A sign is only as good as its installation. Letters that are not level, a cabinet anchored into stucco with no backing, a raceway that leaks, or an illuminated sign wired without a permit will all cost more to fix than they cost to install correctly. Global Signs & Graphics installs the signs we design and fabricate in our Pacoima shop with our own crew, so one company is responsible for the whole job from the site survey to the final inspection.
We hold an active California CSLB C-45 Electrical Sign Contractor license (#1158732), carry general liability insurance, bonding and workers’ compensation, and install throughout Greater Los Angeles: the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood, Downtown, the Westside, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank and the South Bay. Neighborhood pages such as sign installation in Los Feliz cover local details on permits, building types and access.
Our licensed sign installers handle signage installation across Los Angeles — from Pacoima, North Hills and Tujunga to Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Downtown — with a professional sign installation service for outdoor, exterior, interior and channel letter signs.
Have a sign that needs to go up, come down or move to a new location? Send us a photo of the building and the sign or artwork, and we will tell you what the installation involves, whether a permit is required and what it will cost. We also handle professional sign installation for signs made elsewhere, commercial sign installation for property managers and sign install service in LA for removals and relocations.
Channel Letter Sign Installation
Front-lit, back-lit and halo-lit channel letters, lightbox cabinets and LED signs mounted flush or on a raceway, wired to the building’s power and inspected under an electrical sign permit.
Exterior Building Sign Installation
Acrylic, aluminum and PVC letters and logos on fascias, parapets and lobby walls, patterned on site so spacing, height and alignment match the building, and anchored to suit stucco, brick, block, wood or metal.
Monument & Pylon Sign Installation
Freestanding monument and pylon signs set on footings, tenant panel changes and face replacements, with the crane or lift, traffic control and permits coordinated by our team.
Interior Sign, Window & Wall Graphic Installation
Interior sign installation for lobbies, offices and medical suites, plus perforated window wraps, frosted privacy film, hours and logo lettering, wall murals and floor graphics applied by installers who prepare the surface properly so the vinyl lasts.
Parking Lot, Wayfinding & ADA Sign Installation
Parking lot sign installation on posts and walls, directional and tenant directory signs, suite numbers and ADA restroom and room signs installed at code-compliant heights and locations.
Most sign failures happen at the wall, not in the shop. Exterior signs carry real weight and wind load, and Los Angeles buildings mix stucco over wood frame, unreinforced brick, concrete block, tilt-up panels and metal fascias, each of which needs a different anchor and a different way to seal the penetrations against water. Illuminated signs add electrical work that must be done under permit and inspected.
Our installers survey the wall and the power before the sign is built, so the mounting hardware, raceway and transformer locations are designed in rather than improvised on a ladder. The result is a sign that stays straight, stays lit and passes inspection the first time, installed with a bucket truck, scissor lift or crane matched to the height and the site.
Almost every exterior sign in the City of Los Angeles requires a sign permit from the Department of Building and Safety, and illuminated signs also need an electrical permit and inspection. Surrounding cities such as Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills each have their own sign code and review process. Multi-tenant buildings and shopping centers usually add landlord sign criteria on top of the city rules.
As a licensed sign contractor we prepare the drawings, submit the application, schedule the inspection and work with landlords and property managers on approvals. Doing this before fabrication means the sign we install is the sign the city and the landlord have already approved.
Need a sign installed in Los Angeles? Send us a photo of the building and your artwork and we will come back with the mounting method, the permit path and a single price for the whole job.
Sign installation services in Los Angeles are not just a ladder and a drill. A professional sign installation starts before anyone arrives on site and ends with paperwork, and skipping steps is how signs end up crooked, dark or ordered removed.
We install signs we build and signs made elsewhere, for sign brokers, national brands and property managers who need reliable sign installers in Los Angeles. Service areas include the whole San Fernando Valley (Pacoima, North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Burbank, Glendale, Tujunga, Sunland), Hollywood and Los Feliz, Pasadena, Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles. For the signs themselves see outdoor signs, channel letter signs in Los Angeles and monument signs.
