UK Business Name Generator

UK company names from high street to startup

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Generate UK company names in every format, from Hargreaves & Sons Butchers and Pennine Holdings Ltd to Tyne Bridge Brewing, Auld Reekie Roasters, Cwtch Coffee House and Causeway Coast Tours. Modern London startup brands such as Tuppence and Shoreditch Labs are in the mix too.

About UK business names

UK business names tend to answer three questions: who, where and what. The family trade is the oldest pattern, a surname over the door with & Sons or & Daughters after it, as in Hargreaves & Sons Butchers. Wales has its own version, the occupational nickname, which gives Jones the Bread and Pugh the Bikes. Place does the same work elsewhere. Tyne Bridge Brewing, Clyde Built Joinery, Eryri Slate Works and Soda Farl Bakery each tell you the nation before they tell you the trade.

This list mixes nine styles: family trades, formal Ltd and LLP names, English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish places, idiom names such as Tickety-Boo Bookkeeping and Bubble and Squeak Cafe, British spellings (Colour, Centre, Tyre, Jewellery), and short London startup brands like Tuppence, Faffless and Shoreditch Labs. A handful use Cockney rhyming slang, so Dog and Bone Phone Repair and Apples and Pears Staircases explain themselves to anyone who knows the rhyme.

One legal point shapes the format. A private limited company's registered name must end in Limited or Ltd, and a sole trader is not allowed to use either. Companies House also treats some words as sensitive, Royal and British among them, and asks for approval before they can be registered, so check the current list on GOV.UK before you choose.

How to choose UK business names

  • Decide the legal form first. A private limited company must end its registered name with Limited or Ltd, though it can trade under a shorter business name, while a sole trader must leave both words out.
  • Use a place name only if you plan to stay local. Peak District Pedal Co. suits a bike shop near the national park and sits awkwardly on a second branch in Cornwall.
  • Keep family formats honest. & Sons, & Daughters and Bros. tell customers that a family runs the firm, so use them only when one does.
  • Dialect names such as Scran Club Meal Kits, Braw Bakes, Nowt Wasted Refills and Good Craic Events are warm and memorable at home. Pair them with a plain description of the trade, because customers elsewhere may not know the word.
  • Search the Companies House register, the Intellectual Property Office database and the domain yourself before you order any signage. Nothing on this page has been compared with any of them.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a business name sound British?

Mostly format, spelling and place. A double surname with a profession, as in Haworth & Holt Solicitors, reads as British at once, and so do landscape names like Yorkshire Dales Dairy, Loch Lomond Boat Hire and Cardiff Bay Consulting. Spellings such as Tyre, Centre and Colour do the rest, as in Kerbside Tyre Centre and True Colour Decorators.

Do I have to put Ltd in my company name?

Only if you register a private limited company, in which case the registered name must end in Limited or Ltd. Companies with a registered office in Wales can use the Welsh forms Cyfyngedig or Cyf instead. Sole traders must not use Limited, Ltd or LLP in their names at all. The rules are set out on GOV.UK, so read the current guidance before you file.

Are there names for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

Yes, around a quarter of the list comes from outside England. Scottish ideas include Granite City Roofing and Wee Dram Whisky Tastings, Welsh ones include Hiraeth Homewares, Bore Da Breakfast Bar and Cwtch Coffee House, and Northern Irish ones include Orchard County Cider and Lough Erne Boat Hire. The Welsh words keep their everyday meanings: cwtch is a cuddle, hiraeth is a longing for home and bore da is good morning.

Can I register one of these names?

Possibly, but you have to find out for yourself. The names were screened for duplicates and filler, and none of them has been compared with the Companies House register or any other database. Companies House will refuse a name that is the same as one already on the register, so run its free name search first.

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A: 19 names

  • Ackroyd Bros Plumbing & Heating
  • Adeyemi & Co. Surveyors
  • Aeroplane Hangar Cafe
  • Ahmed & Malik Property Lettings
  • Albert Dock Chandlery
  • Albion Works Limited
  • Aldwych Legal LLP
  • Allotment Kitchen
  • Analogue Camera Centre
  • Antrim Glens Walking Co.
  • Apples and Pears Staircases
  • Appleyard & Daughters Cider
  • Arbroath Smokie Shack
  • Ards Peninsula Pottery
  • Armitage & Sykes Textiles
  • Armour Plate Security
  • Arthur's Seat Fitness
  • Auld Reekie Roasters
  • Ayrshire Tattie Merchants

