I was talking to a friend today about funny or good business names, the best ones we had were
Third Little Pig Masonry
Handy Andy the Handyman
Black and White Painters (again last names of the owners)
Waters Pipe Company (another name)
and last but not least
The Lawn Rangers
EDITED: Third blind pig to Third little pig
So, ok lets hear them…
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There's a company in the bay area called "Well-Hung Doors". It's funny and it's true. Well, it's true at least...
saw a sign on a truck a few days ago....
Sir Fix-alot...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
All Thumbs Construction
My all-time favorite was a barbershop in Belfast, Ireland
"The Right Uppercut"
The funniest was on a van that went past my house 8 months ago.
"Chao's Lawn Service"
Except the apostrophe was missing. And I marveled at what kind of lawn and garden you could expect to find on your return home.
I actually took this picture about a year ago. The place is now out of business.
Must not have been that lucky.
Dang Good Drywall
Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
No idea who first posted this here, but:
PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
George Carlin talked about a physician named Lucky #### but I don't know if he really exists or not.
My company name is ReHmodeling
There you go - that's a name that people notice.I'll bet you've gotten business just because people notice the unique spelling.
It does work. I get you spelled it wrong to I don't get it to that's clever. My cards are stark & kinda hokey but they get to the point & people remeber them.
REHMODELING
We build restaraunts
(other stuff too)
Rob Rehm
614 206 5403
The above is centered in a white business card. That's it. The marketing advertising folks I know ...it drives them nuts, they keep telling me I need to have them reworked. My reply is "it made you talk to me didn't it? Isn't that the idea?" I'm still waiting for a good reply.
Surefire Professional Electricians
Cobb Jobb Construction
"It is what it is."
There's a body shop in Walpole, MA named 'Assured Collision'. Makes you wonder if that's what happens 'after' they fix your vehicle...
It seems that there's a popular acronym for a gynecology and obstetrics practice. Hence, GYNOB Inc. in Woonsocket, RI. There must be a joke in this, somewhere...
Edited 3/16/2008 11:56 am ET by bobguindon
there's a handyman company in our area named:
Some Assembly Required
I heard about a tow company in Campbell, Ca. called Campbell Tow. (say it fast...)
Saw a truck in Palmdale CA with the name "Buttcrack Plumbing"!View Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
Right down the street from us, The Enchanted Florist. Alas the enchantment only lasted a few months, now closed!
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
Read about a real law firm somewhere:
Lynch and Lawless, Attorneys at Law
Runnerguy
I remember years back in Palm Beach a sod company called:The Sod Father.
A couple of miles from here there's the Fu Xing Buffet.
There's also Big A.S.S. Crane, where the acronym stands for something like aerial structural services.
Real name here in Ky.
Big As.s fan Co. Just lost a bid to have advertising in Bluegrass Airport cuz of the name..Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
We had a Bad As.s Coffee Co. around here. Practically got run out of town. They are out of business now. Did have a donkey on the sign.John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
I saw a big interstate rig traveling down the highway once with a big
S.E.X. on the side, and under it in much smaller lettering was
South East Express
http://www.woodsshop.com
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Edited 3/16/2008 10:26 pm by JoeWood
There is a bad #### coffee co in Hawaii.Good stuff.http://www.badasscoffee.com/index2.phpML
Atlanta Thai restaurant, PHUK-ET
another good one in Canada, trash disposal business, Bin There, Dump That
Saw a sign on a rubbish truck in dublin which read
ALL OUR TIME IS GONE TO WASTE
Signs I've seen:
A "For Sale" sign on a small bar posted by Boozer Realty
"Give Us a Break" sign on a glass company truck.
"Our Breasts are Bigger" at a KFC
Also, a Mexican-owned tree company called: "The Tree Amigos"
Edited 3/16/2008 3:00 pm ET by Mudslinger
Old ones for septic services:
"Your s*** is our bread and butter"
"A royal flush beats a full house every time"
Russell
"Welcome to my world"
Porta-potty business name and slogan.
Batavia Can Co.
The Only way to Go!
