Garage Door Truck Decals for Service Vans and Trucks

Garage door truck decals do their job when a homeowner standing at the curb can read three things without squinting: your company name, what you do, and a phone number. A garage door tech spends the day parked in front of other people's houses, so the door of the truck is the sign. Everything else on it is a bonus.

What a garage door truck is really advertising

A neighbor looks at your truck for a few seconds while walking a dog or pulling out of a driveway. They will not remember a long list of services. They will remember a name, a trade word and a number they can screenshot with a phone.

That is why the trade word matters as much as the name. "Overhead" alone could be a roofer or a crane company. "Garage door repair" under it removes the guess. If you also install new doors or openers, one short extra line is enough: "Repair, openers, new doors."

Sample door layouts

Here are two layouts with made-up text. Put your own business details in the door builder to see them on a door before you order.

Layout A, name and phone on three lines:

• Springfield Overhead Doors
• Repair and installation
• (555) 010-0187

Layout B, five lines on a cab door:

• Springfield Overhead Doors
• Springs, cables, openers
• Serving the tri-county area
• (555) 010-0187
• springfieldoverhead.example

The Business Name + Phone decal is the simpler choice for Layout A: the middle line is an optional tagline. Layout B needs more room, so use the Make-Your-Own 5-Line, where you type any text on five lines.

Keep the service-area line honest and short. A town or county name reads better than a list of ten towns, and a smaller line is the first thing to become unreadable when the truck is moving.

Choosing the garage door logo

The Garage Door Panel Logo stacks a charcoal icon of a sectional door above three lines of red capitals. Because the name sits under the icon, this design suits a short name of one or two words. A long family name breaks into more lines and the logo gets taller than it is wide.

If your name is long, such as "Henderson and Sons Garage Door Service", consider a wordmark-only layout from the Make-Your-Own decal and let the name run on one wide line. If your name is short and punchy, the icon design gives you a recognizable shape for your truck, uniforms and invoices.

When people search for garage door logo ideas, they usually find an overhead door drawn with horizontal panels, a spring or a gear. The panel icon works because it is drawn so simply that it stays recognizable from across the street. Your name is fitted to the design and a proof comes first to approve before printing, at $120 per door.

Color on a white work van

Charcoal and red are strong against a white or light truck, and weak against a dark one. If your truck is dark gray, navy or black, look at the proof carefully: a charcoal icon can sink into dark paint. If it does, a lettered decal in a light color is the safer pick for that truck. Our guide on fonts and colors for truck lettering explains which pairings hold up at a distance.

Contour cut or rectangle

Without it, the logo decal is a rectangle. The optional contour cut, +$10 per door, cuts the decal to the shape of the logo instead of a rectangle, so only the icon and letters stay on the paint. It looks cleaner on a white truck. It also means the logo's own colors sit directly against your paint, so check them against your truck color first. See the size guide before you pick a width, and how to install door decals when it arrives.

If a sibling trade is closer to what you do, see locksmith van decals or appliance repair truck decals.