Pezer97 is a commercial muralist in Los Angeles, a commercial mural artist painting hand-painted murals for brands, corporate buildings, retail and industrial property across Southern California. Recent commercial walls include a full-building mural for Coca-Cola, the Omen AI headquarters exterior in Irvine and a Harley-Davidson dealership. Projects start at $7,500.
A commercial mural is the one piece of marketing a business owns outright. It does not expire at the end of a campaign, it cannot be scrolled past, and it works for years at the address where the business actually is. This page covers what we paint for commercial clients, how each kind of wall is handled and what the work costs. The narrower cases have their own guides: office and corporate interiors, real estate and property developments and Orange County.
What counts as commercial mural work
Commercial covers a wide range of buildings and briefs, and they do not all want the same thing. The work splits into four kinds, and we scope each one differently.
Brand walls. Murals commissioned by a marketing team as advertising, a content backdrop or a permanent brand statement. The brief is reach and recognition, and the wall usually has to photograph well from one specific spot. Recent brand work includes Coca-Cola, Underdog Fantasy and a live activation for Optima Batteries. For campaign-led work, see mural activations for brands and hand-painted advertising.
Building exteriors. The largest and most visible format. An exterior mural turns an anonymous building into a landmark that people recognize and give directions by. It also carries the most technical requirements: surface preparation, UV-resistant paint, a protective coating and, inside the City of Los Angeles, registration before painting starts.
Retail and showrooms. Dealerships, flagship stores, showrooms and storefronts, where the wall has to say what the business is before a customer reads a word. The Harley-Davidson dealership mural is the clearest example: classic graffiti lettering and custom motorcycle culture in one piece, built to reinforce the brand from every angle of the showroom.
Industrial and workspace. Warehouses, garages, workshops and production floors. These are the surfaces most artists avoid: corrugated metal, roll-up doors, block walls and racking that cannot be moved. We have painted a full-perimeter garage for YMD Truck Materials and the exterior of a custom automotive shop in Riverside, both designed around the working constraints of the space rather than against them.
Three commercial walls, three different jobs
Coca-Cola, Abilene, Texas. In a project curated by Made by Crisp, Pezer97 collaborated on The Frontier Spirit, a massive hand-painted mural covering a wall that runs the full length of the building. It was unveiled at a community ribbon-cutting in July 2026. For a brand, that is the difference between installing an asset and creating an event. See the Coca-Cola project.
Omen AI, Irvine. A technology company opening its second headquarters in an office park needed the building to be recognizable from across the lot. The exterior was treated as one composition across more than one elevation, so the artwork reads as architecture rather than as a sign attached to it. See the Omen AI project.
Harley-Davidson. A dealership showroom wall drawn from classic graffiti letters and the visual language of custom motorcycle culture, so the space communicates the brand the moment a customer walks through the door. See the Harley-Davidson project.
Painting around a business that stays open
Almost every commercial project happens around an operating business, and that shapes the schedule more than the artwork does. Interiors are painted evenings, weekends or inside a closure you have already planned, in screened sections, with fixtures and stock protected and the site cleaned down at the end of every session so you open on time the next morning. Exteriors are planned around deliveries, parking and pedestrian access, and the work area is kept clear and safe throughout.
Two questions are worth settling early. If the building is leased, the landlord will usually need to approve the design, which is far easier with a rendered preview in hand. And if the wall faces the street in the City of Los Angeles, the design has to stay on the right side of the line between a mural and a sign: exterior artwork that carries a commercial message is regulated as signage. Our Los Angeles mural permit guide explains where that line sits.
Exterior walls: what makes them last
A commercial exterior in Los Angeles gets direct sun most days of the year, and a badly specified wall fades within a few seasons. Ours are painted on a cleaned, patched and primed surface with UV-resistant exterior paint and finished with a protective coating. On exposed street-facing walls that coating can be an anti-graffiti product, so tagging is cleaned off without repainting the artwork. Specified this way, an exterior mural is a decade-plus asset rather than a seasonal one. Our guide to how long a mural lasts covers the specification in detail, and if you are weighing paint against a printed wrap, read our honest comparison of hand-painted murals and vinyl first.
How a commercial project runs
- Consultation. The space, the goal behind the wall and who signs off. Free, and usually the point at which we tell you whether a mural is the right answer or whether a printed wrap would serve you better.
- Concept and preview. A design rendered on a photograph of your actual wall, revised until approved. This is the document that gets landlord, executive or franchisor sign-off.
- Agreement and scheduling. A simple contract and deposit, then dates built around your trading hours.
- Preparation. Surface cleaning, patching and priming, plus protection of the site.
- Painting, coating and reveal. The wall is painted, sealed where it needs it, cleaned down and handed over ready to photograph.
What a commercial mural costs
Our minimum project engagement is $7,500, which typically covers a single interior wall at moderate detail. Larger interiors, multi-wall programs and full building exteriors go up from there depending on scale, surface and access. We quote per project, so several walls painted in one visit cost considerably less than commissioning them one at a time. The full breakdown, including what drives the price up or down, is in our 2026 Los Angeles mural pricing guide.
Multi-location operators and franchise groups: we can develop one design system and roll it out across sites, which keeps the brand consistent and the per-site cost down.
Where we work
Los Angeles, from Downtown and the Arts District to Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Culver City, Pasadena and Long Beach, and the whole of Southern California, with recent commercial walls in Orange County, Riverside and Abilene, Texas. For larger commissions we travel nationally. Orange County clients have their own page: commercial murals in Orange County.
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Commercial mural questions
What is the difference between a commercial mural and a sign?
A mural is artwork. A sign carries a commercial message such as a logo, a product or a slogan. Inside the City of Los Angeles the two are regulated differently: exterior artwork with a commercial message falls under sign rules, while original art goes through the Original Art Mural registration. Interiors are unaffected. The line matters most for brand walls that face the street.
How much does a commercial mural cost in Los Angeles?
From $7,500 for a single interior wall. Larger walls and full building exteriors go up from there. Every project is quoted individually after a free consultation.
Do we have to close while you paint?
No. Interiors are painted evenings, weekends or during a closure you already had planned, in screened sections, with the site cleaned down after every session. Exteriors are scheduled around deliveries and customer access.
How long does a commercial mural take?
Design takes one to two weeks including revisions. Painting runs two to four days for a single feature wall, one to three weeks for a multi-wall interior and up to three or four weeks for a full building exterior. Exterior walls in the City of Los Angeles need registering first, which adds lead time.
Can you paint on metal, block or stucco?
Yes. Commercial buildings are rarely smooth drywall. We have painted corrugated metal, roll-up doors, brick, block and stucco, and each surface gets its own preparation and primer so the paint bonds and the finish lasts.
Will an exterior mural get tagged, and what happens if it does?
Tagging is possible on any exposed wall. Exteriors are sealed with a protective coating, and on street-facing walls we can specify an anti-graffiti coating so tags are cleaned off without repainting. In practice a finished mural also tends to attract far less tagging than the blank wall it replaced.
Do you work with multi-location brands?
Yes. We regularly deliver walls to a brief from in-house marketing teams, and we can develop one design system for rollout across several locations.
Related: mural permits in LA, murals vs vinyl wraps, offices and headquarters, real estate and development, Orange County.
Wondering about budget? Our 2026 Los Angeles mural pricing guide explains what a mural costs, what drives the price up or down, and what is included.