If you want one company to handle your signs from design to installation, look for a turnkey sign company: one that surveys the site, designs and engineers the sign, gets permits and landlord approvals, manages production, installs it and closes out the job. National Sign Team works that way, with one project manager running every location.
What does a turnkey sign company handle?
- Site survey: measurements, power, mounting surface, what the last tenant left behind.
- Design and engineering that matches your brand standards and the building.
- Code research and permits, approved before anything goes up.
- Landlord approvals, often separate from city sign code.
- Production built to the approved drawings.
- Installation, scheduled around your opening date.
- Close-out: permits finalized, completion photos delivered.
If a company only covers two or three of those, you'll be coordinating the rest.
Why use one company instead of several?
Every handoff is a place something gets lost. When design, permitting, production and installation sit with different companies, each works off what the last one handed over, and problems surface on-site instead of on the drawing. One company owning the whole chain means issues get caught early, where they're cheap to fix.
How do you tell if a sign company is really turnkey?
Ask who does the survey, who files permits, who handles landlord approval, who checks production against the drawings, who vets the install crews, and who your single point of contact is. Clear answers to all of that are a good sign. "We'll figure that out" means you're looking at partial service.
What changes with multiple locations?
The chain just repeats at every address, each with its own city, landlord and building. At National Sign Team, one named project manager runs your whole program, tracked in Smartsheet, with one point of contact calling you when a decision is needed.
Planning signs for new locations?
Send us your addresses and opening dates. We'll come back with a plan for every site, from survey to completion photos. See how our turnkey sign programs work.