DE Signs North East has been manufacturing and installing signs for Sunderland businesses for over 45 years. From shop fronts to vehicle wraps, illuminated signs to 3D built-up letters, every sign is designed, manufactured, and installed by our team at Blaydon — just 12 miles from Sunderland town centre.
From the independent shops on Ashbrooke Road to the retail units at the Bridges shopping centre, Sunderland has a proud maritime and manufacturing heritage that deserves signage built to last.
We cover Sunderland city centre, Seaburn, Roker, Hylton, Penshaw, Doxford Park, Hendon, Millfield, Ashbrooke, Fulwell, and South Hylton. Whether you need a single fascia sign for a high street shop or a full rebrand across multiple sites, we deliver the same family-run quality that has kept North East businesses coming back since 1978.
Postcodes we cover: SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4, SR5, SR6. Call 0800 2888004 for a free quote.
Fascia signs, projecting signs, and illuminated shopfront signage for Sunderland retailers. From 3mm aluminium composite panels to acrylic built-up letters, we manufacture signs that stand out on Holmeside, Fawcett Street, and across the city centre. View our shop front sign services →
Van wraps, fleet branding, and vehicle lettering for Sunderland trades and businesses. Whether you run a single van from Hendon or a fleet across Doxford Park, we turn your vehicles into mobile billboards. Explore vehicle graphics →
LED illuminated signs, light boxes, and halo-lit lettering for Sunderland businesses that want to be visible day and night. Essential for the Bridges area and the seafront venues at Seaburn. See illuminated sign options →
Custom glass and LED neon signs for bars, restaurants, and retail. Perfect for the growing hospitality scene around Sunniside and Keel Square. Discover neon signage →
Premium 3D acrylic and metal letters for reception walls, shopfronts, and corporate interiors. Popular with businesses at Doxford International and St Peter's Campus. View 3D letter options →
PVC banners, Foamex boards, and exhibition graphics for events, promotions, and point-of-sale across Sunderland. See large format printing →
Recent projects from our Blaydon workshop, serving Wearside businesses.
Family-run since 1978. Three generations of sign-making expertise serving the North East.
All signs are designed, manufactured, and finished in our workshop. No outsourcing, no delays.
We come to your premises, measure up, and provide a fixed-price quote with no obligation.
Most projects completed within 2-3 weeks. Rush jobs available. We keep your business visible.
Sunderland City Council is generally supportive of commercial signage, but illuminated signs near the seafront at Seaburn and Roker, or in conservation areas like Ashbrooke, may need planning consent. We handle the process end-to-end.
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Looking for illuminated signs in Sunderland? Explore our dedicated guide to LED shop signs, backlit fascias and 3D built-up letters for Sunderland businesses — designed, made and fitted by our local team.
Yes. We cover all of Sunderland including the city centre, Seaburn, Roker, Hylton, Doxford Park, Hendon, Millfield, Ashbrooke, Fulwell, and South Hylton. We are based 12 miles away in Blaydon, so site surveys and installations are straightforward.
A standard fascia sign starts from £450. Illuminated signs start from £450. 3D built-up letters start from £100 per letter. All prices include VAT, design, manufacturing, and installation. Call 0800 2888004 for a free quote.
Most standard fascia signs on commercial premises do not need planning permission. Illuminated signs near the seafront at Seaburn and Roker, or in conservation areas like Ashbrooke, may require consent from Sunderland City Council. We can advise you on what's required and handle the application for you as part of our service.
Most projects are completed within 2-3 weeks from sign-off. Rush jobs are available. Site surveys across Sunderland typically take 1-2 hours, and we can often schedule within a week.
Yes. We have experience producing signage for retail units and shopping centres. We understand the specific requirements for large retail environments like the Bridges and Doxford Park business units.
Sunderland's retail heart runs from the Bridges through Sunniside and Fawcett Street, and the city's ongoing regeneration keeps shopfronts changing hands — every new owner needs a fascia that fits their brand and the street. We make and fit shop fascias in aluminium, acrylic and dibond, with colours matched to your brand, plus matching window vinyl and shop signage so the whole storefront works together. Our surveyors know Sunderland streets well and will check fixings, access and Sunderland City Council consent questions during the free survey.
