Parasol Awnings designs, builds and installs fabric and metal awnings and canopies for homes and businesses. Parasol builds awnings and canopies for windows, doors, patios, carports, entrances, signage, dropcurtains and custom structures. We also offer awning repair, re-cover and replacement services.

Parasol Awnings: The Memphis Awning Company that Covers All Your Needs

From a basic awning to a complicated fabric structure, Parasol Awnings can do it all. We’re the number one choice of contractors and architects, and are the preferred awning company in Memphis, TN and the Mid-South. We’ll save you both time and money for all of your residential and commercial awning and patio cover needs.

Custom awnings are a great way to brighten a drab storefront and maximize street visibility. From a metal walkway canopy, door and window awnings, or patio covers, we’ll build it according to your specifications. Whether your project calls for metal or canvas, “We’ve Got You Covered”. For commercial, institution and industrial applications, the possibilities and designs for custom awnings are endless. A new awning or canopy with your company name is your biggest and best business card.

Parasol Awnings can provide you with with creative solutions that fit your budget. You’ll be amazed by our fast response time for design, production and installation. Get your best bid from Parasol Awnings, a company you can trust. Contact us today to learn about all of your options and design possibilities.

Company History

A company called Williams Shade & Awning Company was founded in 1910 and operated as a third-generation family business originally manufacturing interior window treatments. The awning product line was added in the 1950’s. Parasol Awnings, a competitor to Williams Shade, opened its doors in 1995. Parasol Awnings purchased Williams Shade & Awning Company in 1999, creating one company with 100 years of experience providing shade to Mid-South residents and businesses.

Parasol’s founder and President, Michael Folk, got into the awning business because of his family’s noted steakhouse – Folk’s Folly – started by his father. In his efforts to replace the restaurant’s awning, Folk tried to talk with the handful of awning companies in town at the time, but could either never get anyone to call him back or was told it would be more than two months to get the job done. Folk saw an immediate opportunity to create a reliable, service-driven awning company and realized that he could leverage his years of experience in the construction industry and his network of local contractors to become the premier provider of awnings and canopies in the Greater Memphis Area.

Today, most of the commercial awnings and canopies in the Memphis metro area have been designed, manufactured and installed by Parasol. Some of the company’s more notable clients include: Chili’s Bar & Grill, Embassy Suites, Roadshow BMW, TGI Fridays, Perkins Restaurants, Fresh Market, Folk’s Folly, Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino, Fitzgerald’s Casino, Marriott, Memphis City Schools, the Memphis Pyramid and many more.

Parasol Awnings is an active member of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau, IFAI (Industrial Fabric Association International), CSI (Construction Specification Institute), PAMA (Professional Awning Manufacturer Association), SWIFA (Southwest Industrial Fabric Association) and BOMA (Building Owners & Managers Association International).