Typically, a business pays a small fee to a transportation department (or to a subcontractor of a transportation department such as Lamar Advertising subsidiary Interstate Logos) to have their logos displayed on a large panel alongside other businesses.
Depending on the jurisdiction, businesses may have to meet certain criteria such as hours of service and distance from the sign.
[3] In 2006, the Federal Highway Administration issued an interim approval to allow more than six logo panels per service type on up to two signs per direction,[4] which was eventually incorporated into the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
SunColors contracted with Metropistas in 2019 to provide logo signs for Puerto Rico highways PR-5 and PR-22.
They were introduced in 2011 after operators of service stations were renaming subsidiaries to get around regulations which forbid brand names from appearing on road signs.