Considering there are more than 131,000 barbershops in the United States alone, it’s no surprise settling on a unique name when starting a barbershop 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 barbershop names are you allowed to use? How do you come up with a catchy name that represents your brand best? And what about business name best practices?
Related: How to start a barbershop
Also see: How to start a hair salon
If you’re not sure how to answer those questions, you’re in the right place. Keep reading to learn my top tips for choosing the perfect business name and how to make sure your favorite choices are available.
Let’s dive in!
Tips for Choosing the Perfect Barbershop Name
If you’re struggling to choose a creative name for your barbershop, one of the best things to do is just to 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 down your list even more so you can make a final decision.
1. Location-Specific Terms
Many barbershops 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 Say 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) search 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 barbershop 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 with choosing a few of your favorite words from your master brainstorm list.
Then, you can Google “words that start with C” to come up with a name like Creative Cuts or Cheap Cuts 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 also to be used in a logo. For instance, a barbershop could use an image of scissors or a barber’s pole and focus the name around the image.
Related: How to create a logo for your business.
6. 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 or the name of an important family member. 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 Barbershop Business Names
Here is a list of existing business names that may help give you some creative barbershop name ideas. While many of these names may be available for you to use, be sure to check first to be sure it can be used.
Tips on how to check business name availability are after the list of names!
Classic Barber Shop Names
- 4th Avenue Barbershop
- 5th Generation Barber Shop
- ABC Authentic Barber Cuts
- American Barber
- Barber & Co
- Barber Box
- Barber Club
- Barbers Books & Bridges
- Barbers Den Chino Hills
- Basic Barber
- Beachside Barbers
- Beardown Barbershop
- Benjamin’s Barbering Co
- Big D’s Barber Shop
- Blain’s Cuts & Conversations
- Boulevard Barbers
- Brooklyn Ave Barber Co
- Brother’s Barber Shop
- California Coast Barbershop
- Capitol Barbershop
- Chris The Barber
- Church Barber
- City Barbershop
- Classic Cuts Barber Shop
- Classique Barbers
- Clipper Crew Barber Shop
- Clippers Barbershop
- Couzins Barber Shop
- Cut & Shaves Barber Shop
- Dapper Barbershop
- Dapper Don Barber Lounge
- Dapper Fellas Barbershop
- Den Barber Shop
- Downtown Barbers
- Famous Cutz
- First Stop Barber Shop
- Five Star Barbershop
- Fresh Cuts Barber Shop
- Haircuts Barbershop
- Hair Cut Shop
- Historic Edge Barbershop
- International Barber & Styling
- Men’s Chair
- Men’s Ultimate Grooming
- Mickie’s Barber Shop
- Northside Barbers
- Old Days Barbers
- Old Fashioned Barber
- Old Town Barbershop
- Professional Hair Design
- Pure Cuts
- Route 37 Barbershop
- Shave & Cut Barbershop
- Steve’s Barber Styling
- Top Style Barber Shop
- Uptown Barbers
- Vintage Barbershop
- Young House Barber
Cool Barber Shop Names
- A Sharper Image
- All In Barber Shop
- All Star Barber Shop
- All Time Barbers
- Art Of Blades Barber Shop
- Art Of Grooming
- Authentic Cutz Barber Shop
- Authentic Image Barbershop
- Barber N Brew
- Barber Bro
- Barber Parlor
- Barber Lounge
- Barber Shop Angel
- Barbering Lounge
- Barbers Garage Barbershop
- Barbershop At Downtown
- Barberstarz Barbershop
- Bareknuckle Barbering
- Black Market Barber Shop
- Black Stag Barbershop
- Blade Kings Barber Shop
- Blade’s Barbershop
- Blendz Co Barbershop
- Blessed Barber Studio
- Blessed Kutz Barber Studio
- Blessings Barbershop
- Champions Edge Barber Shop
- Classic Cut
- Clip Joint
- Cool Cuts
- Crazy Curls
- Cut It Up Barber Lounge
- Cuttin Up Barber Shop
- Cutting Edge Barbershop
- Daily Planet Barber Shop
- Dame & Dapper Barber & Salon
- Dice Barber Shop
- Dink’s Barbershop
- D’Man Barbershop
- Elegante Barber Shop
- Elevate Barber Shop
- Elite Barber Studio
- Empire Barber & Shave
- Epic Barber Shop
- Fine Line Barbershop
- First Class Barbershop
