Good tech company names are short, easy to spell and easy to find online: a real word with a suffix like Matchbox Labs, a clear service name like Holmwood Computer Services, or a joke for an IT shop like Have You Tried Technologies. Name your startup, software house, app studio or IT support business with this Tech Company Name Generator. Pick a style and what you do, or add your first name or town.
Eight good tech company names
All eight came from the generator:
- Matchbox Labs: a real word plus Labs, the classic startup shape.
- Yak Software: short, odd and hard to forget.
- Brambleboard: an invented compound that's still easy to spell.
- Lathe Systems: a workshop word that suggests building things properly.
- Ones & Zeros Digital: binary, said plainly.
- Byte & Biscuit: friendly enough for local IT support.
- Have You Tried Technologies: the IT helpdesk's oldest question, as a name.
- Holmwood Computer Services: a traditional name that tells local customers exactly what you do.
How tech companies name themselves
Some of the biggest tech names are borrowed real words: Apple, Amazon, Oracle. Google began as a play on googol, the number one followed by a hundred zeros. A real word is easier to spell and remember than an invented one with dropped vowels, and a suffix like Labs, Software, Digital or Systems says what kind of company it is.
Startups often use domains like .io, which is technically the country code for the British Indian Ocean Territory, when the .com is taken. That works for a software product; for local IT support, a plain name and a .co.uk or .com with your town in it will do more for you. Choose software, apps or IT services and the generator adjusts its words.
Check it's free before you print the sign
Every name here has a Check button, which opens the Business Name Checker: it looks up domains, social handles, the company register and trade mark searches in one place. Before you order signs or cards:
- Company register. In the UK, search Companies House; a limited company's name can't be the same as one already registered. In the US, search your state's business register.
- Trade marks. Search the UK Intellectual Property Office or the USPTO for marks in your line of work. Registering a company doesn't give you trade mark rights.
- Domain and handles. Try the .co.uk or .com and the main social handles at the same time, and adjust the name rather than settle for a messy handle.
- Local search. Look the name up with your town, as two similar firms a few miles apart confuse clients and reviews.
This is general guidance, not legal advice. For the full process, read Business Naming Best Practices.
Before you commit, check the name doesn't clash with a software product in your field, since trade marks for software are common. For a wider brand, try the Brand Name Generator; for websites, the Web Design Name Generator.
For more, see all the professional and creative business name generators.