Most of our installation work is outdoors: channel letters and cabinet signs on storefront fascias, pylon and monument faces, blade signs over sidewalks, building signs on second-story walls and parapets, and temporary construction and banner signs on fences. Our own bucket truck and licensed crew handle the height, the electrical connection and the night test, and we schedule early-morning or after-hours installs where the street or the center requires it. Recent outdoor installations: the pylon face at Premier Plaza for Kabob Bowl, the Yiaya Greek Yogurt blade sign, the lightbox faces at Montague Charter Academy in Pacoima, channel letters for Prime Roses in North Hollywood and the construction sign for Valor Academy in North Hills. We also install signs built by others: send the drawings and a photo of the wall and we quote the installation on its own.
Exterior sign installation is the part of the job most owners never see: the anchors that hold a 200-pound cabinet to a stucco wall, the waterproofing behind a raceway, the disconnect switch the inspector looks for. Our exterior sign installation crew in Los Angeles handles wall-mounted channel letters and cabinets, blade and projecting signs over sidewalks, monument and pylon signs on footings, awning and canopy signs, and building-top signs that need a boom lift. We bring our own bucket truck, pull the sign and electrical permits, and coordinate with your landlord and the city inspector. If another company built your sign, we can still install it: send us the shop drawings and a photo of the wall.
Lobby logos on standoffs, ADA room signs at code height, wall murals and window graphics, directories and dimensional letters over reception desks — installed level, clean and without damage to finished walls or glass. Interior sign installation in Los Angeles usually needs no city permit, but it does need the right adhesives, anchors and templates for the wall; see the RMS office logo sign in Burbank and the Canali store wall wrap in Beverly Hills for typical jobs.
From our shop in Pacoima we install every week across the San Fernando Valley and Greater Los Angeles, including Hollywood, Los Feliz, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and West Hollywood. One crew handles the survey, permit, fabrication and installation, so there is one company responsible for the result.
We start with photos of the building, the sign or artwork, any landlord sign criteria and your timeline, and recommend the sign type and mounting that will work on your facade.
We measure the frontage, check the wall structure and power, confirm what the city allows and file the sign and electrical permits before anything is built.
The sign is built in our Pacoima shop with the mounting hardware, raceway and wiring designed for your wall, and you approve the final proof before production.
Our licensed crew installs with the right lift or crane for the site, connects illuminated signs to power, seals every penetration and meets the inspector where an inspection is required.
Whether it is one set of channel letters on a storefront, a monument sign at a shopping center entrance or parking and directory signs for a whole property, the job goes smoother when the survey, permit and installation are handled by the same company. Send us a photo of the building and we will take it from there.
Everywhere in Greater Los Angeles. Our shop is in Pacoima in the San Fernando Valley and our crew installs across the Valley, Hollywood, Downtown, the Westside, the South Bay and the San Gabriel Valley. Some neighborhoods, such as Los Feliz, have their own installation page with local details.
Most exterior signs do. In the City of Los Angeles the sign permit comes from LADBS, and illuminated signs also need an electrical permit and inspection. Surrounding cities have their own codes. We prepare the drawings and file the applications as part of the project.
Installation is quoted as part of the whole project and depends on the sign size and weight, mounting height, wall material, electrical work and the lift or crane the site needs. You get one price for survey, permit, fabrication and installation, with no separate installer to hire.
Most storefront and building signs are installed in a single visit of a few hours. Monument signs with footings and large illuminated signs can take a day or more. The full project usually runs a few weeks from approved design to installation, with permit review time the biggest variable.
Yes. Removing the old sign can be included in the installation, and we will note any wall repair or patching that is needed before the new sign goes up so there are no surprises on installation day.
Yes. As a licensed C-45 Electrical Sign Contractor we connect channel letters, lightboxes and LED signs to the building’s existing power, install transformers and power supplies, and handle the electrical permit and inspection.
It depends on the height and the site. Our crew uses ladders and scissor lifts for low storefronts, a bucket truck for most building signs and a crane for tall pylons and heavy cabinets, and we coordinate any sidewalk or lane access the installation needs.
Yes. Pacoima, Sun Valley, Burbank, Glendale, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Northridge and the rest of the Valley are our home territory, and we regularly install in Pasadena, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Downtown Los Angeles.
