Sign makers serving Birmingham Signage in Birmingham,
Signage in Birmingham,
at the scale the city trades at.
Birmingham is the biggest market we work in and the one where a single unit is most often the first of several. A lot of what we do here is not one shopfront. It is a specification that has to survive being built eleven more times.
Fifty miles down the M42 — Birmingham and the wider West Midlands are a standard run.
- Free survey
- Made in our own factory
- Fitted by our own teams
50 miles
From our factory to Birmingham
4,500+
Shops on our books
30 years
In the industry
3,500 sq ft
Showroom you can walk round
Birmingham streets
Which signs work on Birmingham streets?
The range is wide. Digbeth and the Jewellery Quarter are independent, industrial and character-led. Moseley, Kings Heath and Harborne are neighbourhood high streets with real footfall. The Bullring, Broad Street and the Colmore business district are a different discipline again, with landlord specifications, servicing windows and shop-fitting programmes to work inside. Solihull and Sutton Coldfield sit somewhere between.
For a group, consistency is the whole point — the same colour, the same letter depth and the same lighting level in every site, so the eleventh store looks like the first. We draw it once, make it in our own factory and roll it out with our own teams, working to your landlord's hours and your trading pattern rather than ours.
Why businesses here use us
How does BD Signs help Birmingham businesses?
Being noticed, and still looking right in 10 years. On a Birmingham frontage, BD Signs says both come down to parts you never see — the metal, the welds, the fixings and the lamps.
Read from the road, not the pavement
On a Birmingham retail park or a drive-through the totem is doing more work than the fascia, because it is the only thing readable at forty miles an hour. Height, contrast and a very short message — and it has to hold up when the sun is behind it as well as in front.
Built to take a city centre
Frontages around the Bullring and Broad Street get knocked, cleaned hard and lit all night. We build for that: heavier gauge where it gets hit, sealed against jet washing, and lighting rated to run continuously rather than for a few hours an evening.
The eleventh site matches the first
Consistency is a quality problem, not an admin one. The same aluminium gauge, the same RAL, the same letter depth and the same lighting level every time — because the moment a rollout is spread across three suppliers, the colour drifts a shade a site and the brand goes with it.
Nothing substituted quietly
We make it ourselves, so nobody swaps the stainless for coated steel or the branded LED for something cheaper to protect a margin. You get what is on the drawing. On a multi-site job that is worth more than any discount you will be offered.
Exterior signage
Which shop front signs work outside in Birmingham?
Outside, BD Signs's Birmingham customers mostly order built-up letters, push through & fret cut, panel tray & light box and totem signs. All of them are made in our own Nottingham factory and fitted by our own teams. Tap any sign for how it is built.
Interior signage
Which interior signs keep Birmingham customers in?
Inside the door in Birmingham, BD Signs is usually asked for built-up letters, push through & fret cut, internal signage and counter branding, specified as one scheme with the frontage. Tap any sign for how it is built.
Survey, design, manufacture, fit
How is a Birmingham sign made?
Fifty miles down the M42 — Birmingham and the wider West Midlands are a standard run. Four stages, one company, one price.
- 1
Survey
Free, on your site in Birmingham.
- 2
Design
Drawn and shown on your building first.
- 3
Manufacture
In our own Nottingham factory.
- 4
Installation
Our own fitters. Electrics tested and signed off.
Got a frontage in Birmingham?
Send us a photo of it and the name above the door. We will tell you what the building will take and what it costs.
Our work
What suits a Birmingham frontage?
Real BD Signs installs from across the UK, led by the panel tray & light box, built-up letters and totem signs that Birmingham businesses ask for most. Every one made in our own factory and fitted by our own teams.
Brands we make signs for
Signage for Pret A Manger, Wendy's, Heavenly Desserts, Sushi Mania, FSW and Harry Ramsden's — and for several thousand family businesses, who get the same drawings, the same factory and the same fitters.
Birmingham signage FAQ
Questions we get asked in Birmingham
What does Birmingham City Council need with an advertisement consent application?
Birmingham City Council publishes a validation checklist for advertisement consent. Applications go in through the Planning Portal with, among other things, an ownership certificate, a location plan at 1:1250 or 1:2500 and the correct fee — without the fee the application is declared invalid. BD Signs prepares the sign drawings so the pack goes in complete.
Can you roll signage out across several Birmingham sites?
Yes — multi-site is a large part of the business. One survey per site, one set of drawings, one specification, and a schedule that fits your trading hours. Over 4,500 shops are on our books, including national names, so this is the normal shape of the work rather than the exception.
Will you work to our landlord's or franchisor's signage specification?
Routinely. We make to national brand standards and shopping centre specifications, match to exact RAL and Pantone references, and submit for approval before anything is cut.
Is Birmingham too far for a free survey?
No. Fifty miles down the M42 is a normal day. The survey is free, and it is done by somebody who will still be involved when the sign goes up.
Do you fit totems and freestanding signage?
We do, including the groundworks and the electrical supply. On a retail park or a drive-through the totem is doing more work than the fascia, because it is the only thing readable from the road.
“Excellent service as normal — have used BD Signs for the last 20 years and they have always been very helpful and delivered on time and on price!”
“Contacted BD Signs to update my menu boards and they were extremely professional and helpful with all my requirements. A big thank you to Mr Dickman for all your help and generosity.”
Book your survey
Come and see us.
Fifty miles down the M42 — Birmingham and the wider West Midlands are a standard run. Bring a photo of your frontage and we will quote the whole job as one price.
Or email info@bdsigns.co.uk — we answer everything the same working day.