Salon Bar Name Ideas

How to Name Your Beauty Salon

The name you choose for your salon business is one of the most important decisions you will make as a new entrepreneur. It’s because names have power and communicate your companies services and values. 

Powerful names can greatly impact your business perception in customers’ minds.  Here I will help you come up with a catchy business name to attract customers to build your business in three easy steps.  

Come let’s get busy naming your salon, nail manicure bar, mens barbershop or skin care spa …

Step 1 – Determine The Unique Branding Position of Your Salon 

Before you can come up with a catchy business name you need to get clear on your branding position. What types of salon services are you offering? Who are your target customers? What makes your salon special and different?  

A strong branding position will attract good customers to your establishment.  And will make your marketing planning much easier because you will know what your unique benefits are. Come along as we develop your salon brand in two easy steps. 

Your Salon Difference vs Competitors

What “position” do you want to claim a stake in your customer’s minds as opposed to your competitors? 

Is your salon MORE expert in hair color, trendier, cozier, more pampering, or has macho vibe?   

How You Want Customers to Identify Your Salon

What qualities do you want your customers to be reminded of when your salon comes to mind? Are you the best salon for keeping up with fashions in new hairstyles, or to help middle-aged women with hair loss and makeup techniques for aging skin, or a fun place for kids to get hair cuts?  

Example of Salon Branding Position:

A metropolitan hair salon located in the fashionable city center specializing in high-end salon services from innovative hair cuts to trending hair colors. In addition to services, they sell top quality hair products and tools available exclusively at their salon locations. 

Please take a moment to think through these important questions and answer them by drafting your unique branding position as shown in the example above. 

Trust me having this statement will greatly assist you in the next step to naming your salon business and brainstorming catchy names. 

Step 2 – Brainstorm Name Ideas for Your Salon 

Armed with your branding position statement (discussed above) you are now ready to come up with a list of good name ideas using my pro brainstorming techniques below. Use some or all of the methods and create a long list of possible name ideas for your business. 

To create your most unique salon name, brainstorming is the first order of business.  The best place to start is inside your ideal client’s mind. Who are your target customers for your salon’s services?  Are they millennials, teenagers, children and families, college students, young professionals, stylish middle-aged women, or men.

Once you have your perfect customer in mind, figuratively step into their shoes. This is important because you want to evaluate your name options through the lens of their outlook for the best results.  Don’t fall into the trap of naive business owners who judge their salon names using their own taste. You want to appeal to your customers, not to yourself

Begin your brainstorming with listing words about your services such as cut, style, blow-dry, perm, color, etc. Include adjectives that you want to use to describe your beauty approach glamorous, chic, natural, etc.  

Play around with rhyming names or with words that all have the same starting letters such as cut-color-comb or style-shine-soft or nails-nibs-nice. These types of phrases are unique and easy to remember.

Then continue to the next step where we will review each of these naming ideas against the checklist below to determine which is the very best name for your new salon business. 

Check out my full list of 24 ways to brainstorm business name ideas here 

Review Business Name Lists

Read lists of business name ideas such as these below from my blog to get inspiration for your best company name:

Estheticians name ideas
Brow and lash extension name ideas
Nail salon name ideas

Combine Two Words for One Business Name

Blend personal names of two or more owners into an interesting compound business name. Learn the many ways to combine names for your business name in my article here. 

Name Your Company With Your Personal Name  

Some business owners elect to use their own personal name as their salon name. Generally, I do not recommend naming your business after yourself – except in a few instances – read more in my article about naming a business after yourself here

FYI: Avoid using business owner initials as a business name. Some new entrepreneurs decide to use their initials as their company name. This is not a good idea, because names such as The LMI salon (Linda, Mary and Irene) is boring, easy to forget, hard to spell and pronounce.

Together we can do much better keep reading to come up with your best salon name. Keep reading

Use Acronyms to Come Up Company Name

An acronym is different from a name made up of owner initials because it creates a new word. 