Buddy of mine has a trash service. Sign on the truck:Satisfaction guaranteed or double your trash back.
How about Zappo Electrical? I believe that's the owner's last name. Also, just down the street from me, you'll find a garage called Japanese Auto Professional Service.
Chip
Still think we have a structural engineering firm around here called Hazard Engineering. You guessed it, the owner's nickname was "Hap".
Saw a guy last year with his Carhart embroidered:
"Two Hips and a Valley Construction"
Since my last name is Flynn, I thought a good name for my company would be Flynn Flam Construction!
- Rich
"Waters and Son, Spray it and Run!"
aka
Waters Painting
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing..."
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You're killing me here River you owe me half a beer cause I just shot it out my nose.
My older brother just told me about a ski bum he went to high school with 20 years ago out in CO, guy now has a company called
Higher Ground Excavations
He also worked for Mudd Tilesetters
hard to believe it but there is a scaffold company here (winnipeg) called Altered State Scaffolding....as if you want a stoner or someone who is not serious setting up your scaffolding
Glad you got a giggle.
Sorry about the beer.
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I picked up a business card a couple of years ago from a landscaper named Tom Major- his business name was MAJOR TOM'S GROUND CONTROL.
That's a good one too.
A Chinese grocery store here in Houston, Texas, 'Hung Dong'
Seen a Mexican Soulfood resturant called Nacho Mamas.
There is/was a Chinese restaurant in DC called "The New Big Wong". Not sure what happened to the old one.Once had a gf who worked for the Richard Weiner Agency, he preferred to go by D ick.
I knew a countertop installer, his business name was:
"Counterfitters"
His business cards looked like dollar bills with a cartoon of him on them.
I do a bunch of countertop installs, so when people ask what I do, I tell them I'm in...
"Counter Intelligence Work"
http://www.counter-fitters.com/about/
Right here in my back yard. I think there was one with a similar name in TX somewhere.
Doug
We have a top shop around here called "Counterrevolution".
We have a top shop around here called "Counterrevolution".
Saw it on a truck in New Brunswick NJ last week.....was two words though.
They also had a silouette of a revolutionary soldier under the name.
I saw a truck today with the company name ''Smith and sun'' - they deal with solar heating.
Only in San Franisco.http://boortz.com/images/funny/rooter_bong.jpgRooter BongSewer cleaining..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I recall a portable toilet company called - W.C. in Fields.
All
About 20 years ago in MN I saw an old paint covered (really splattered) pickup with ladders and junk hanging all over it.
A couple of hippie type guys were getting out of it.
Hand painted on the side was the sign
"Dirty Deeds Done Cheap"
Rich
Dirty Deeds Done Cheap,
They left out the word "dirt"
Probably not your kind of music but thats what came to my mind when I read your post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvP0uwl3Q6A
Doug
I always thought the words to that song were "Dirty deeds done with Sheep"
Russell
"Welcome to my world"
Lowe Quality Construction
Herb Lowe was the HMFIC
In North Carolina a few years ago, we had a guy named Les Merritt running for office. State Comptroller, IIRC.
I saw a truck that's company name on it said dirty deeds. still trying to figure what they do.
hmmmm, your post perplexs me
A couple -
Then there was the fried chicken place on Street Road in Warminster, PA that was called "Cluck U"
Then there was the fried chicken place on Street Road in Warminster, PA that was called "Cluck U"
Stands for "Cluck University" . Still around here in central NJ. I know the guy that owns the franchise.
There's a rancher somewhere around here whose stock trailer says:
EWE-HAUL
There's also a laundromat called SEE SPOT RUN.
In Phoenix there's an excavation outfit called RAPER.
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
~ Voltaire
There's a chimney sweep service around here called Ash-Wipe.
I saw a remodeling sign in a front yard, and a few days later, a truck with this name:
Hacker's Exteriors
That's one I'd change.Pete Duffy, Handyman
Theres a trucking company around here called
A. Duey Pyle
Its always in 3 ft tall letters on the sides of the truck
Theres a trucking company around here called
A. Duey Pyle
I've seen those trucks - always wondered what could be so bad about his first name that he preferred to use the middle...
alphonse?
alphonse?
