What Shawnee Services Inc does

Shawnee Services, Inc., operating as ShawneeLED, is a privately held LLC founded in 1986 that designs, manufactures, sells, and rents LED signs, video walls, scoreboards, and related digital signage solutions. The company is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with satellite offices in Hurst, Illinois and Bradenton, Florida, and operates an 8,000 square foot custom sign shop equipped with CNC routers, material brakes, and shears for build-to-order fabrication. Its product portfolio spans indoor LED panels (BlackMAX line, pixel pitches from 1.5mm to 3.9mm), outdoor LED panels (LuMAX line, pixel pitches from 3.9mm to 10mm, rated at 10,000 nits), portable A-frame signs with embedded Verizon 4G LTE connectivity and emergency-messaging capability, LED scoreboards integrated with ScoreVision software, LED walls, LED trailers, and traditional pole, monument, and pan-face signage. All deployed screens are managed remotely through the VNNOX cloud-based content management platform.

The company serves four primary end-customer verticals — churches, schools, businesses, and event centers/venues — through a direct sales motion driven by website quote and rental inquiry forms. A wholesale channel supplies Electronic Message Centers and LED products to third-party sign companies for resale, and a rental channel monetizes LED trailers, A-frames, and LED walls on a per-day basis (with documented volume pricing of $150-$175 per A-frame per day at 6-10 unit tiers). Pricing for purchases is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; rental pricing uses pay-as-you-go billing with a 9-day minimum. ShawneeLED reports 1-10 employees with over 80 years of combined sign-building and LED video experience, no external funding, no disclosed patents or certifications, and operates with founder/owner-style management (no public management team or cap-table disclosed in the input data).

Name

Shawnee Services Inc

Legal name

Shawnee Services, LLC

Website

https://shawneeled.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ShawneeLED (Shawnee Services, LLC) designs, manufactures, sells, and rents LED signs, video walls, scoreboards, and digital signage for churches, schools, businesses, event venues, and wholesale sign companies across the U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LED Display Systems and Digital Signage

NAICS

Sign Manufacturing (33995), Sign Manufacturing (339950), Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising (54185)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Wayfinding, Signage & Environmental Graphic Design (BPAHAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Event Signage, Props & Custom Installations (HSACAOAG)

Keywords

• LED display systems
• Digital signage solutions
• Electronic message centers
• LED video walls
• LED scoreboards

Headquarters

HQ city

Sioux Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. LED Sign Products: Sale of LED signs including A-frames, LED walls, scoreboards, and standard size signs. Products available in various pixel pitches and configurations for indoor and outdoor use.
2. Wholesale LED Products: Specializes in wholesale Electronic Message Centers and other wholesale LED options for sign companies.
3. LED Equipment Rentals: Rental of LED trailers, A-frames, and LED walls for events and temporary installations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ShawneeLED designs, manufactures, sells, and rents LED signs, LED video walls, scoreboards, portable A-frame LED displays, LED trailers, and traditional signage solutions for churches, schools, businesses, event venues, and wholesale sign companies. The company also operates an 8,000 sq ft custom sign shop and provides wholesale Electronic Message Centers to other sign companies.

