Standard Pinboard Sizes and Matching Frame Sizes


The 16 standard pinboard sizes in inches and millimetres, and which of them share size numbers with a standard photo frame, for a matched wall.

Short answer: there are 16 standard pinboard sizes, from 12 x 12 to 36 x 24 inches, and 15 of the 16 carry the same size numbers as one of the 31 standard photo frame sizes (28 x 28 does not). Matching numbers are not matching outsides: a frame's outside is larger than its picture size.

How pinboard sizes match frame sizesDecision diagram: 15 of the 16 pinboard sizes share size numbers with a standard photo frame picture size; 28 by 28 inches does not.Does the pinboard size appear in the frameYes: 15 of 16Same numbers as a standard photoframe picture size; the frameNo: 1 of 1628 x 28 inches has no square frameof that size in the standard list
How pinboard sizes match frame sizes

The 16 sizes

OrientationSize (in)MillimetresArea (sq in)Same numbers as a standard frame size?
Landscape18 x 12457.2 x 304.8216Yes
Landscape24 x 16609.6 x 406.4384Yes
Landscape30 x 20762.0 x 508.0600Yes
Landscape36 x 24914.4 x 609.6864Yes
Landscape24 x 12609.6 x 304.8288Yes
Landscape30 x 15762.0 x 381.0450Yes
Landscape36 x 18914.4 x 457.2648Yes
Portrait12 x 18304.8 x 457.2216Yes
Portrait16 x 24406.4 x 609.6384Yes
Portrait20 x 30508.0 x 762.0600Yes
Portrait24 x 36609.6 x 914.4864Yes
Square12 x 12304.8 x 304.8144Yes
Square16 x 16406.4 x 406.4256Yes
Square20 x 20508.0 x 508.0400Yes
Square24 x 24609.6 x 609.6576Yes
Square28 x 28711.2 x 711.2784No

Conversions use 1 inch = 25.4 mm exactly (NIST; Wikipedia, Inch). Area, ratio and counts are our arithmetic on the published list.

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Every other board and any other size is made to measure, up to 6 feet. Cork and glass boards list their sizes in the quote. Pinboards and photo frames share the same six standard frame colours, so they can sit on one wall. Sources: boards and photo frames. See the frame sizes table.

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Sources: boards [S7]; photo frames [S5]. As of 2026-11-12. Terms are typical and are confirmed in your written quote.