Fastsigns International Inc. (stylized as FASTSIGNS) is the franchisor of Fastsigns centers which provide custom sign and graphics products.[1]
There are currently over 780 Fastsigns locations [2] worldwide in United States, Canada, the U.K., the Cayman Islands, Mexico, Saudi Arabia,[3] the UAE, Chile and Australia (where centers operate under the name Signwave). Countries where the company formerly had locations but no longer operates include Brazil (from which it withdrew in 1996) and Argentina.[4]
Fastsigns was founded in Austin in 1985 by Gary Salomon and Bob Schanbaum. The first franchise was sold in December 1986,[5] with its first international franchise sold in 1991.