One standard, every storefront
Metal Awnings and Canopies Built for Scale
For the world’s leading quick service restaurants and chain stores, Awnex is the recognized leader in engineering, manufacturing, powder coating, and installing prefabricated commercial metal awnings, aluminum canopies, and other architectural brand elements.
Our products are:
- Designed to reflect your brand across every location
- Manufactured from aluminum and powder coated for maximum durability
- Prefabricated for easy installation
- Trusted by the world's biggest QSR and retail brands
Choose the Awnex solution that's right for you:
- Canopy systems
- Metal awnings
- Drive-thru systems
- Trellises, patio systems, and more
Engineered to reflect your brand
Awnex Canopy Systems
Colorado Canopy System
A canopy is often the first thing that catches your customer’s eye, and it’s most effective when it faithfully conveys your brand. That’s what Awnex canopies are designed, engineered, and manufactured to do.
To ensure that what you designed is what gets installed, location after location, every Awnex canopy system is engineered and manufactured in-house, then delivered prefabricated. All Awnex canopies are made in the USA.
To ensure Awnex’s Colorado retains its look across every location and every season, this canopy system features all-aluminum construction and in-house powder coating for maximum durability.
Colorado canopies provide innovative design flexibility with multiple face options and integrated LED lighting. The Colorado also features soffits for recessed lighting as well as integrated gutters and scuppers to ensure effective drainage. And field-fittable installation means small site variations don't turn into change orders.
Single source
Outdoor Patio Systems
Bring together all of your outdoor patio needs with Awnex Outdoor Patio Systems. Now you can find everything you need from a single source as Awnex brings together the Tuscany Cover and Tuscany Accessory lines as one coordinated package. This offering includes post-and-beam covers with rain pan, sun shade, or translucent panel options for ultimate flexibility. It’s paired with matching fencing, planters, benches, and light poles to complete your brand look and feel.
The Tuscany system features aluminum construction and in-house powder coating to ensure maximum durability. And the Awnex outdoor patio system’s options include LED lighting, fans, and heaters to make sure your customers and your branding team are completely comfortable.
Drive-Thru Systems
Your drive-thru lanes need to perform under constant traffic. That’s what the Awnex Dallas Drive-Thru Canopy system is built for. It offers a variety of options for drive-thru canopies, speaker covers, and clearance bars. Available in two series, the Dallas features LED lighting options and is designed to accommodate fans and heaters. The Dallas Series 100 covers single-lane configurations with up to 7 feet of overhang. The Series 200 extends coverage across two lanes with projections to 8 feet 6 inches and post spacing engineered for real traffic flow.
The drive-thru lane is where operations and brand experience meet. Awnex Drive-Thru Systems bring canopies, speaker covers, and clearance bars together as one engineered package. Built from aluminum and steel to stand up to daily traffic, our Drive-Thru canopies feature LED lighting, signage-ready surfaces, and fan or heater accommodations to keep your drive-thru lanes running and looking great in every condition, at every location.
The Guardian speaker cover protects one piece of drive-thru equipment that can't afford downtime — the speaker post customers speak into for every single order. The Guardian pairs a 5-inch square steel post with an all-aluminum canopy engineered to rotate on impact instead of breaking. This design means a stray bumper tap doesn't turn into a service call. And integrated LED lighting is available to keep the post visible after dark. keep your drive-thru lanes running and looking great in every condition, at every location.
Metal Awnings
Ensure that the color and shape of your awnings specified on day one remain on brand years later with Awnex metal awnings. Our awnings are powder-coated in-house, prefabricated, and all-aluminum to ensure maximum durability. With optional closed ends, soffit lighting, and shutter-style operation, our metal awnings are designed to embody your brand look and feel. And a wide range of color options ensures that your brand standards remain intact, location after location.
Deliver functional shade with Awnex’s Caribbean System, which provides shutters that act as a branding element and make any space attractive and engaging. These shutters are also extremely durable, featuring a commercial-grade aluminum extruded frame, long-lasting powder-coated finishes, and excellent adaptability to a range of surfaces.
Awnex metal awnings deliver classic curb appeal combined with exceptional durability. Our metal awnings are prefabricated, making them easy to install at location after location. They also feature a 100% aluminum extruded framing to ensure these awnings hold their shape year after year. Our awnings offer a full range of powder-coated colors, and you can choose open or closed ends, open or soffit bottoms, and fixed or shutter-style operation to match your needs.
Specialty Products
Find the perfect finishing touches to your properties with Awnex’s Specialty line, which includes dumpster enclosures and covers, fencing, green and privacy screens, and other accessories. Every product in this line features the same aluminum construction and powder-coated finish for maximum durability.
For lasting durability
Finishes & Coverings
Color Options
- Copper
- Silver
- Medium Bronze
- Dark Bronze
- Green
- Umbra Gray
Awnex products are powder-coated for durability, standing up to weather and daily wear without fading or chipping.
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Material Finishes
Before color ever enters the picture, the underlying material is chosen for the job — aluminum for most architectural elements, steel where added strength is called for. -
Coatings
The coating is what stands between a finish and years of weather. Powder coating is the standard finish across our canopies, awnings, and specialty products.
Consistent results nationwide
QSR Systems & Multi-Location Rollouts
Opening one QSR location on brand is a design problem. Opening 10 or 100 locations on brand is an execution issue. And that's what Awnex helps you solve. From canopies and awnings to drive-thru systems, screens, and patio accessories, every architectural branding element Awnex produces ships prefabricated to your exact specifications. That ensures the same standard holds across all of your locations. From design to engineering and from manufacturing to installation, Awnex’s approach to architectural branding elements means you get consistent results without chasing every subcontractor at every site.
Choose the right system
Canopy, Awning, Trellis, or Screen?
| Product | Best For | Key Feature | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canopy (Colorado, Seattle) | Storefront entries, primary brand signage | Solid roof, integrated gutters and drainage | Full weather protection |
| Metal Awning (Caribbean, standard line) | Windows, secondary entries, accent branding | Shed or shutter-style options | Partial weather protection |
| Trellis (Phoenix) | Patios, walkways, flexible sun/rain needs | Open-frame with optional fill-in panels | Partial, adjustable |
| Patio Cover (Tuscany) | Outdoor dining, full patio programs, post-supported | Rain pan, sun shade, or translucent panel in-fills | Adjustable, full-to-filtered |
| Screen (Hollywood, Wall & Roof) | Rooftop equipment, plain walls, privacy areas | Louvered or laser-cut cladding | Goal: concealment |
| Drive-Thru System (Dallas, Guardian) | Drive-thru lanes and equipment | Canopy, speaker cover, and clearance bar as one package | Full weather and impact protection |
Making the call
If you need full weather protection and maximum brand visibility at a primary entrance, a canopy is typically the right fit. If you want to accent a window or secondary entry without a full roof structure, a metal awning delivers the same powder-coated durability in a lighter footprint. If you're covering a patio and want the flexibility to shift between full shade and filtered light, we designed the Phoenix Trellis or Tuscany Cover System for you. And if your goal is concealing equipment or adding privacy, a screen system is the better fit.
Still deciding?
Most locations end up using more than one system together. For example, you might select a canopy at the entrance, awnings on the windows, and a screen to hide the rooftop AC unit. Awnex can help you specify the right combination for every location, whether that’s a single canopy or a full multi-product rollout.