Business names by trade
Names for consultants, photographers, estate agents, event planners and agencies, each with a check to see if it's free.
A service business sells trust before it sells anything else, so its name has to sound established from day one. These generators work by profession: consulting, event planning, photography and real estate, with classic surname names, modern one-word names and names built from your own name or town. For anything else, the Business and Company name generators take your own words.
Every name has a Check button: it opens the Business Name Checker, which looks up the company register, domains, trade marks and social handles in one go. Then read our guide, Business Naming Best Practices.
Clients hire a consultant, planner, photographer or agent for their judgement, so the name should sound trustworthy before it sounds clever. Most service businesses use one of four shapes: your own name, which sells you; surnames joined with & or Partners, which sound like an established firm; a short promise, which says how you work; or one strong word, which leaves room to grow. Add the word your clients search for, such as Photography, Events or Estate Agents, and check the name is free before you print anything.
CONSULTANCY
A firm that sounds established on its first day.
Two surnames joined with an ampersand is the oldest shape for a professional firm, used by solicitors and accountants for centuries, so clients read it as settled and serious.
EVENT PLANNER
Tells clients exactly what they're paying for.
A familiar phrase turned into a promise. It works on a card, a website and a phone greeting, and it suits weddings and parties alike.
PHOTOGRAPHER
A name that looks like the photographs.
Linen and grain are both textures, and grain is the look of film. Together they promise soft, natural images before a client sees a single one.
ESTATE AGENT
A sale summed up in two words.
Bricks for the house and keys for the handover: the start and end of every move, in a pair that's easy to remember from a sign board.
Use these tools to name a consultancy, studio, agency or practice.