How to name your textile business
Hey, I’m Ashley (Branding Expert) and I’m going to guide you through our four steps to name your textile business. Below you’ll find twenty example names I created in this process and next, I’ll show you how you can create your own. To get started, try our textile business name generator above and then scroll below to find the first step in the naming process.
- Magic Material
- Apparelly
- Sew Pretty
- Wholesale Threads
- Materialistic
- Magic Material
- In Stitches
- Family Fabrics
- Cover Me
- Stitched & Delivered
- Eclectic Prints
- Patterend Prints
- Tales of Toile
- 4 Season Textiles
- Freestyle Material
- Fine Weaves
- Curtain, Capes, & Custom Pieces
- Queen of Canvas
- Cotton Connection
- Mad About Plaid
Four steps to naming your textile business
This four-step process will help you name your textile business. In this example, I am creating a textile business name that illustrates quality as well as creativity. Here’s each step I took in crafting these business names.
#1) Brainstorm your name ideas
Brainstorming on the words to use to qualify your business is quite essential because this is the first representative of your business. I used words like stitches and cotton which are important factors also indicating the texture and the manufacturing process of a textile company. Your goal here is to create a list of words or names that come to mind when thinking about your business.
If you’re stuck on words to use, try our business name generator.
Here are my name ideas after brainstorming:
- Magic Material
- Apparelly
- Sew Pretty
- Wholesale Threads
- Materialistic
- Magic Material
- In Stitches
- Family Fabrics
- Cover Me
- Stitched & Delivered
- Eclectic Prints
- Patterend Prints
- Tales of Toile
- 4 Season Textiles
- Freestyle Material
- Fine Weaves
- Curtain, Capes, & Custom Pieces
- Queen of Canvas
- Cotton Connection
- Mad About Plaid
#2) Shortlist your ideas
Once you’ve developed a list of possible names, do an analysis of your ideas. Remove any names that could be hard to remember, spell or speak aloud. Keep names that are brandable, sound great, are memorable, and communicate your brand values, product, or service to your target audience.
Here’s a quick checklist you can run your ideas through to help shorten your list of names:
- Is the name simple and easy to remember?
- Is the name easy to read and say aloud?
- Is the name different from competitors?
- Does the name convey a relevant meaning?
- Does the name avoid overused words or cliches?
My Shortlist:
- Wholesale Threads
- Fine Weaves
- Family Fabrics
- Magic Material
Removed Ideas:
- Apparelly
- Sew Pretty
- Materialistic
- Magic Material
- In Stitches
- Cover Me
- Stitched & Delivered
- Eclectic Prints
- Patterend Prints
- Tales of Toile
- 4 Season Textiles
- Freestyle Material
- Curtain, Capes, & Custom Pieces
- Queen of Canvas
- Cotton Connection
- Mad About Plaid
#3) Get some feedback
You’ll now have a list of 3-6 great textile business names and you can start to ask potential customers or people working in the industry for feedback (your target audience). Avoid feedback from family and friends, are more likely to praise all your ideas and they aren’t your customer.
Be sure to ask questions like:
- What first comes to mind when you first hear the name?
- How would you spell it?
With your customer feedback, you can now ask yourself is the name still relevant? and did it represent your business how you intended?
My customer feedback:
Wholesale Threads
This indicates a company dealing in wholesale production using threads.
Fine Weaves
Finely weaved apparels are an alluring sight to fashion lovers.
Family Fabrics
This name conveys the idea of family-made apparel or one suited to families.
Magic Material
This is a name that conveys a fun store that provides elegant textiles.
#4) Check It’s available
At this point, it’s good to have at least three great textile business names on your list, in case any of your names are already taken. You can do a quick Business Name Search online to find out if your name is available within your country/state, also be sure to search if the name is also available for Trademark and Domain name Registration.
Competitor Name Analysis
To help you brainstorm potential business names, let’s take a look at three successful textile businesses and break down why and how they’ve chosen to name their business and why it works for them.
Admiral Sportswear, admiral, qualifies strength and quality which are vital traits for a textile company producing sportswear, the name talks about top-notch quality without using the exact words.
Bruno Banani, is a name that is rhythmic as well as catchy, and it is also the owner’s name that allows people to relate to it and have a personal reaction to their products.
World Linen & Textile Company, is a name that appeals to customers who value exotic or high-quality textiles. It gives the impression that this company sources exclusive linens from across the globe.
5 Tips for naming your textile business
The ideal business name should be simple, memorable, and convey a meaning all at the same time. Here are my 5 tips to keep in mind when developing your business names.
1. Do a Competitor Analysis
Doing a competitor analysis as your first step will save you a lot of time in the future, knowing what names to avoid and understanding why and how your competitor’s business name words for them will help you in forming your own business names. When analyzing competitors think about:
- What business or product values are they conveying in their business name? How does that work for them?
- Is there a trend in how these businesses are naming themselves? It’s best to avoid sounding like “just another one of those businesses”.
- Who does it best? Why does it work and how can I produce a better name?
2. Focus on Naming your Business not Describing it.
A typical pitfall most businesses run into is describing their business name too literally, using overused textile terms like Fabric, Linen, and stylish. A more effective business name should convey to customers your businesses and product values at a deeper level. Try to name your business in a way that has a story behind it.