Some examples; IBM is an initial name (for International Business Machines) which is spoken as each letter separately – I -B- M.

An example acronym name is LEGO (short for Leg Godt – danish for “play well”) and is pronounced as one word.

Use this online tool to brainstorm some creative acronym business names.

Experiment with Wordplay and Funny Puns

Puns are jokes that exploit the different possible meanings of words – a play on words. They can make funny and catchy business names.

Some examples of salon name puns;   Clip Art, Hair Play, Hair Pollution, and My Hair Lady!

Have fun and get business name inspiration with this free Pun Generator tool.

Try Rhymes for a Catchy Business Name

Using a rhyming name can make your brand more memorable such as StubHub and 7-Eleven. 

Business names that rhyme has a musical quality that helps them stand out in customers’ minds. I used this free online rhyme tool to come up with these names for salon companies:

Utilize Descriptive Word Phrases for Salon Names

Use keywords that describe your products and services and their benefits to create interesting and powerful salon company business names.

Begin with your business type -“salon”. Then create a list of related words such as; beauty parlor, atelier, beautician, stylist, barber, spa, boutique, beauty, glamour, lovely, charm, artist. 

Check out this free online related words tool

Combine these related words with other words such as; your location, name, or specialty salon service menu. 

Here are some salon-related example of names:

Nail Charm Artists
Glamour Colorists
Chop Boutique
Dallas Barber
Southern Spas

>>Check out my full list of 24 pro ways to brainstorm business name ideas here 

Step 3 – Select Your Best Salon Name Checklist  

By following my recommended steps above you will have come up with a long list of good salon names. Next comes, the critical phase of evaluating your salon name ideas and selecting your perfect name. 

Use my pro checklist below of important criteria to help you make the best choice.

Checklist to Choose Your Best Salon Name  – 9 Important Considerations

1. Communicates Your Product and Services – Is it relevant to your menu and offerings? Don’t be so clever that you confuse customers and they can’t figure out what you are selling.
   
   Good name for a salon = Hair Color Dimensions

Bad name for a salon  = Tonal Twists

2. Manageable to pronounce – Be sure that your name can be spoken (and understood) easily. You want lots of customer referrals so make it easy for word of mouth advertising. People will remember names that are easy to say and forget companies with complex or unpronounceable names.
   
   Good name for a salon = Beauty Snips Hair Cutters

Bad name for a salon  = Beaute Melange Emporium

3. Easy to spell – Aim for a name that is easy to spell so customers can easily find you in telephone directories and online search engines. Also, the best names are of a short to medium length so they are easier to write and type. 
   
   Good name for a salon = Bangs Salon
   Bad name for a salon  = Beautific Rootz Rendevous
4. Simple to remember – The easier it is for customers to remember your company names the more likely they are to refer you to their friends and family.
   
   Good name for a salon =  Brawn Salon for Men
   Bad name for a salon  = Hunky Hair Cutters for Gentlemen
5. Distinctive & Unique – Your best name choice is distinct and unlike your market competitors’ brand names to avoid customer confusion.  Unique names stand out positively.

6. Is Flexible and Expandable – Choose a name that is flexible enough to allow your business to grow and new products and services. Don’t limit yourself too much. Select a name that provides the ability to expand to other markets and locations also. 
7. Check for Rude or Negative Meanings – Take time to verify that what you think is funny your customers don’t view as rude! Plus research any negative meanings of the words you have in your company name. This is especially important if you serve foreign markets or ethnic customers. Speak to native speakers of their mother tongue to clear your name ideas. 

8. Search Domain Name Availability – Before you decide on your final salon company name check if the corresponding domain name URL is available.
   
   This secures your right to use your website. If your desired name is not available, don’t fret, here are my expert tips on how to find a matching domain name to your company name, even if your first choice is taken.
9. Check if Social Media Profiles are Taken – If your domain name is available, then go ahead and check if all the social media account profiles are available. Check all of the most popular social media sites’ user names availability with one click at Knowem here.

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