B: 49 names

  • Bamburgh Beach Huts
  • Bamford Brothers Scaffolding Ltd
  • Bangers and Mash Catering
  • Bann Valley Dairy
  • Bap and Bean
  • Bara Brith Bakery
  • Barm Cake Bakery
  • Barnet Fair Hairdressing
  • Barraclough Bespoke Kitchens
  • Basalt Column Masonry
  • Bath Stone Restorations
  • Battersea Power Yoga
  • Beauty Parlour on the Green
  • Begum's Bridal Boutique
  • Belfast Hills Beekeepers
  • Belfast Linen House
  • Bellwether & Bow
  • Ben Nevis Mountain Guides
  • Bermondsey Arch Brewing
  • Birtwistle's Sweet Shop
  • Bits and Bobs Hardware
  • Black Cab Couriers
  • Black Country Castings Ltd
  • Black Mountains Cider

B, continued

  • Blackfriars Bridge Capital
  • Blimey Labs
  • Bloomsbury Book Tech
  • Bluebell Wood Nursery
  • Bob's Your Uncle Removals
  • Bodmin Moor Blacksmiths
  • Bonfire Night Fireworks Co.
  • Boot and Bonnet Car Care
  • Bore Da Breakfast Bar
  • Borough High Street Bagels
  • Bothy Nights Bunkhouse
  • Braithwaite Family Bakers
  • Braw Bakes
  • Brecon Beacons Glamping
  • Brewd
  • Brightwell & Marsh Group
  • Brill Labs
  • Brolly and Wellies Outdoor
  • Bubble and Squeak Cafe
  • Buchanan & Sons Blacksmiths
  • Builder's Brew Cafe
  • Burns Supper Catering
  • Burton Brewing Supplies
  • Butty Box Sandwich Bar
  • Byres Road Books

C: 60 names

  • Cader Idris Walking Co.
  • Cairngorm Snowsports Hire
  • Caledonian Canal Cruisers
  • Calibre Engineering Works
  • Camden Lock Leather
  • Campbell & Kaur Dog Grooming
  • Canary Wharf Compliance
  • Canongate Kiltmakers
  • Car Boot Treasures
  • Cardiff Bay Consulting
  • Cardigan Bay Dolphin Watch
  • Catalogue Photography Studio
  • Cathedral Quarter Creative
  • Causeway Coast Tours
  • Cave Hill Climbing
  • Cavendish & Rowe Wealth LLP
  • Cawl Cauldron Kitchen
  • Caws a Gwin Deli
  • Ceilidh Night Events
  • Centre Stage Drama School
  • Ceredigion Coast Path Cottages
  • Cheapside Actuarial Partners LLP
  • Cheque Book Bookkeeping
  • Chester Rows Jewellers
  • Cheviot Wind Energy Ltd
  • Chiltern Hills Property Limited
  • Chilterns Chalk Stream Fly Fishing
  • Chippy Tea Catering
  • Chuffed to Bits Gifts
  • Clegg & Son Coal and Logs

C, continued

  • Clerkenwell Design Partners
  • Clifton Bridge Coffee Roasters
  • Clyde Built Joinery
  • Clydebank Fabrications Ltd
  • Clydeside Shipwrights
  • Cob Shop Deli
  • Cobbles and Cream Tearoom
  • Cockney Rhyme Copywriting
  • Colour Me Happy Hair Salon
  • Colourworks Print Centre
  • Conker Tree Childcare
  • Constable Country Art Supplies
  • Conwy Quay Crafts
  • Corbett & Munro Surveyors
  • Corner Shop Collective
  • Cornish Cove Surf School
  • Cosy Storey Loft Conversions
  • Cosy Toes Slipper Co.
  • Cotswold Stone Masonry
  • Cotswold Way Walking Holidays
  • Cottonopolis Textiles Limited
  • Crabtree & Sons Cobblers
  • Croeso Guest House
  • Crownpiece Capital
  • Cuillin Ridge Climbing
  • Cullen Skink Kitchen
  • Cumbrian Slate Products
  • Cuppa and Crumpet
  • Custard Cream Cakery
  • Cwtch Coffee House

D: 24 names

  • Daffodil Day Nursery
  • Dalston Dye Works
  • Dapper Chap Barbers
  • Dark Hedges Photography
  • Dart Valley Canoe Hire
  • Dartmoor Pony Trekking
  • Davies the Dairy
  • Deckchair Hire Co.
  • Deptford Creek Makers
  • Digbeth Street Food
  • Digestive Dunkers Biscuit Co.
  • Docherty's Chippy
  • Dog and Bone Phone Repair
  • Doherty Groundworks Ltd
  • Double Decker Tours
  • Doughnut Dozen
  • Dragon's Hearth Stoves
  • Draught & Barrel Cellar Services
  • Draughtproof Glazing
  • Dreaming Spires Tutors
  • Dreich Day Waterproofs
  • Dulse & Yellowman Sweet Shop
  • Dundee Marmalade Kitchen
  • Dyfed Dairy Producers Limited

