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Sign Pros Predict New Administration’s Effect

DO YOU OR DON’T YOU: Also, anticipating the degree of business change in 2025 vs. 2024.

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QUESTION:

Do you think the change of presidential administration will be good for your sign business?

Yes: 75%

  • It should be good for the overall economy based on his last four years. We are preparing for our best year! — John Johnson, A-Plus Signs, Fresno, CA
  • We work with a number of national/regional home builders and their projections are strong through 2025. — Joe Allen, So Easy Signs, Middletown, OH
  • People will have more economic confidence. — Jeffery Baldwin, Firehouse Tees, Burlington, NC

  • It will give people confidence about the future economic outlook, and will affect how they budget and spend money in a positive way. — James Neely, RP Signs, Charlotte, NC
  • The overtime rule being changed back, less regulatory posture. — Melanie Harden, Creative Sign Designs, Tampa, FL
  • Possibility of reducing inflation and more new construction. — Mark Marshall, Bakers’ Signs & Manufacturing, Conroe, TX
  • 100% will be good for business as financial confidence will return. — Becky Sandgren, AP Corp., Sykesville, MD

No: 25%

  • The sign industry heavily depends on overseas products [subject] to tariffs, and addressing the impending cost increases is crucial. — Earl Walker, Image360 Tucker, Tucker, GA
  • I think the bigger problem will be lingering inflation for years to come. — Dennis Schaub, FastTrack Signs, Bellefontaine, OH

  • Tariffs, Trump, his hate for Canada and the ridiculous cast of characters they are choosing for his staff. — Geoff Orlick, Quality Designs Ltd, Campbell River, BC, Canada
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One Quick Question:

What do you foresee as the degree of change in business you expect in 2025 vs. 2024?

Huge change for the better
16%
Moderate change for the better
52%
No significant change
16%
Moderate change for the worse
6%
Huge change for the worse
4%
Other (up and down, unknown)
6%

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