- Flying Scissors Barber Shop
- Fresh & Flow Barber Shop
- Fresh 2 Def Cutz
- Gentleman Jack’s Barber Lounge
- Gent’s Barber Club
- Gents Barber Lodge
- GQ Barbers
- Gold Comb
- Hometown Salon
- Hot Rod Barber Shop
- Hunters Cove Barber Shop
- Man Cave Barber
- No Limit Barber Shop
- Sharper Styles
- Smiling Barber
- Spotted Man Salon
- Squish’s Barber Shop
- Sunset Clips
- Tidy Hairs
- True Fades
Funny Barber Shop Names
- A Cut Above
- Afro Puffs Barbershop
- Aftermath Barbershop
- Apes The Barber
- Bald Barber
- Barber Bunch
- Barberking
- Bashful Barber
- Barber Chop
- Boss Barber Shop
- Boss Cutz
- Buddha’s Barber Shop
- Buzzed Barbers
- Chop Shop
- Chuckaboo Barber
- Doghouse Barbershop
- Fatboys Barber Shop
- Game Face Barber Shop
- Get Buzzed Barber Shop
- Good Looks Lounge
- Local Buzz Barber Shop
- Men’s Mane
- Mustached Man
- Rich Blends
- Slim’s Jazzy Kuts
- Soul Scissors
- The Comb Over
- Upper Cuts Barbershop
- Who’s Next Barber & Style
Modern Barber Shop Names
- Above All Fades
- Above The Rest Barber Shop
- Ace of Fades Hair Parlor
- Ambition Barbershop
- Amplitude Barber Shop
- Angel’s House Of Fades
- Appearance Barber Shop
- Barber Haus
- Barber Shears To You
- Barber’s Edge
- Barbershop No 7
- Barbershop The Cut
- B-Cutz Barbershop
- Black & Gold Barber Lounge
- Blades N Fades
- Blazing Fades Barbershop
- Blends & Wet Shaves
- Broski Barber Shop
- Catch A Fade Barber Shop
- Catch This Fade Barbershop
- Clippers Haircuts
- Crown & Stache Barber Co
- Dr. Beard Barbershop
- East Side Kutz
- Edge Cuts
- Edged Up Barber Shop
- Fade Away Barber Shop
- Fade Factory Barbershop
- Fade Kings Barbershop
- Fade Masterz Barber Shop
- Fade Shop
- Fadehaus Barbershop
- Fadem Up Barber Shop
- Fademasters Barbershop
- Fades & Blades Barber Shop
- Flawless Fades
- G Stylz Barber Shop
- Grooming Lounge
- Hair Port
- Klipper Kutz
- Men’s Room
- Razor’s Edge
- Southern Roots Hair Co
- Supreme Snips
- The Armed Barber
- The Avenue Barber Shop and Salon
- The Mug and Brush
- Trim Haus
- Trendsetters Barber & Styles
- True Stylz
- Urban Shave
Is Your Barbershop Name Available to Use?
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 vital 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 the common ones.
Can the name be registered?
If you plan to register your barbershop business name as a corporation or LLC, each state requires a unique company name.
This makes it important to search the Secretary of State’s name database in the state you plan to register to ensure your name isn’t already in use.
In most states, sole proprietorships and partnerships are required to register a Doing Business As (DBA) or Assumed Name if they aren’t doing business under the owner’s full first and last name. A few states require them to use a unique name, while others will let you pick just about any name you choose.
Related: How to check business name availability in your state
Is your barbershop name already trademarked?
When searching for a name for your new barbershop business, you need to make sure your new name isn’t trademarked by someone else. If it is, you may not be allowed to legally use it.
Thankfully the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) makes trademark searching a breeze through their Trademark Database.
Remember that if a name doesn’t show up in this search, it isn’t necessarily available. Every business has some limited protection through a common law trademark. This means another business can’t open up shop down the street with the same name, as this creates confusion for customers. Also, be sure to 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 your name with the USPTO.
Related: How to check for a trademark
Is a domain name available with your business name?
A domain name is your business’s digital address. With so many people researching online, it’s crucial to make sure your barbershop business name is also available as a domain name.
Website addresses aren’t as critical as the first two searches, but it’s still worth doing as a domain can cost as little as $10 to pick up. Typically, you want your domain name to be “yourbusinessname.com” without any numbers, dashes, etc.
You can easily search for a domain using NameCheap’s domain name search tool.
Hopefully, you now have some good name ideas for naming your barbershop. Once you have this list narrowed down 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 the best barbershop name for you!
