Considering there are more than 20,000 automobile windshield repair businesses in the United States alone, it’s no surprise settling on a unique name when starting a new windshield repair business is no easy task.
Picking the right name gives potential customers an idea about your business’s services, creates a good first impression, and helps you stand out from the competition.
What auto glass business names are you allowed to use? How do you come up with something that represents your brand best? And what about business name best practices?
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Guidelines for Naming Your Windshield Repair Business
If you’re struggling to choose a creative company name for your windshield repair business, one of the best things to do is start brainstorming. As you go through the tips outlined below, make a list of words, phrases, and terms associated with your business.
From there, you can narrow down the list and cross off ideas you don’t like.
Once you have several top considerations, we’ll walk you through how to make sure you’re allowed to use them. This last step helps you narrow your list even more so you can make a final decision.
1. Location-Specific Terms
Many windshield repair businesses are specific to a geographic service area. So, if that’s true for your business, consider adding a location-specific term to your business name.
You can consider things like:
- City nicknames
- Neighborhoods
- Regions or states
- And descriptive terms
However, consider what happens if you expand outside your intended service area. Does the name become limiting? If so, it’s best to avoid it if you plan to expand or change directions later.
2. Avoid Business Names That Are Hard to Pronounce or Spell
Despite the technological advances in voice search, assistants like Siri and Alexa struggle to understand slang and other confusing words.
This could limit how often your business shows up in voice (and text-based) searches if your name is hard to spell, pronounce, or hear. Because of that, it’s important to avoid complicated words, industry jargon, and using numbers in place of letters. While having a unique windshield repair business name is good, being too unique may not be so good.
Keep your business name as simple and easy to remember as possible so potential customers can easily find you.
3. Consider Alliterations and Rhyming Words
Alliterations and rhymes are catchy and easy to remember. Because of that, they make for great business names.
That said, it’s not always easy to come up with them. Start by choosing a few of your favorite words from your master brainstorming list.
Then, you can Google “words that start with G” to come up with a name like Glass Guru or whatever letter you’re using to create an alliteration. Alternatively, you can search “words that rhyme with _____.”
It can be time-consuming, but it’s an excellent place to start.
And don’t forget to add any exciting finds to your brainstorm list while you’re at it. Try not to overthink the names you come up with. Just write them all down, as some of the more interesting ones may spark better ideas later.
4. Steer Clear of Initials or Obscure Acronyms
Initials and unusual acronyms are hard to remember, so they typically don’t make great business names. They can also be challenging to pronounce and confusing for voice search as well.
Furthermore, there are 325 different two-letter combination possibilities in the English language. And the odds of your customers remembering the specific letters you chose are pretty small.
5. Imagery Words
Another consideration when brainstorming name ideas is whether there are industry-related words that could also lend themselves to be used in a logo. For instance, a windshield repair business could use an image of broken glass or a vehicle and focus the name around the image.
Related: How to create a logo for your business.
6. Still Struggling? Try the Owner’s Name
If you’ve made it this far and are still struggling to find the best name, you can always consider using the business owner’s name. Doing so works well if the owner also plans to be the face behind the business.
Something to keep in mind is that using the owner’s name as the business name can make it more challenging to sell the business in the future.
List of Catchy Windshield Repair Business Names
Here is a list of existing windshield repair business names that may help give you some creative inspiration. While many of these names may be available for you to use, be sure to check first to be sure they can be used.
Tips on how to check business name availability are after the list of names!