I don't know, I think that I would prefer Alphonse, or almost anything to what he has painted in billboard sized letters, on every one of his trailers. But that's just me...:)
Bob
There is a foundation company in rhode island called Stay Hard Concrete.
Another foundation guy has a great slogan. "Your hole is our goal"
The other good one is Cement Heads concrete. I have also seen Tonka Trucking on the road with yellow dump trucks. This one doesn't exist but how about Mourning Wood Erections, a timber framing company. Just throwing it out there for anyone with that last name.
I like the Tonka idea, but I wouldn't have any subs on my jobs with sexually suggestive names. We work for doctors and lawyers, you don't see any of them with off-color business names. I don't get why people think it's ok for construction.
We work for doctors and lawyers, you don't see any of them with off-color business names.
You must have missed my post: http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=102287.12. You can't convince me that a group of doctors (educated to the hilt) didn't recognize the implications of their acronym...
Bob
GYNOB? I don't get the joke. That's the standard abbreviation for gynocologist/obstetrician.
GYNOB? I don't get the joke. That's the standard abbreviation for gynocologist/obstetrician.
The common usage around here has always been OBGYN. The specialty is even listed in the yellow pages as Obstetrics and Gynecology. Obviously, they flipped it to come up with a unique name. I just think that they could have come up with a better acronym...
OBGYN...right...it was early, sorry.
GyNob...yeah, that is weird....
This doesn't have anything to do with what you guys are talking about but I used to see a trucking company with the name "Beaver Express" on the side of the trailers and I always thought that was a funny name for a truck company
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Mike,
As far as funny business names go, people use them for a variety of reasons but it seems to me it is mostly advertising. Sometimes (not all the time) half the battle in this game is just to get the customer to pick up the phone and call you instead of some other guy. Some people rely on calls to come out of the phone book so they name their business AAA Plumbing, A1 Electrical or Same Day Service, it gives them the first listing or a descriptive name and I bet they get more calls than Ben's Plumbing.
That aside, for most of us the majority of our business comes from referrals and word of mouth and a catchy or memorable name can go a long way toward getting your foot in the door.Which would you rather have?
Guy 1: "I really like your deck, we've been wanting to put one on our house. Who built yours?"Guy 2: "Ah, that was two years ago, it was Andy's Construction or Decking or something."
Or
Guy 2: "Ah, that was two years ago, it was Handy Andy the Handyman."As far a sexually suggestive names go, I think those guys are stuck being subs, which may be fine for them. My clients never really know the names of my subs (I like it that way). My drywall guy's business name is Deadman Drywall, (there is an actual story behind the name) but he doesn't want to deal with HOs so they only know him as Steve.
The worst ones I have seen are guys who work in commercial construction exclusively large GC's who could care less what they call themselves as long as they give a good price and do good work.
I'm thinking of a steel erector's truck I've seen with big letters "Our Erections Last Longer." Just isn't professional IMO but I see what you're saying.
Another funny tradesman thing is to advertise "Specializing in..." and then list several different things. Can you really specialize in seven things?
Local Plumber:
Dave Harvey PHD in big letters on his truck.
...In small type, plumbing, heating and drains.I always chuckle when I see his truck.-Glenny
There's a contractor in the town near where I live in New York State whose name is Micheal Hunt. He's had a BIG sign painted on the side of a three story commercial building for about forty years: Call Mike Hunt at #.
Same town: A guy named Richard Weed runs for public office, in the mid 70's. Lawn signs and bumper stickers read: DICK WEED for City Council
Needless to say, he wasn't elected.
on the way to my bank I pass this place with a big sign - says - Richard Wood - Women's incontenence center. Then I was driving behind the guy on the bridge one day and his license plate said - nodpends - had to chuckle that this guy likes his job that much. probably a real funny guy in med school."it aint the work I mind,
It's the feeling of falling further behind."Bozini Latinihttp://www.ingrainedwoodworking.com
My dead uncle used to run a fence company. His card read
I have a PHD
(post hole digger)
was he in ct? i remember seeing a business card with that on it.