Home to one of the UK's largest car plants and hundreds of engineering, logistics and trade businesses, Sunderland runs on vehicles — which makes van branding one of the best-value marketing spends in the city. We fit full and partial van wraps, reflective fleet livery and magnetic panels for firms around the city, from Monkwearmouth to Doxford Park. Every wrap is printed, laminated and fitted in-house at our Blaydon workshop, and vehicle graphics can usually be turned around in days once artwork is approved.
Matchdays around the Stadium of Light, nights on Sunniside and weekend trade along the seafront at Roker and Seaburn all reward businesses that shine after dark. We supply LED-illuminated fascias, trough lights and projecting signs for Sunderland shops, restaurants and bars, and neon-style LED signs are a favourite with barbers, salons and takeaways. Medical centres and offices around the city choose cut 3D built-up letters for reception and exterior walls that need to look sharp for years.
Sunderland's events calendar and building projects call for fast, weatherproof temporary signage. We print PVC banners, mesh banners and display boards in-house, supply site hoardings for construction firms, and provide pavement signs for high-street retailers. Coastal air is hard on cheap materials, so everything we fit near the seafront is laminated and rated for exposure — a banner that curls or fades in three months is not a bargain.
Survey and install teams reach every part of the city within half an hour of leaving the workshop. We fit signs across Ashbrooke, Barnes, Fulwell, Roker, Seaburn, Silksworth, Thorney Close, South Hylton, Castletown and out to Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole. We also cover the neighbouring areas of Washington, Durham and Teesside — and Washington businesses are only ten minutes further along the A19.
Often, yes. If the existing sign case or frame is structurally sound, we can re-lamp it with modern LED modules, replace faded acrylic faces and refresh the vinyl — frequently for a fraction of the cost of a new fascia. Re-facing also cuts running costs, since modern LEDs use far less power than old fluorescent tubes. We will assess your current sign during the free survey and quote both options so you can compare.
Sunderland sits between two tough environments: a city centre with heavy footfall and a seafront that takes the full force of North Sea weather. Signs we fit within a mile of Roker and Seaburn are specified for salt spray, wind-driven rain and UV from open skies. That means powder-coated aluminium rather than bare metals, laminated or UV-cured inks rather than bare vinyl, and mechanical fixings rather than adhesive-only mounting for anything with windage.
Illuminated signs deserve particular care on the coast. We use IP-rated LED modules and sealed sign cases so salt air cannot corrode connections, and all our coastal installs are wired with externals rated for exposed locations. The LED systems themselves run cool and last tens of thousands of hours, which matters when a failed light means a dark shopfront on a seafront that trades heavily on weekend evenings.
Back in the city centre, the considerations flip to durability against people rather than weather: window graphics at street level get anti-scuff laminate, projecting signs get toughened cases, and entry lettering gets solid acrylic rather than thin foam-backed materials. For the Bridges area and Fawcett Street shopfronts, we also plan access so cleaning and re-facing can be done without hiring access equipment every time.
Trades and fleet customers across Sunderland get the same material thinking applied to vans: cast and calendared vehicle vinyls matched to how long you plan to keep the vehicle, edge-sealed around door rubs, with printed laminate protecting the print from stone chips and road salt. A wrap is only good value if it still looks sharp in year three, so we quote the right material for the vehicle's life, not just the cheapest film.
Yes — mandatory signs, fire exits, warning and prohibition boards are all printed in-house to current BS EN ISO 7010 symbols, on durable substrates for factories, workshops and sites. Businesses can order a full site set in one go and be confident every board matches.
For city-centre jobs where daytime access is difficult — pedestrian zones, load-in restrictions or shops that cannot close — we can arrange out-of-hours fitting. Mention the access constraint at survey stage and we will build the schedule around it.
Call us on 0800 2888004 or fill in our contact form for a free, no-obligation quote. We cover all of Sunderland and the surrounding areas.
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