Q&A for How to Create a Business Name

The most important thing is to get clear on what your company is trying to communicate to consumers. You want to choose a name that conveys the feeling, energy, and values of your company with just a couple of words.

You could use your name and call it something like "Shereen Designs," or "Shereen Fine Art." In the art business, using your name is the best way to market and get recognition for your art.

Use a descriptive name that tells customers a little about your business. For example, you could try "Anytime Laundry," if you have a laundromat with long hours or "Allstar Cleaners" to demonstrate that you're a first-rate business. You could also use your name—like, for example, "May's Laundry Services."

I think Chika Bonita Cosmetics would be a good name. It sounds catchy.

More information would help. What's your angle? Consider what your store will offer that will set it apart from others. You could choose to play on the idea of it being "mobile" with something about "wheels" or "rolling" in the name, or you could zero in on something else (such as organic foods, if that's what you'll highlight).

Try something that sounds little and cute or soft and comforting, like "Sweet P's" or "Snuggle Bunnies". Just do a google search and make sure you aren't taking a name that already exists.

Use your name as your brand. Choose a prestigious local area name so that any time a person enters landscapes and that rea name into a search engine, your name pops up. Or, you can choose a name that has a very popular plant in it, like lavender. You can use very specific names, like "system pavers" or "turfin the world," if you have a narrower focus. If the name you choose is long and unwieldy, refer to yourself as Robert Louis Stevenson Landscapes Inc on paper, but RLS Landscapes Inc. for the record.

What about Bow Wow Bow ties?

Use the internet! Google your potential business name and see what comes up. If it's already in use, try another.

Use your family name before "Farm" (ex. Smith Farm), or be more creative and use a descriptor such as All Natural Farm.

The name for a new enterprise should describe it as completely as possible and, with a few words, exactly what service(s) and/or product(s) a perspective customer can expect from your company. "Enterprise" is vague, and I also presume that DC is either your location or your initials; neither is helpful for customer recognition.

You could use your own name, like Balder's or Jo Jo Balder's, or you could name it after the type of clothes, like Big Knits or Little Tot's Clothes. Or, maybe riff off the new and used aspect, like: Everything New and Used Too.

Hard Rock Exports or Global Stone Exporters are a couple of ideas. It seems like it would cover your bases, and I'm not sure that it needs to be that catchy.

Steel Erect (Playing off off "steel" instead of "still" and then using "erect" since it is a carport and needs to stay upright.

Think of the scents you will sell as one inspiration, for example: Ocean Scents Candles or Sweet Spice Candles. Or, you could name it after yourself, like Ally's Candles.

It depends what you sell/do. Satiscraft is a good name for an art or craft store, as it suggests satisfying projects can be purchased from that business.

None of these fun names are taken, so maybe try these: *bath It up *bomb smash or *fun with the bombs.