We started as Louisville's most trusted sign company. We've grown into something more. Today, Commonwealth is a full-service creative partner — manufacturing world-class signage and delivering brand strategy, print, digital, and experiential design under one roof.
THE FULL PICTURE
Your brand deserves more than a vendor. It deserves a partner.
For over 45 years, we've been the company Louisville businesses call when they need signage done right. Built in-house. Installed with care. Serviced for the long haul.
But the businesses we admire most don't just need a sign. They need someone who can think about the whole picture — from the first impression at the curb to the last touchpoint in a campaign. That's the partner we're becoming.
Every sign we make is fabricated right here in Louisville. No outsourcing. No shortcuts. Forty-five years of in-house manufacturing means we know what holds up — in Kentucky summers and everything else.
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CHANNEL LETTER SIGNS
Our most requested product. Individually fabricated aluminum letters, backlit or front-lit, flush-mounted or raceway-mounted. Custom shapes, colors, and finishes to match any brand standard — built to code and installed by our own crews.
ALUMINUM
LED Illuminated
Indoor/Outdoor
Halo-Lit
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MONUMENT SIGNS
Ground-level identity markers that anchor your location. We design, fabricate, and install monument signs for campuses, healthcare facilities, hotels, and commercial developments.
Custom
Multi-tenant
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Vacuum Formed & Lexan
Solar-grade Lexan cabinet faces and vacuum-formed signage components — durable, vibrant, and built for the long term.
Cabinet Signs
Backlit
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Pylon & Pole Signs
End-to-end project oversight ensures every job is permitted, installed, and delivered on time and on budget.
Freestanding
LED
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Digital & Wide-Format Print
Full-color digital printing for indoor and outdoor applications: banners, window graphics, wall murals, vehicle wraps, floor graphics, and more — all printed in-house.
UV Resistant
Indoor/Outdoor
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Electronic Message Centers
Programmable LED message boards and digital displays.
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Awnings & Canopies
Branded fabric and metal awning systems with integrated signage.
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Neon & Vintage
Traditional neon fabrication and LED neon for heritage and statement pieces.
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ADA & Wayfinding
Code-compliant interior signage systems, directories, and accessibility signage.
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Service & Repair
Ongoing maintenance contracts and emergency repair for signs of all types.
01
CHANNEL LETTER SIGNS
Our most requested product. Individually fabricated aluminum letters, backlit or front-lit, flush-mounted or raceway-mounted. Custom shapes, colors, and finishes to match any brand standard — built to code and installed by our own crews.
ALUMINUM
LED Illuminated
Indoor/Outdoor
Halo-Lit
02
MONUMENT SIGNS
Ground-level identity markers that anchor your location. We design, fabricate, and install monument signs for campuses, healthcare facilities, hotels, and commercial developments.
Custom
Multi-tenant
03
Vacuum Formed & Lexan
Solar-grade Lexan cabinet faces and vacuum-formed signage components — durable, vibrant, and built for the long term.
Cabinet Signs
Backlit
04
Pylon & Pole Signs
End-to-end project oversight ensures every job is permitted, installed, and delivered on time and on budget.
Freestanding
LED
05
Digital & Wide-Format Print
Full-color digital printing for indoor and outdoor applications: banners, window graphics, wall murals, vehicle wraps, floor graphics, and more — all printed in-house.
UV Resistant
Indoor/Outdoor
06
Electronic Message Centers
Programmable LED message boards and digital displays.
07
Awnings & Canopies
Branded fabric and metal awning systems with integrated signage.
08
Neon & Vintage
Traditional neon fabrication and LED neon for heritage and statement pieces.
09
ADA & Wayfinding
Code-compliant interior signage systems, directories, and accessibility signage.
10
Service & Repair
Ongoing maintenance contracts and emergency repair for signs of all types.
BEYOND SIGNAGE
"A great sign gets you noticed. A great brand keeps you remembered."
In 2024, Commonwealth Sign Company began formally expanding its creative capabilities. The goal: to become the single partner that growing businesses in Louisville and across the region trust for everything their brand needs to show up in the world — from the physical to the digital, from the permanent to the experiential.
Talk to us about a full brand partnership →
SIX PRACTICE AREAS
The full creative Picture.
Every touchpoint your customer encounters is a brand moment. We help you own them all — from the sign at your front door to the ad on their phone. Six practice areas. One partner. Everything your brand needs to show up in the world.
01 - CORE CAPABILITY
SIGNAGE & FABRICATION
MANUFACTURING
Full Practice →
This is where Commonwealth began — and where we still lead. Forty-five years of in-house fabrication means we've built every sign type imaginable, and we know exactly what holds up. Everything is designed, fabricated, and installed by our team in Louisville. No outsourcing. No middlemen. No surprises.
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CHANNEL LETTER SIGNS
Front-lit, halo-lit, combination, and open-face — hand-fabricated to any brand font or size.