E: 9 names

  • East Neuk Lobster
  • Eccles Cake Bakers
  • Eccleston Electrical Ltd
  • Eisteddfod Stage Hire
  • Elephant & Castle Eats
  • Elevenses Cafe
  • Entwistle & Sons Ironmongers
  • Eryri Slate Works
  • Exmoor Stargazing Breaks

F: 25 names

  • Faffless
  • Fairclough Family Jewellers
  • Farthing Fintech
  • Favourite Aunt Bakery
  • Featherstone & Finch Tearooms
  • Fenland Agritech Ltd
  • Fenland Farm Shop
  • Fermanagh Lough Lodges
  • Fifteens Traybake Co.
  • Finnieston Crane Hire
  • Finsbury Square Advisory LLP
  • Fish Supper Takeaway
  • Fitzrovia Film Finance
  • Flat Cap Clothing Co.
  • Flavour Parlour Ice Cream
  • Flavoursmith Spice Blends
  • Florin Finance
  • Forest of Bowland Glamping
  • Forest of Dean Charcoal
  • Forth Valley Controls Ltd
  • Fortnight Away Travel
  • Fortnightly Bin Cleaning
  • Fosse Way Haulage Group
  • Foyle Valley Software Ltd
  • Fry-Up Friday Cafe

G: 17 names

  • Gallagher & Doyle Roofing
  • Glan y Môr Holiday Lets
  • Glencoe Bothy Breaks
  • Good Craic Events
  • Good Neighbour Home Care
  • Gower Surf Supply
  • Granite City Roofing
  • Grassmarket Guitars
  • Gray's Court Employment Law LLP
  • Greasy Spoon Revival
  • Great Glen Canoe Hire
  • Greenhalgh Garden Machinery
  • Greenwich Meridian Software
  • Grey Heron Jewellery
  • Grey Slate Roofing
  • Griffiths & Bowen Carpets
  • Gubbins

H: 24 names

  • Ha'penny Labs
  • Hackney Wick Studio
  • Hadrian's Wall Walking Tours
  • Hallamshire Cutlery Works
  • Harbour Lights Fish Bar
  • Harbourside Holiday Lets
  • Hargreaves & Sons Butchers
  • Haworth & Holt Solicitors
  • Hay Bluff Bookbinders
  • Hebblethwaite Haberdashery
  • Hebridean Tweed House
  • Hedgehog Hollow Pet Sitting
  • Hedgerow Preserves
  • Helvellyn Hiking Co.
  • Higginbotham Haulage Ltd
  • High Weald Orchards
  • Highland Coo Gifts
  • Hiraeth Homewares
  • Hogmanay Hampers
  • Holborn & Gray Consulting LLP
  • Hollin & Hart Holdings
  • Hot Bakestone Cakes
  • Humber Estuary Renewables Ltd
  • Hwyl Events

I: 4 names

  • Iechyd Da Bottle Shop
  • Ironbridge Gorge Forge
  • Isle of Portland Masonry
  • Isles of Scilly Flower Farm

J: 5 names

  • Jam Roly-Poly Bakery
  • Jewellery Box Repairs
  • Jewellery Quarter Goldsmiths
  • Jones the Bread
  • Jurassic Coast Kayaks

K: 11 names

  • Kentish Oyster Shack
  • Kerb Appeal Driveways
  • Kerbside Tyre Centre
  • Kershaw & Sons Carpet Fitters
  • Kettlewell Tea Merchants
  • Kew Green Botanicals
  • Khan & Hussain Accountants
  • Kidderminster Carpet Mills
  • Kielder Dark Sky Cabins
  • Kilometre Club Running Shop
  • Kowalczyk Builders Ltd

L: 26 names

  • L-Plate Motoring School
  • Labour of Love Restoration
  • Laganside Analytics Limited
  • Laganside Rowing Supplies
  • Lake District Larder
  • Last Orders Bar Hire
  • Last Tube Home
  • Laverbread & Cockles Kitchen
  • Leek & Dragon Pub Co.
  • Leith Walk Cycles
  • Lerwick Fair Isle Knitwear
  • Letwise
  • Lizard Point Lobster Pots
  • Llangollen Canal Boat Hire
  • Llewellyn & Son Funeral Directors
  • Llŷn Peninsula Campsites
  • Loch Lomond Boat Hire
  • Lockwood Locksmiths
  • Lollipop Crossing Childcare
  • Longbottom's Launderette
  • Lothian Life Sciences Limited
  • Lough Erne Boat Hire
  • Lough Neagh Eel Smokehouse
  • Lulworth Cove Ice Cream
  • Lustre Jewellery Workshop
  • Lyme Bay Fossil Tours

