onto brick. They look premium from across the road and suit salons, restaurants and offices.
• Illuminated signs: lightboxes, halo-lit letters and LED signs for takeaways, bars and anyone trading after dark.
• Projecting signs: a double-sided sign at right angles to the wall, so people walking along the pavement see you before they reach the window.
• Window graphics: cut vinyl lettering, opening hours, frosted manifestation and full-colour one way vision that advertises outside while you can still see out.
• A-boards and pavement signs for daily offers, plus directional and safety signs inside the building.

What a shop sign costs in Manchester

Prices depend on size, materials, lighting and how the sign is fixed. As a guide for 2026, from our shop sign price guide:

• Flat printed fascia up to about 3m x 0.6m: roughly £150 to £400.
• Built-up letters: from about £400, rising with the number and size of letters.
• Illuminated fascias and lightboxes: roughly £500 to £3,000.
• Window graphics: simple lettering from about £80, full window coverage £200 to £600.
• A-boards: from £30.24 online.

Anything fixed to a building is quoted after we have seen a photo and the measurements, and the price is fixed before anything is made. Fitting is included in the quote, so there is no day rate that grows on the day.

How does a sign job run, from survey to fitting?

1. Send a photo and a rough width. That is enough for us to suggest what suits the building and give you a price range. For bigger jobs we visit and measure.
2. See it on your own shop. We mock the design onto a photo of your frontage so you can judge size, colours and readability from the street. Changes at this stage are free.
3. Made to order. Once you approve the design, we book production and give you a fitting date.
4. Fitted. We remove the old sign if needed, fix the new one and tidy up. Most single shop fronts are done in a morning.

Planning permission and landlord consent

Shop signs in England are covered by the advertisement consent rules (the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007). Many non-illuminated fascia signs are allowed without applying, within limits on size and height. Illuminated signs, projecting signs above a certain size, and any sign on a listed building or in a conservation area often need express consent from the council. Check your lease as well: most landlords want to approve signage first.

We tell you at quote stage when consent is likely to be needed and supply the drawings and specifications for the application. Submitting it stays with you or your agent.

Shop signs across Greater Manchester

We are on Bury New Road in Manchester (M8), so most of Greater Manchester is a short van run: the city centre, Northern Quarter and Ancoats, Salford and Salford Quays, Cheetham Hill, Prestwich, Bury, Trafford, Stockport, Bolton and Rochdale. We also fit shop front signs in Oldham regularly; see printing and signage in Oldham.

Signs are usually ordered with other things for an opening or a rebrand: van graphics, business cards and flyers. One team quotes and manages the lot.

What do customers ask about Shop Signs Manchester?

Which related services do Manchester businesses order?

Fascia Signs Manchester · Illuminated Signs Manchester · Frosted Vinyl Manchester · One Way Vision Manchester · Digital Signage Prints Manchester · Safety Signs Manchester

More about us as sign makers in Manchester — every sign type we make, what it costs, and the jobs we have fitted.

Shop signs we’ve made and fitted

Fascias, projecting signs, menu boards and printed window graphics, photographed on site after fitting. Takeaways, convenience stores, travel agents, tyre garages and barbers — all designed, printed and installed by us.