Product overview

ShawneeLED is an innovative video and sign company specializing in LED screens and signage solutions. The company offers a comprehensive product portfolio including indoor LED displays (BlackMAX with pixel pitches from 0.9mm to 3.9mm), outdoor LED panels (LuMAX with pixel pitches from 2.9mm to 10mm), LED walls, scoreboards powered by ScoreVision, portable LED A-Frames with built-in speakers and Verizon connectivity, and traditional signage options. The product line spans from portable solutions (LED trailers, A-Frames) for events to permanent installations for churches, schools, and businesses. The company also operates an 8,000 square foot custom sign shop and provides wholesale Electronic Message Centers for sign companies. All products are managed through the proprietary VNNOX cloud-based LED software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BlackMAX Indoor LED Panels Indoor LED display screen solution with multiple pixel pitch options (1.5mm, 1.9mm, 2.6mm, 3.9mm). Panels can be ground supported, flown, or directly wall-mounted with front installation and service, power and signal redundancy, black lamps for high contrast, 16:9 ratio, 45-inch cabinet, and 28.5mm thickness.
• LuMAX Outdoor LED Panels Outdoor LED display panel solution with pixel pitch options of 3.9mm, 6.6mm, and 10mm. Features include 16:9 golden ratio, SMD outdoor 10,000 nits brightness, front and back maintenance, heat dissipation, and cable-free back side design.
• LED Walls High-quality LED walls for churches, businesses, event centers, and venues featuring bright, innovative, and vivid screens to engage audiences.
• Scoreboards LED scoreboards powered by ScoreVision for sports including basketball, volleyball, football, baseball, wrestling, hockey, and soccer. Also supports graduations, teaching monitor functionality, and special events. Available in 16:9 ratio widescreen for indoor and outdoor use with advertising revenue generation capability.
• A-Frames (Portable LED Signs) Portable LED A-Frame signs for directing people and traffic, displaying advertisements and sponsorships. Features include light sensor for automatic dimming, speakers for audio-enabled ads, emergency messaging capability (weather/Amber alerts), and Verizon 4G LTE connectivity for cloud-based remote updates. Available for rental (6, 8, or 10 unit tiers with per-day pricing) and purchase.
• Signs (Standard and Custom) Wide variety of signage for churches, schools, and businesses including full digital pole signs, vacuum formed pan faces, monument signs, and standard size pre-fabricated signs. Standard sizes available in Mini, Small, Medium, and Large packages with 6mil or 10mil resolution options.
• Wholesale Electronic Message Centers Wholesale LED products specializing in Electronic Message Centers for sign companies of all shapes and sizes, along with other wholesale LED options.
• LED Trailers and Event Rentals Rental of LED trailers, A-frames, and LED walls for events and temporary installations, with at least a 9-day minimum on A-frame rentals.

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VNNOXcoreTechnology or IntegrationVNNOX is their cloud-based LED software platform for remote information publishing and LED device management. Allows users to control signs anywhere and anytime, with compatibility for any design software to create sign content.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Daktronics: Daktronics is the dominant U.S. manufacturer of LED scoreboards, video displays, and large-format digital signage for sports venues, schools, and commercial applications. Directly comparable to ShawneeLED's scoreboard and LED wall product lines, but at vastly greater scale and with a global install base.
• Watchfire Signs: Watchfire manufactures Electronic Message Centers (EMCs) and LED signs sold through an authorized dealer network — ShawneeLED's wholesale channel mirrors this go-to-market. Both serve schools, churches, businesses, and the sign-company reseller channel.
• Adaptive Displays (ADTI): Adaptive Displays designs and manufactures indoor and outdoor LED video displays and scoreboards. Comparable to ShawneeLED's BlackMAX and LuMAX product families in pixel pitch range and target verticals (sports, events, commercial).

Broad incumbents

• YESCO: YESCO is a long-established custom sign manufacturer offering LED signs alongside traditional signage, channel letters, and monument signs. Comparable to ShawneeLED's mix of LED and traditional signage products, but at much larger scale with national service coverage.
• Unilumin: Unilumin is a global LED display manufacturer with extensive indoor, outdoor, rental, and fixed installation product lines. Comparable to ShawneeLED's full product spectrum from fine-pitch indoor (BlackMAX) to large-format outdoor (LuMAX) and rental (LED trailers/A-frames).
• Prismview (Samsung): Prismview, a division of Samsung, manufactures large-format LED video displays for outdoor advertising, sports, and architectural applications. Competes with ShawneeLED's LuMAX outdoor panels and LED walls, but with substantially greater resources and brand.
• Absen: Absen is one of the world's largest LED display manufacturers, offering indoor fine-pitch, outdoor, and rental/staging LED panels. Comparable product ranges to BlackMAX indoor and LuMAX outdoor panels, with global distribution.
• Sansi LED: Sansi is a vertically integrated LED display manufacturer producing both indoor and outdoor LED panels and integrated signage solutions. Comparable product portfolio to ShawneeLED across pixel pitch ranges and applications.

Emerging players

• Neoti: Neoti is a U.S.-based LED display integrator specializing in fine-pitch indoor LED walls for broadcast, houses of worship, and corporate environments. Direct overlap with ShawneeLED's BlackMAX indoor line and church/business verticals.

Others

• ScoreVision: ScoreVision provides the cloud-based scoreboard software platform that powers ShawneeLED's scoreboard products. Included as a technology partner/ecosystem peer that is strategically important to ShawneeLED's sports-vertical offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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