M: 30 names

  • Macclesfield Silk Mill
  • Mackenzie & Fraser Kiltmakers
  • Macpherson & Sons Fishmongers
  • Malvern Hills Honey
  • Malvern Hills Surveying Limited
  • Manoeuvre Driving Tuition
  • Marmalade Morning Cafe
  • Marylebone Asset Partners LLP
  • Maypole Events
  • McLaughlin Tyres
  • Menai Bridge Bakehouse
  • Mendip Quarry Products Ltd
  • Mensah & Daughters Tailoring
  • Merchant City Lettings
  • Mercia Precision Tooling Ltd
  • Mersey Ferry Coffee
  • Merseyside Freight Forwarding Ltd
  • Metre Rule Surveying
  • Milk Float Deliveries
  • Moray Firth Dolphin Trips
  • Moray Firth Offshore Ltd
  • Morecambe Bay Shrimps
  • Mould & Damp Specialists
  • Mourne Granite Works
  • Moustache Wax Barbers
  • Mum's the Word Catering
  • Mumbles Mile Ice Cream
  • Munro Bagger Outfitters
  • Murray & Reid Removals
  • Mushy Pea Kitchen

N: 17 names

  • Nancarrow's Fish Bar
  • Nappy Laundry Service
  • Needles View Boat Trips
  • Neeps and Tatties Kitchen
  • Nessie's Nook Gift Shop
  • New Forest Log Cabins
  • Nifty Natter
  • No Faff Accounting
  • Norfolk Broads Boat Hire
  • North Coast Campervans
  • Northampton Bootmakers
  • Northern Quarter Vinyl
  • Northumbria Timber Frame Ltd
  • Nottingham Lace Works
  • Nowak & Lewandowski Physiotherapy
  • Nowt Wasted Refills
  • Nuttall & Niece Dressmakers

O: 13 names

  • O'Hagan's Bar & Kitchen
  • Oban Bay Shellfish Bar
  • Oddments
  • Offa's Dyke Fencing Contractors
  • Ogden & Sons Hardware
  • Okafor & Sons Motor Repairs
  • Old Leigh Cockle Co.
  • Old Street Analytics
  • Oldroyd & Daughters Florists
  • Ollerenshaw Brass
  • Orchard County Cider
  • Orkney Isles Knitwear
  • Owt Fresh Greengrocers

P: 36 names

  • Pantomime Prop Hire
  • Patel & Shah Architects
  • Peace Bridge Coffee
  • Peak District Pedal Co.
  • Pembrokeshire Coast Kayaks
  • Pendle Hill Walking Tours
  • Pennine Holdings Ltd
  • Pennine Way Outdoors
  • Pennington's Pet Supplies
  • Penny Farthing Cycle Repairs
  • Penwith Pottery Studio
  • Perthshire Berry Farm
  • Petrol Blue Classic Cars
  • Pickering & Daughters Greengrocers
  • Pigeon Post
  • Pip Pip Couriers
  • Plates of Meat Foot Care
  • Plough & Furrow Farm Supplies
  • Ploughman's Deli
  • Polkinghorne Pasties
  • Pootle Maps
  • Popescu & Sons Patisserie
  • Popty Bach
  • Pork Pie Pantry
  • Portobello Road Prints
  • Portrush Surf Hire
  • Postcode Pantry
  • Preseli Bluestone Jewellery
  • Primrose Hill Pet Care
  • Promenade Doughnut Co.
  • Proper Brew Tea Co.
  • Prosser & Sons Garage
  • Pub Quiz Masters
  • Pugh the Bikes
  • Put the Kettle On Cafe
  • Pyjama Parlour

Q: 3 names

  • Queue Jump Ticketing
  • Queueless
  • Quid Wise

R: 15 names

  • Rag and Bone Reclamation
  • Ramsbottom & Sons Pie Shop
  • Rathlin Puffin Tours
  • Red Kite Aerial Surveys
  • Red Pillar Box Stationers
  • Regent's Canal Ventures
  • Rhondda Roofing
  • Ribble Valley Plastics Ltd
  • Richmond Hill Robotics
  • Ridgeway Renewables Limited
  • Right as Rain Roofing
  • Robin Redbreast Garden Services
  • Romney Marsh Wool
  • Rope Bridge Adventure Co.
  • Rosie Lee Tea Rooms