Local dumpster guys slogan "Fill my box with your load." He wimped out and didn't go with "Put you junk in my can."
No. He lived in the Port Huron area here in Michigan.
Click and Clack used to have a sign on their web site for an auto repair shop: "Specializing in all makes -- foreign and domestic." Hmmm.There is a neighborhood around here called Dent. On the main street is "Dent Auto Body." Down the street is an OB-GYN that my wife used to go to, one of the doctors was Dr. Wiwi.
About a year ago I was passed by a septic truck. Under the company name in smaller letters, on the side of the tank was painted: "The Turd Hearse".
Bowz
<In Phoenix there's an excavation outfit called RAPER.>
I went through HS with Andy Rape; his family had Rape Appliance.
We always figured it was something with lots of straps and buckles.
Forrest
my dad was from a little town in sask.
canola used to be known as rape or rapeseed.
so this sign outside of town said something like 'welcome to the land of rape and wheat'.
'til they changed it, :)
Just north of a long standing Chinese market/restaurant area in Toronto " Wing On Funeral Chapel " often caught my attention.
My buddy Mike installs swimming pools and figured he should work his last name into the business since it was so appropriate. And thus Pond's Pools was born. He's done a lot of pools around here and it always gets a smile.Lignum est bonum.
I've seen three that are worth mentioning:
Beaver Liquors in vail, co
Long Dongs in Phoenix, AZ
and Joe Mama's in Taos, NM
A great topic!
You know, down the street from Beaver Liquors was Beaver Divers.
I had a church key from beaver liquors and a tee shirt from Beaver Divers 20 years ago.
And yes, it was a Dive shop in Vail. Go figure. I bet they are out of business now
There's an architecture firm in Chelea, MI with the name Dangerous Architects.
I always thought that was a cool name.
gk
There is a local contractor in my area with a truck sign:
"Just Get It Done Contracting".
Needless to say, I'll be running to the phone to call this guy in a hurry </sarc>
roofer called "Gun's and Hose's"
there is a guy driving around here with a name:" cutting corners construction."
Also - "Creative carpentry" a nice way to say butcher? or is it really creative?
That's like saying something is "free" is it really?
"it aint the work I mind,
It's the feeling of falling further behind."
Bozini Latini
http://www.ingrainedwoodworking.com
I always thought that would be a good slogan for a painting company
"We cut all corners"
I always thought that would be a good slogan for a painting company
"We cut all corners"
My son is a painter....."Cut and Dry Painting".....DW came up with it.
Got a friend named Bob Plumber.......he's a big contractor now, but when he started out, sign said
"When you need a carpenter, call the Plumber"
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Major Tom's Ground Control (Tom Major, Landscaper)
That's a good one!
Lawn Mowing Business Called Mo-Jo's
I just passed a gas station name MOGAS. I looked at my fuel gauge just to make sure that I didn't any mo' gas.
I had a co named proforma. A customer pointed out what it meant in latin. Lawyer speak. Going through the motions for appearance sake. Good thing most people don't know latin.
Mac Shack = McDonalds
I think a cool name for a small amusement park would be "Dizzy Land"
or "Dizzy World"
"Dizzy Land"
or "Dizzy World"
You'd probably get sued by Mickey!
Doug
longtime local tow truck company has on the back of its trucks "support your local hooker"
Had a friend named Merkel that operated a towing service. His longtime lady always teased that she wanted to have the following in the phone book ad:
"Need a jerk - call Merk!"
She was, of course, kidding!
A company in Sacramento is called Heller Highwater Const. I'm guessing the guys name is Heller?
I have a bud whose last name is Oatley. His biz is mulch and stone delivery, w/ some light excavation. " Haulin Oatley"
He talked for years about getting into water softeners. That was going to be "H2 Oatley"
My fave-- "Dunaready Roofing", from "Clerks"
Best logo--
Sam Harb Plumbing in Burlington,
It was a toilet with a phone attached to an arm coming out of it.