- A1 Autoglass
- A1 Glass Of Sacramento
- Able Glass Co
- Absolute Perfection Auto Glass
- Affordable Auto Glass
- All City Auto Glass Co
- All Day Auto Glass
- All In Windshield Repair
- Andy’s Mobile Rock Chip Repair
- Anywhere Auto Glass
- Arch Auto Glass
- ASPA Glass & Mirror
- Auto Glass & Tint
- Auto Glass By Lance
- Auto Glass Clinic
- Auto Glass Guys
- Auto Glass Heroes
- Auto Glass Masters
- Auto Glass Near Me
- Auto Glass Now
- Auto Glass On Location
- Auto Glass Repair Davenport
- Auto Glass Replacement For Less
- AZ Auto Glass Experts
- Bay Auto Glass
- Brothers Auto Glass
- California Auto Glass
- Chicago Auto Glass
- Chip Away Windshield Repair
- Clear Choice Auto Glass
- Clear View Auto Glass Repair
- Clear View Glass
- Clear Vision Windshield Repair
- Clear Vu Windshield Replacement & Repair
- Clearview Auto Glass Service
- Crack Attack Auto Glass
- Cracked Windshield
- Crystal Clear Glass & Mirror
- Denver Auto Glass Co
- Desert Auto Glass
- Discount Auto Glass
- Eagle Auto Glass
- Einstein Auto Glass Of Tulsa
- Elite Auto Glass
- Exact Auto Glass
- Excellent Auto Glass
- Express Auto Glass
- Express Windshields AZ
- Factory Auto Glass
- Fast Glass Auto Glass
- First Class Auto Glass
- Fix Your Windshield
- Four Seasons Auto Glass
- Glass America
- Glass Doctor
- Glorious Glass Company
- Good Guys Auto Glass
- Great View Auto Glass
- Green Light Auto Glass
- Gulf Coast Auto Glass
- Hero Auto Glass
- In & Out Rock Chip Repair
- Interstate Auto Glass
- JDL Windshield Repair
- Jiffy Auto Glass USA
- Jim’s Mobile Windshield Repair
- John’s Auto Glass Unlimited
- Knight’s Auto Glass Corp
- L & R Auto Glass
- Lee Rock Chip Repairs
- Low Budget Auto Glass
- Master Auto Glass
- Mobile Windshield Repairs
- Mountain Mobile Auto Glass
- Mountain View Window & Glass
- Mr. Auto Glass
- New View Auto Glass
- New York Swift Auto Glass
- Norcal Windshield Repair
- On Time Auto Glass
- One Hour Auto Glass
- Onsite Auto Glass
- Patriot Auto Glass
- Payless Auto Glass
- Premier Auto Glass
- Prime Auto Glass
- Pro Service Auto Glass
- Protech Chip Repair
- Quality Master Auto Glass
- Quincero & Sons Auto Glass
- R & R Auto Glass Specialist
- Rapid Auto Glass & Tint
- Reliable Auto Glass
- Roadway Auto Glass
- Rockguard Auto Glass
- Rock-N-Chip Windshield Repair
- Safe Auto Glass Co
- Safe Choice Auto Glass
- Safe Way Auto Glass
- Safety First Auto Glass
- Same Day Auto Glass
- Satellite Auto Glass
- Save My Windshield
- Southpaw Auto Glass
- Stansbury’s Chip Repair
- Star Glass Company
- Stellar Auto Glass & Tint
- Summit City Auto Glass
- Sunshine Auto Glass
- Super Price Auto Glass
- Titan Auto Glass
- Trufit Auto Glass Services
- United Window Repair
- Valley Windshield Co
- We Care Windshield Repair
- Windshield Depot
- Windshield Guys
- Windshield Repair Guyz
- Windshield Repair Of Mesquite
- Xtreme Auto Glass
- Your Choice Auto Glass
Is Your Windshield Repair Name Available?
At this point, you should have several top considerations to choose from. And the best way to narrow it down further is to check each one for availability.
This step is helpful because using a name that someone else is using could be very costly, time-consuming to rebrand your business, and possibly embarrassing. There are several places to look to check whether a name is available to use, so let’s walk through each one.
Can the business name be registered in your state?
If you plan to use a specific business name, you may be required by the state to verify it’s available to use.
Related: How to check business name availability in your state
Is your name already trademarked?
When searching for a name for your new business, you should check that your new name isn’t trademarked by someone else. If it is, you may not be allowed to use it legally.
Thankfully, the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) makes trademark searching a breeze through their Trademark Database.
A name isn’t necessarily available if it doesn’t appear in this search. Every business has some limited protection through a common law trademark. This means another business can’t open up down the street with the same name, as this creates confusion for customers. Also, check local competitors by doing a Google search and looking through the Yellow Pages.
If your name is available and you want to protect it from being used by anyone else, you can register it with the USPTO.
Related: How to check for a trademark
Hopefully, you now have some good name ideas for naming your windshield repair business. Once you have narrowed this list to just a few and researched that they are all available, start asking friends, family, and potential customers their thoughts to get feedback, and then pick your perfect windshield repair business name!
