Last Updated on October 5, 2020
There are more than 156,000 limo services in the United States alone. So, it’s no surprise settling on a unique name when starting a limo company feels impossible.
Picking the right name gives potential customers an idea about the services your business provides, creates a good first impression, and helps you stand out from the competition.
Are all the good limo company names already taken? How do you come up with something fresh? And what about the legalities of using a name?
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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 across the board.
Let’s dive in!
Tips for Choosing the Perfect Limo Company Name
If you’re struggling to choose a company name for your limousine service, one of the best things to do is to just 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 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. Consider the Services You Plan to Offer
There are several types of limo company, so it’s essential to consider the services you plan to offer. Maybe you want to focus on weddings or executive transportation or winery tours. Perhaps you’re considering offering other specialty services.
Add the different types of services you want to offer to your brainstorming list.
Remember to avoid anything limiting your business’s future growth if you decide to go in another direction down the road.
2. Location-Specific Terms
Most limo companies 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 to different markets later.
3. Avoid Business Names That Are Hard to Pronounce, Hear, or Spell
Despite the technological advances of 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 and cool name for your limo 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.
4. Consider Alliterations and Rhyming Words
Alliterations and rhymes can be catchy names that are 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 L” to come up with a name like Luxury Limos or Legendary Limousine 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 during this stage. Just write them all down as some of the more interesting ones may spark better ideas later.
5. 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.
6. Imagery Words
Another consideration when brainstorming name ideas is whether there are industry-related words that could also lend themselves to also be used in a logo. For instance, a limo company could use an image of a fancy person in a suit or a limo and focus the name around the image.
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7. 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 plans to also 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.
8. Look at Names of Other Limo Services
Here is a list of existing limousine company names that may help give you some creative 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 is after the list of names!
- 2 Saints VIP Limousine
- 7 Stars Limo & Sedan Service
- 941 Luxury Limos
- A & E Limousine Service
- A Class Act Limousine
- A1 Elite Transportation
- ABC Limo
- Adam Limo Service
- Advanced 101 Limousine
- Affordable Luxury Limousines
- Airport Limo Line
- All Bay Area Limo
- All Out Limousine Service
- All Star Limousine
- Always Ready Limousine
- Ambassador Limousine
- Amber Limo Airport Service
- American Limo
- American Safari Limousine
- Angel’s Limo
- Arabian Knights Limo Service
- Around O’Clock Limo
- Atlanta South Limo
- Bay Area Express Limousine Service
- Beach Limousine
- Big Star Limo
- Black Bottle Limos
- Black Coach Limousine
- Black Diamond Limousine
- Black Velvet Coach & Limo Service
- Blue Diamond Limo Service
- Blue Tie Limousine
- Bluegrass Limousine
- Brooks Family Limo
- Buckhead VIP Limo
- Burr Ridge Limousine
- C & S Charter & Tours
- Cache Valley Limousine
- Cali Limo Transportation
- Calvin’s Private Limo Service
- Capital City Limousine
- Casanova Limousines Group
- Castle Limousine Service
- Chic Limousines
- City Limo
- City Limo San Francisco
- Classic Limousine Corp
- Classic Limousine Service
- Corporate Limousine Service
- Dave’s Limousine
- Debonair Limousine
- Del Mar Limousine
- Diamond Luxury Transportation
- Divine Chariots Limousines
- Doral Limo & Car Service
- Dreammaker Limousines
- Driven Luxury
- Emotion Limo
- Empire Boston Limousine
- Enterprise VIP Limo
- Excellence Limousine Service
- Executive Air Limousine
- Extreme Luxury Limo
- Fantasy Limo Shuttle & Tours
- Fastride Limo
- First Class Limo Service
- First Class Luxury Limousines
- Five Star Limousine
- Five Star Livery Service
- Fortune Limousine
- Four J’s Limousine
- Fredy’s Limo
- Friendly Limousine Service
- Gator One Limo
- Go Chauffeured Service
- Go Limo 24
- Golden Path Limo
- Grand Luxury Limousine
- Green Limo
- Gulf Shore Limo Service
- Hearts Limousine Service
- Hollywood Limousine
- Imperial Black Car Service
- Infinity Limousine Service
- Innovative Limousine Service
- Inspire Limo Service
- Integrity Coachlines
- Island Limousine
- Journey Limousine
- Key West Pirate Limousine
- Knightsbridge Limousine
- Lady Liberty Private Car
- Land Yacht Limousine
- Lavish Chauffauring Service
- Legacy Limo KC
- Legendary Limousine
- Limo & Wine
- Limo Affair
- Limo Connecticut
- Limo Life
- Limo Now
- Limos 4 Hire
- Limos R Us
- Limousine Airport Service
- Limousine Experience
- Lofty Limo
- Long Car Limousines
