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title: "FASTSIGNS Ranked First in Signage and Communication Category by Global Franchise"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/42e03c8d-fc96-45f7-b914-91f709f86685
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230228_fastsigns_ranked_first_in_signage_and_communication_category_by_global_fran.html
category: "Signs"
industry: "Business Services"
segment: "Signs"
published: 2023-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:53.583Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/fastsigns.jpg
---

# FASTSIGNS Ranked First in Signage and Communication Category by Global Franchise

**TL;DR:** FASTSIGNS ranked first in the Signage and Communication category for the Global Franchise Awards. The company has a growing network of franchisees and was also recently recognized in Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500 list.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-02-28. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230228_fastsigns_ranked_first_in_signage_and_communication_category_by_global_fran.html).*

## Story

CARROLLTON, Texas - FASTSIGNS®, a sign, graphics and visual communications franchise in the nation, ranked first in “Signage & Communication” for the annual Global Franchise Awards.

“Our franchisees work to establish FASTSIGNS as the go-to resource for visual communications in their communities and receiving this prestigious recognition for the fifth year is a testament to the strength of our growing network,” said Mark Jameson, chief support and development officer at Propelled Brands. “We are thrilled to be recognized as number one in our category for both this award as well as recently in Entrepreneur magazine’s highly competitive Franchise 500® list. We are proud of our entire team and thank our amazing franchisees helping us to achieve these accolades.”

The Global Franchise Awards, now in its sixth year, honors exceptional franchise brands that are leaders in their respective categories. To decide the winners of these Awards, Global Franchise shortlists the applications using an independent panel of key, impartial and industry experts working to the criteria created by the Global Franchise team. Using these criteria as a guide, the judges select an entry from each category that best demonstrates the values Global Franchise is looking to celebrate.

Signage has never been more important. Right now, businesses are looking for new and better ways to compete.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Business Services (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- award recognition (topic)
- FASTSIGNS (company)
- Propelled Brands (company)
- franchise network (topic)
- Mark Jameson (person)
- signage industry (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230228_fastsigns_ranked_first_in_signage_and_communication_category_by_global_fran.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/42e03c8d-fc96-45f7-b914-91f709f86685).