S: 47 names

  • Saddleworth Brass Repairs
  • Salisbury Plain Campervans
  • Samson & Goliath Crane Hire
  • Scafell Pike Guides
  • Scarborough Fair Vintage
  • Sceptre & Spire Guided Tours
  • Scran Club Meal Kits
  • Seven Sisters Coastal Walks
  • Severn Bore Surf Co.
  • Severn Valley Logistics Ltd
  • Sherwood Forest Tree Surgeons
  • Shoreditch Labs
  • Shuttleworth Cycles
  • Singh Brothers Joinery
  • Siop Fach Gifts
  • Six Towns Ceramics Limited
  • Sixpence Savings
  • Skye Bridge Campervans
  • Slate Cavern Adventures
  • Slieve Donard Guides
  • Snowdon Horseshoe Guides
  • Soda Farl Bakery
  • Soho Post House

S, continued

  • Solent Composites Ltd
  • Solent Sailing School
  • Somerset Levels Willow
  • South Downs Cycles
  • Sowerby & Sons Saddlery
  • Spaghetti Junction Motors
  • Speciality Cheese Counter
  • Sperrin Hills Wool
  • Spey Valley Cask Repairs
  • Spick and Span Cleaners
  • Spiffing Shoe Shine
  • Spinnaker Quay Yacht Rigging
  • Square Mile Payments
  • Steel City Fasteners Ltd
  • Steep Hill Tearoom
  • Stick of Rock Confectioners
  • Sticky Toffee Catering
  • Stockbridge Sunday Bakery
  • Stottie Cake Kitchen
  • Strangford Lough Oysters
  • Strathclyde Structural Steel Ltd
  • Suffolk Coast Beach Huts
  • Sunday Roast Company
  • Sutherland's Smokehouse

T: 37 names

  • Tablet & Toffee Co.
  • Taff Trail Cycle Hire
  • Tamar Bridge Tyres
  • Tartan Thread Alterations
  • Tay Salmon Smokehouse
  • Tayside Subsea Limited
  • Teifi Coracle Trips
  • Temple Chambers Tax LLP
  • Tenby Harbour Boat Trips
  • Tenner
  • Thames Gateway Partners LLP
  • The Backs Punt Hire
  • The Lanes Antiques
  • Theatre Row Costume Hire
  • Thingummy Studio
  • Third Storey Studios
  • Thistle & Heather Florists
  • Thistlethwaite's Tack Shop
  • Thruppence Pay
  • Tickety-Boo Bookkeeping
  • Titanic Quarter Tech
  • Toast Rack B&B
  • Tobermory Harbour Crafts
  • Town Crier PR
  • Tregenza & Sons Sailmakers
  • Trossachs Tearoom
  • True Colour Decorators
  • Tubewise
  • Tuppence
  • Tweed and Twill Tailors
  • Tweed Valley Mill Shop
  • Two Sugars Tea Van
  • Tŷ Coffi
  • Tyne Bridge Brewing
  • Tyneside Marine Engineering Ltd
  • Tyre Bay Mobile Fitting
  • Tyrone Turf & Topsoil

U: 2 names

  • Ullswater Paddleboards
  • Ulster Fry Cafe

V: 3 names

  • Vale of Glamorgan Aerospace Limited
  • Victoria Sponge Bakehouse
  • Village Green Landscaping

W: 18 names

  • Walled City Guided Walks
  • Walthamstow Neon
  • Waterloo Bridge Storytelling
  • Watling Street Logistics
  • Waxed Jacket Outfitters
  • Wee Dram Whisky Tastings
  • Wee Yarn Shop
  • Wessex Land Management Limited
  • Whistle and Flute Tailoring
  • Whitby Harbour Ghost Walks
  • Whitby Jet Workshop
  • White Cliffs Removals
  • Whittaker & Nephew Upholstery
  • Williams & Pritchard Estate Agents
  • Windermere Wild Swimming
  • Winterbottom Roofing & Guttering
  • Womersley & Sons Window Cleaning
  • Wye Valley Cider Press

Y: 4 names

  • Ynys Môn Sea Kayaking
  • Yoghurt Pot Dairy
  • Yorkshire Dales Dairy
  • Yorkshire Pudding Pantry

Z: 2 names

  • Zebra Crossing Driving School
  • Zero Longitude Labs