Industry Signage Headquarters Carrollton Type of business Private | Number of locations Over 615 Founded 1985 | |
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Area served United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Mexico
Australia
Cayman Islands
Saudi Arabia
UAE Products Signs, graphics, decals, displays, and visual communications Owner Levine Leichtman Capital Partners CEO Catherine Monson (2 Jan 2009–) Profiles | ||
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Fastsigns International Inc. (trademarked in all-capitals as FASTSIGNS) is the franchisor of Fastsigns centers which provide custom sign and graphics products.
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- Signs digital graphics fastsigns ceo catherine monson discusses co branding
- Location3 client testimonial fastsigns international
- History
- References
There are currently over 650 Fastsigns locations worldwide in United States, Canada, the U.K., the Cayman Islands, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Australia (where centers operate under the name Signwave). Countries where the company formerly had locations but no longer operates include Colombia (from which it withdrew in 1996) and Argentina.
Location3 client testimonial fastsigns international
History
Fastsigns was founded in Austin in 1985 by Gary Salomon and Bob Schanbaum. The first franchise was sold in December 1986, with its first international franchise sold in 1991. The company was bought in October 2003 by Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm. In 2009, former president of PIP Printing, Catherine Monson, was named CEO of Fastsigns. In July 2014, Fastsigns was acquired by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based investment firm.
The creation and growth of Fastsigns was profiled in a case study in the textbook Managing: A Competency-Based Approach.