Custom Merch for Breweries in Columbus, OH
Merch Mob makes taproom retail, staff shirts, and can release and collab drops for breweries in Columbus, OH, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Columbus. With a median age of 33.2 against 38.9 nationally (Census ACS, 2020-2024), Columbus skews young, which favors limited runs and bolder graphics over a plain logo tee.
Columbus by the numbers
Columbus has 938,396 residents, up 3.6% since 2020 (Census estimates). That is the fastest growth among the 17 Ohio cities and towns with 50,000 or more people.
Franklin County has 22 breweries with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 0.16 for every 10,000 residents, slightly above the national figure of 0.15. 36% of them employ fewer than 10 people; the rest are larger operations. The count is up 29% from 17 in 2018.
Columbus spans 3 counties. The business figures are for Franklin County, home to about 97% of its residents.
Franklin County as a whole has 1,361,536 residents, up 2.9% since 2020. Franklin County has one brewery for every 61,890 residents.
- Population, 2025
- 938,396
- Since 2020
- +3.6%
- Main county
- Franklin County
- Breweries in Franklin County, 2023
- 22
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 0.16 (US 0.15)
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Median age
- 33.2 (US 38.9)
- Warmest month, average high
- July, 85°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 22°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 21
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 103
- Rain and melted snow, a year
- 42 in
- Snow, a year
- 28 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 8
Weather: John Glenn International Airport station, 6 mi from Columbus's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Columbus's weather means for breweries
Winter in Columbus is cold without being severe, with January averaging a high of 37°F, so a midweight hoodie and a crewneck that fits under a coat cover most regulars through the deep-winter months (December to February). July averages a high of 85°F, warm enough to justify a fresh tee and cap release timed to the start of patio season (May to September). Precipitation is generous, about 42 inches a year, so an embroidered rain shell or coach jacket is worth stocking for staff and regulars. Snowfall of about 28 inches a year is enough to make a cuffed beanie an easy add-on at the register from the first flurries into early spring. About 103 nights a year fall to freezing, enough to keep hoodies and crewnecks in front from late fall into spring.
| Month in Columbus | Average high | Average low | Rain and melted snow (in) | What the taproom shelf carries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 22°F | 3 | Hoodies, beanies and gift crewnecks |
| February | 41°F | 24°F | 2.4 | Hoodies, beanies and gift crewnecks |
| March | 51°F | 32°F | 3.6 | Hoodies, crewnecks and structured caps |
| April | 64°F | 42°F | 3.9 | Hoodies, crewnecks and structured caps |
| May | 74°F | 52°F | 4 | Logo tees and trucker caps |
| June | 82°F | 62°F | 4.3 | Logo tees and trucker caps |
| July | 85°F | 65°F | 4.7 | Light tees and mesh-back caps |
| August | 84°F | 64°F | 3.7 | Logo tees and trucker caps |
| September | 78°F | 57°F | 3.1 | Logo tees and trucker caps |
| October | 66°F | 45°F | 2.9 | Tees, caps and light crewnecks |
| November | 52°F | 35°F | 2.8 | Hoodies, crewnecks and structured caps |
| December | 42°F | 27°F | 3.1 | Hoodies, beanies and gift crewnecks |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Columbus.
Orders ship to Columbus from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in Ohio.
Columbus is about 1,946 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Columbus is USPS zone 8. Columbus is on Eastern time, 3 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Columbus
When should a taproom in Columbus lean on tees and caps instead of fleece?
Give tees and caps the front in the summer months and hand it back to fleece from November to April; through the coldest weeks, keep beanies and gift crewnecks by the register.
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