If you are ever in Burlington Ontario the family has a restaurant called "Sammy's Donairs"... worth the visit. The spicy version will take the skin off your lips--they always ask me "Are you sure?"
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O.K. I'm inspired. How about I'll call my renovation company:
SHACK ATTACK
been thinking about green hammer,,or house doctor,, or dave vasey renovations.
<or dave vasey renovations.>
Vasey-Tech EconomyWhere You Are Our most Impotent Customer
Sorry - couldn't resist.
Forrest
Or "Guns-N-Hoses" :o)
We had a whole list of pseudonyms for a company I once worked for:Close Enough Construction - "Cut it short, caullk it to fit, paint it to match."
Bassackwards Builders - "We do it nice, 'cause we do twice."
Cart Before the Horse Construction
Clusterf%#$ Construction
SNAFU Inc.
Swine Builders - "Putting jewelry on pigs."
Professional Turd Polishers - "Making huge dumps look a little less crappy."
Nail 'em and Hose 'em RemodelingFeel free to use any of these. I have no proprietary rights to them.
Just saw a business called "Tire and Exhaust." I thought of a nice slogan for them:"Get tired and exhausted with us."
I love slogans, even if they're not real. Sometimes especially so. "My mother-in-law puts the mother in smother." The Daily Show on Comedy Central had one a few years back, "When news breaks, we fix it." I'm laughing right now at the dumpster slogans just mentioned. I don't know which one is dirtier.
The NY carpenter's local of which I was a member had the unofficial motto: "Anything we phuck up, we could fix."
<"Anything we phuck up, we could fix.">
As in we could, but we probably won't?
That's it. Said with a Brooklyn shrug, "Hey, anyting we phugup, we could fix." Like, you should have confidence in us.
Except that my local was up in the country so when we said that, we were mocking our city brothers and their attitude.
This one has been going around the 'net lately.
Furniture company called "Sofa King". Their slogan: something like "Our prices of Sofa King low"".
With that in mind, write this down and have your spouse read it out loud:
I am we Todd did
I am sofa king we Todd did.
"Holmes on Homes"
Not a business name per se but a TV show on HGTV in Canada. Mike Holmes is a contractor that fixes other contractor's sloppy work.
" Ben , Dover, and Shovitt MD...The house doctors"
"You rectum, we fix 'em"
Got giggling with an old carp buddy after too many beers one night, came up with that name/ slogan.
You may use it, you have my permission. :)
Got a body shop around me called "Collision Revision". Thought that was pretty good.
There is a state park near here called "Big Bone Lick" A co-worker's relative owned a motorcycle shop near there. They sold a lot of T-shirts "Big Bone Lick Harley Davidson," oddly enough. It is just down the road from Beaverlick.http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/recparks/bb/
There is a company out here on Long Island that specializes in dog waste removal (PC term for picking up 5h1t!). Their name is Poop B Gone. Their slogan is even better, "We are #1 at picking up #2!It's for real no 5h1t
http://www.poopbgone.com
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Wichita, Kansas.I'm not afraid of work - I can walk right up to it and take a nap
I saw a guy wearing a T -Shirt that said Bada Bing Kitty Bar
Ran into some guys last week with a business called......Gutt'r Done.I spent all day cutting miters...could be called "Cutting Corners Carpentry".
that's a good one !
There is a business here called "Junk Boys" They have a trash hauling service..I'm not afraid of work - I can walk right up to it and take a nap
In Maine there is a co. with the slogan: If you gutter have gutter, we gutter!.
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???
That's even better than "Gutt'r Done"! LOL
Tow companies in town.Tow JamandPinky Tow (with Pink cabs of course).TFB (Bill)
Today I drove down the street and there was a crew working on the road On the side of some of the equipment was the company name "Crapco"I thought to myself "that's an unusual business name"I got closer and saw the name was "Crabco" and I thought "wow I think I would come up with a different name".+++Spring Break = Summer Broke
Always liked "Clear View Glass company"!
My 2nd would be a Cassion company called, "Your Hole is My Goal"!