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Cabinet & Vacuum-Formed Signs
Internally illuminated aluminum cabinets with solar-grade Lexan faces and full-color digital graphics.
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Electronic Message Centers
Full-color LED display systems, remotely managed, integrated into monument or pylon structures.
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Wide-Format Digital Print
In-house UV-resistant printing on vinyl, fabric, rigid substrates — banners, wraps, murals, and more.
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Monument & Pylon Signs
Ground-level and high-rise freestanding structures, single and multi-tenant, with optional EMC integration.
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ADA, Neon & Specialty Signs
Code-compliant interior systems, traditional and LED neon, awnings, and ongoing service programs.
THE COMMERCIAL DIFFERENCE
We fabricate in-house, pull every permit, and install with our own crews. One call, one team, from survey to service after the sale. That's what 45 years of doing this looks like.
CHANNEL LETTERS
MONUMENT SIGNS
PYLON SIGNS
CABINET SIGNS
LED MESSAGE CENTERS
VEHICLE WRAPS
WALL MURALS
ADA SIGNAGE
NEON
AWNINGS
PERMIT MANAGEMENT
SERVICE & REPAIR
02 - CREATIVE FOUNDATION
BRAND IDENTITY & STRATEGY
FOUNDATION
Full Practice →
A sign is only as strong as the brand behind it. Before anything gets built or printed, your brand needs a foundation worth building on — a visual identity that holds up at 40 feet and in a boardroom, and messaging that makes people understand you instantly. We're not a traditional agency. We're builders who think strategically, and that combination makes us a different kind of brand partner.
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Logo & Visual Identity
Primary marks, secondary marks, icon systems, and color/type specifications tested across every real-world application.
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Brand Standards Guides
Comprehensive documentation that governs how your brand is executed — by any vendor, at any location, on any medium.
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Messaging & Positioning
Brand positioning, value proposition, tagline development, key message frameworks, and tone of voice guidelines.
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Brand Audits & Refresh
Honest assessment of where your brand is today and a prioritized roadmap for bringing it to where it needs to be.
Why This Comes Before the Sign
We've watched clients invest in beautiful fabrication only to realize their brand couldn't hold it up. Getting the identity right first isn't extra work — it's the work that makes every investment after it count.
LOGO DESIGN
IDENTITY SYSTEMS
COLOR SYSTEMS
TYPOGRAPHY
BRAND STANDARDS
POSITIONING
TAGLINE DEVELOPMENT
BRAND AUDITS
COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS
03 - PRINT PRODUCTION
PRINT & COLLATERAL
FOUNDATION
Full Practice →
Print still works — when it's designed well, produced with care, and built to match your brand. We handle both the creative and the production, in-house, with the same craft we bring to every sign. Our in-house wide-format operation handles large-format needs fast. Commercial and specialty printing is produced through vetted partners we manage end-to-end — one bill, one contact, no translation loss.
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Vehicle Wraps & Fleet Graphics
Full and partial wraps designed and installed in-house using UV-resistant cast vinyl.
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Trade Show & Event Displays
Pop-up systems, tension fabric, retractable banners, booth environments — built to travel and represent.
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Brochures, Catalogs & Sell Sheets
Sales and marketing collateral designed to brand standards and produced on appropriate stock with specialty finishes.
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Business Stationery Systems
Cards, letterhead, envelopes, notepads, folders — the complete professional stationery suite.
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Banners, Posters & Large Format
In-house vinyl, fabric, and rigid substrate printing with same-day rush capability on standard substrates.
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Direct Mail & In-Store
Postcards, EDDM programs, menus, table tents, POP displays, and window graphics.
In-House Wide-Format Advantage
We print large-format on the same equipment we use for sign faces — which means your banner, your wrap, and your sign all come off the same calibrated output, color-matched to the same PMS values. That consistency is rare.
VEHICLE WRAPS
TRADE SHOW DISPLAYS
BROCHURES
BIUSINESS CARDS
BANNERS
DIRECT MAIL
MENUS
FLOOR GRAPHICS
WINDOW FILMS
PROMOTIONAL ITEMS
04 - DIGITAL
DIGITAL & SOCIAL MEDIA
DIGITAL CHANNELS
Full Practice →
Your brand doesn't stop at the curb. Most businesses manage digital channels separately from their physical brand — and the result is a brand that looks one way on a sign and a completely different way on Instagram. When everything comes from the same creative partner, it all coheres: the colors match, the voice is consistent, and every touchpoint feels like the same company.
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Social Media Creative
On-brand feed posts, carousels, stories, reels templates, and campaign graphics across all major platforms.
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Digital Advertising
Paid social and Google Ads — creative development, targeting strategy, campaign management, and performance reporting.
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Web Design & Development
Custom-designed websites built on your brand identity — mobile-first, SEO-ready, easy to manage.
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Email Marketing & Automation
Branded email templates, campaign copywriting, and automation sequences — designed to match your visual identity and sound like your brand.