- Lux Black Limo Service
- Luxury Limousines By Lee
- Luxury Savannah Limo & Car Service
- M A Limousine & Transportation
- Magic Kingdom Limousine
- Majestic Limousine
- Major Limo
- Make A Wish Limousine
- Martins Sedan Service
- Metro City Limousine
- Metro Elite Limousine
- Modern Limousine
- Modern Suv Limousine
- Mr Limo
- My Favorite Driver
- My Private Limo
- Nika Limousine Service
- Orlando Luxe Limousine
- Paddington Limousine
- Palm Beach Premier Limo Service
- Platinum Limousine
- Preferred Limo
- Premier Luxury Rides
- Prestige Enterprises
- Prestige Limousine Service
- Prestige Transportation
- Punta Gorda Limo & Car Service
- Randy’s Luxury Limo’s
- Red Carpet Limos
- Regal Black Limousine
- Rich & Lucky Limousine Service
- Ride On Limo
- Roadrunner Limo
- Royal Limousine Of Miami
- Royal Rides
- Shiny Crystal Limo
- Shoreline Limousines
- Sierra Limousine Service
- Signature Limos
- Skyline Limousine
- Southern Comfort Limousine Service
- Space Coast Limo
- Speedy Black Car & Limo
- St Andrews Limousine
- Star Limousine
- Staylit Limo Service
- Stellar Class Limo
- Stretch Limousines
- Stretched Out Express
- Suburban Limousine & Shuttle
- Sunshine State Limos
- Super Limo
- Superior Limousine Service
- Surf City Limo
- Top Limo
- Tru Diamond Limousine Service
- Ultimate Transportation
- Upscale Executive Service
- VIP Limousine
- Willy’s Limousine Service
- Wish Limousine
- Worldwide Limousine Service
- Wright Executive Limousines
- Zane Limo Service
Checking the Availability of Your Top Considerations
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 each one.
Trademark Search
Trademarks are the most critical, so we’ll start here.
If a name or phrase is trademarked, you’re not allowed to use it in a similar capacity. So, run a trademark search for each business name you’re considering and cross off those that aren’t available.
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Local Search
Just because there isn’t a federal trademark on a name doesn’t mean the name you want is available. That’s because there is a trademark known as a common law trademark. A common law trademark isn’t filed anywhere but provides someone who is using that name in commerce some limited rights in their geographical area to use the name. It can be hard to define how far geographically these rights extend as each industry is different, but at a basic level, someone can’t open a business and name it the same or similar name as a competing business in town. If you think the name could potentially create confusion with customers, it is usually best to just find another one to use to avoid potential legal issues down the road.
To do a local search, open up the phone book (if you still have one), and do a Google search to see if there are any local competitors with a similar business name to the one you want to use.
Cross off any similar names from your list and take the rest and let’s keep checking.
State Entity Search (If Applicable)
If you plan to register your limousine business as a corporation or LLC, you have to register with a unique business name. Each state requires every corporation or LLC to register a unique name for their entity. This doesn’t necessarily protect your name from anyone else using it, but nobody can register a corporation or LLC under the same name in your state.
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If you find the name is in use, cross it off your list and move on.
Domain Name Availability
Website addresses aren’t as critical as the first three searches, but it’s still worth doing. Typically, you want your domain name to be “yourbusinessname.com” without any numbers, dashes, etc.
It’s easiest for customers to remember, but these are hard to come by.
However, you can explore other configurations and extensions if your preferred domain name isn’t available. Just remember your customers may have a more difficult time finding you online.
You can start with . Type in the domain name you want to use to see if it’s available. The tool also returns other possibilities you may want to consider.
Social Media Profiles
Next, especially if you are stuck between a couple of names, check and see if anyone is already using your potential limo company names on social media. Consider which platforms you plan to use and start with those.
Keep in mind you may have to shorten your company name for some platforms. Twitter only allows 15 characters, for example.
Start with your preferred platforms and do a quick search for your name. If nothing pops up, that likely means no one is using it, and you’re good to go.
Example: Someone is using startingyourbusiness on Instagram, so I would have to choose a different handle, making it more difficult for customers to find me.
Vanity Phone Number
An inexpensive way to make your business stick out and is easier for your customers to remember is to get a custom phone number with your business name. These are affordable too, with pricing typically around $10-$25 per month, depending on the level of features you need.
Companies like and let you type in words to quickly see if a local or toll-free number is available.
Hopefully, you now have a shortlist of limo company names. 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 your perfect limo company name!
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