Let’s take for example a real textile business named “Airness”.
Literally, this gives off the impression of fine quality and stylish demure without using the common words.
3. How to make a more memorable name
Creating a memorable business name is the first step in getting into a customer’s mind and is also a task that’s easier said than done. Your business name should aim to stop a customer in their tracks and give extra thought to your product among your wave of competitors. Some tips to create a memorable name would be:
- Use rhythmic pronunciation or alliteration (Textile Traders, Traditional Textiles)
- Try using a word that wouldn’t be relevant when out of context (Ace Textiles, an ace is a word used mostly in card games, but here it is used to mean top quality and standard product)
- Keep it short and simple.
4. Try purchasing a Brandable business name
Brandable business names are names that are non-sensical but read and are pronounced well. They often use letter patterns of Vowel/Consonant/Vowel as these word structures are typically short, catchy, and easy to say and remember. For example, some brandable textile business names could be:
- Lullington
- Duveteux
- SpurnSuite
You can find a full list of Brandable business names at Domainify.com
5. Avoid combining words just to create a unique name.
Another mistake business owners typically make is creating bad word combinations when they find out that their business name idea is already taken. For example, changing Textile Traders to TexTra is very tacky and unproductive.
You can see how these ideas are a step backward as they are not catchy, easily pronounceable, or memorable. In these situations, we suggest starting from scratch and trying the tips we mentioned previously.
Business Name Ideas
Here’s the ultimate list of related words you could use in your business name. Below is a list of trending, descriptive, and action words that are often related to.
Trending Words
Here are the top trending words used in textile company names.
- art
- manufacturing
- material
- fabric
- machinery
- shop
- design
- words
- drapery
- curtain
- Indian
- upholstery
- wholesale
- for sale
- toile
- dress
- plaid
- gingham
- outdoor
- striped
- flannel
- garment
- industry
- manufacturer
- company
- cotton
- new
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Words textile often describes
(“textile ______”)
You can use these words to create Textile business names like ‘The Textile Mill’ and ‘Textile Designs’.
- industry
- mill
- factories
- workers
- mills
- industries
- apparel
- factory
- fabrics
- materials
- printing
- making
- machinery
- worker
- manufacturing
- production
- clothing
- goods
- fibers
- products
- plants
- manufacture
- manufacturers
- institute
- world
- exports
- fibres
- trades
- towns
- yarn
- manufacturer
- trade
- imports
- weaving
- works
- makers
- design
- international
- processing
- firms
- block
- applications
- fabric
- traditions
- france
- acts
- educator
- merchandise
- business
- center
- sector
- finishing
- milling
- adhesion
- companies
- month
- artist
- okinawa
- establishments
- output
- chain
- sectors
- arts
- craft
- chart
- chemistry
- glossary
- engineering
- mixing
- experiments
- guide
- council
- softening
- resins
- workrooms
- articles
- technology
- dying
- impressions
- exporting
- reinforced
- occupations
- impressed
- sizing
- designer
- finish
- wastes
- divisions
How Textiles are often described
(“______ textiles”)
Example textile company names using these related descriptive words ‘The Imported Textile Company’ and ‘Fine Textiles Co.’.
- large
- important
- synthetic
- fine
- Indian
- small
- Japanese
- traditional
- domestic
- local
- finished
- major
- Chinese
- American
- particular
- printed
- woven
- Peruvian
- coarse
- modern
- coptic
- British
- century
- Mexican
- agricultural
- european
- conus
- global
- mineralised
- dyed
- largest
- heavy
- southern
- ancient
- intensive
- non
- german
- embroidered
- italian
- industrial
- made
- plain
- twined
- patterned
- technical
- French
- beautiful
- principal
- famous
- African
- thin
- soft
- Canadian
- numerous
- older
- Korean
- west
- scale
- Swedish
- automotive
- rich
- coated
- navajo
- historic
- Egyptian
- flat
- cheap
- chief
Textile Adjectives
You can use an adjective in your business name to create a business name like ‘Traditional Textiles‘ or ‘Printed Textiles‘.
- Allied
- ceramic
- Chinese
- domestic
- fibrous
- fine
- finished
- Indian
- Japanese
- light
- made-up
- metallurgical
- peruvian
- Pharmaceutical
- printed
- processing
- related
- spinning
- synthetic
- traditional
Textile Verbs
You can use a verb in your textile business name to create business names like ‘Imported Textiles‘ or ‘Designing with Textiles‘.
- concentrated
- covered
- decorated
- designing
- dyeing
- employed
- finds
- finishing
- imported
- industry
- manufactured
- manufactures
- painted
- producing
- reinforced
- remains
- covering
- wearing
- woven
- wrapped
Combine Words
We’ve taken words from above and from our generator results and combined the words to create new textile company names.
- dextiles (design + textiles)
- textilegn (textiles + design)
- materian (material + design)
- artxtile (art + textile)
- mshop (material + shop)
- garmele (garment + textile)
- fxtile (fabric + textile)
- fabshop (fabric + shop)
Textiles in Foreign Languages
Consider using foreign words in your business name to give the impression of an international or exotic brand.
Latin: noun (textilia).
Danish: noun (tekstiler).
Italian: noun (tessile).
Malagasy: noun (lamba).