The Case for One Partner
If we built your sign, we have your brand standards on file. Digital creative starts from a foundation most agencies never get to — and the output looks like it was made by the same people who made everything else you've produced. Because it was.
SOCIAL MEDIA CREATIVE
FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM ADS
GOOGLE ADS
WEBSITE DESIGN
EMAIL MARKETING
CONTENT STRATEGY
GOOGLE BUSINESS PROGILE
LANDING PAGES
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
05 - ENVIRONMENTS
EXPERIENTIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
SPACE & BRAND
Full Practice →
The most powerful brand moments happen in physical space. Environmental graphic design (EGD) turns rooms into brand statements — branded interiors, wayfinding systems, event activations, wall murals, and dimensional installations. We design it and we build it, in the same shop, with the same team. No agency-vendor gap. No translation loss. Just spaces that feel exactly like your brand.
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Branded Interiors
Reception areas, feature walls, conference rooms, culture spaces — environments that communicate brand identity from the moment someone walks in.
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Wayfinding Systems
Comprehensive sign type families — directional, identification, regulatory, ADA — designed as a cohesive system and installed by our crew.
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Event Activations & Pop-Ups
Trade show booths, branded activations, temporary retail environments, and photo-worthy installations built to travel and make an impression.
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Wall Murals & Dimensional Graphics
Printed murals, dimensional letters, mixed-media installations, floor and ceiling graphics — every surface considered.
Design + Build Under One Roof
Most experiential firms outsource fabrication. We don't. Our designers know what our shop can build — and our fabricators know what the designers intended. That integration is what makes the work possible at a level of quality and cost no outside combination can match.
BRANDED INTERIORS
WAYFINDING
ADA SIGNAGE
TRADE SHOW BOOTHS
EVENT ACTIVATIONS
WALL MURALS
DIMENSIONAL LETTERS
FLOOR GRAPHICS
WINDOW FILMS
CAMPUS BRANDING
FAN EXPERIENCES
05-SCALE
NATIONAL ACCOUNT PROGRAMS
MULTI-LOCATION
Full Practice →
Multi-location brands need more than a sign company — they need a program. One partner managing design standards, production, permitting, installation, and service across every site. We serve as that single point of contact for national accounts: documenting your brand standards, managing the complexity of multi-jurisdiction permitting, coordinating installation nationwide, and maintaining every location for the long term.
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Site Survey Programs
Physical or documented surveys of every location before production begins — capturing conditions, code requirements, and installation constraints.
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Brand Standards Development
Sign specification documents that govern every location in the program — dimensions, materials, finishes, adaptation rules, and approval workflows.
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Permit Management
Full permit acquisition across every jurisdiction — application preparation, submission, tracking, variance requests, and final inspection coordination.
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Production & Installation Coordination
In-house fabrication for what we can build; vetted national installation network for what we coordinate — all held to our standards.
Portfolio audit, scope and budget development, phased rollout planning, and execution — location by location, on schedule.
We're a Fabricator Running the Program
Most national sign programs are managed by brokers who don't build anything. We fabricate in-house, which means we control quality and cost on the most common sign types — and we don't add a markup to a stranger's work.
MULTI-SITE ROLLOUTS
BRAND COMPLIANCE
PERMIT MANAGEMENT
SITE SURVEYS
NATIONAL INSTALLATION
SERVICE CONTRACTS
FRANCHISE PROGRAMS
REBRAND PROGRAMS
PORTFOLIO REPORTING
HOW WE WORK
OUR PROCESS
From the first conversation to the final installation, we manage every step — so you don't have to coordinate between a sign company, a printer, an agency, and a digital shop.
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DISCOVERY
We learn your brand, your goals, your audience, and the specific challenge you're solving.
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Strategy
We define the scope, the approach, and the deliverables — with a clear plan and honest timeline.
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DESIGN
Our creative team develops concepts that meet brand standards and exceed expectations.
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PRODUCTION
Fabrication, printing, and production — all in-house in Louisville, built with care.
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DELIVERY
Installation, launch, or delivery — and ongoing support to make sure it all holds up.
INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
WHO WE WORK WITH
Across Louisville and the region, from local businesses to national brands.
AUTOMOTIVE
Dealership signage, service bay graphics, lot identification, and branded environments.
HEALTHCARE
Hospital wayfinding, clinic signage, ADA compliance, and patient-centered environments.
BANKING & FINANCE
Branch identity, regulatory-compliant signage, exterior monuments, and ATM surrounds.
HOSPITALITY
Hotel exterior and interior signage, branded environments, and guest experience design.
Restaurant & Food
QSR rollouts, menu boards, exterior channel letters, and drive-through signage programs.
RETAIL
Storefront systems, in-store graphics, window films, and seasonal campaign displays.
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Tenant signage, building identification, construction wrap, and property branding.
EDUCATION
Campus wayfinding, athletic facility branding, marquee signs, and school identity.