How to choose landscape business names

Important points when choosing landscape business names

Setting up a business can be daunting. With the right approach, however, you’ll soon be winning new customers and making more profits.

One of the first things to do when starting a landscaping business it to decide on a name. You’ll need it for registering with HMRC.

Simple, you may think!

However, choosing the right name can be harder than it looks.

Here are some important points to consider when looking for landscape business name ideas.

What is the main selling point of your business?

The first thing to know when naming your landscape business is that your name should always relate in some way to the services you intend to provide.

Think about your main selling points and how these services can be incorporated into your landscape business name. Your offering may be in landscaping, but it can also serve as inspiration.

• Paving
• Fencing
• Planting
• Remodelling
• Patios
• Groundwork

You should also try to avoid a name that is unrelated to your new landscaping business. For example, if you don’t cover elements of gardening such as potting or watering, then don’t settle on a name with these words.

Are you planning to grow your business?

If you’re setting up as a sole trader and intend to stay as one, then you may not be as interested about growing your landscaping business.

If, however, you want to grow to support becoming a limited company, then your name should not restrict your business’ growth potential.

For example, if you’re planning to reach a wider audience, then using locations in your name may not work.

Do you want to expand your services in the future?

In the same way that focusing your business name on one location can limit future growth, using your current services in your business name can have the same effect if you plan to expand.

For example, if you focus your landscape business name on domestic gardening, it’ll be more difficult to expand your services into the commercial sector at a future date.

Do you want a big online presence?

Today, all successful business have some sort of online presence. This is an important consideration when naming your business.

Choosing an SEO friendly business name will ensure that your company gets found in online searches.

Be sure to do some research before you start to ensure that you choose the best possible name.

Complex vs simple landscape business names

When it comes to naming your business, simple always wins over complex business names.

Simple names that are easy to pronounce are far more memorable than complex ones.

Avoid complex industry-specific words and choose a name that is easy to spell. That way you’ll avoid it getting lost in online searches.

Professional landscape business names

Many landscape business owners opt for a professional sounding business name. Doing this can set you apart from competitors and can help build consumer trust.

Here are some ideas for professional business names for your landscape company.

1. The Lawn Experts
2. Green Grass Mowers
3. Lawns, Borders, and Hedging
4. Beautiful Gardens and Patios
5. The Landscaping Company
6. Weed Removal and Gardening Solutions
7. Trees, Hedges, and General Gardening Services
8. All Seasons Landscaping
9. The Patio Specialists
10. Grounds and Garden Management

These are just for guidance, but hopefully can start sprouting some inspiration for your new business venture.

Amusing landscape business names

If you think that professional landscape names aren’t for you, opting for a more amusing business name can often be more memorable for your customers.

Using puns and humour in your business name can help to relate to your customers and win more business.

1. Down to Earth Landscaping
2. Mow-tivation Gardening Services
3. Blooming Beautiful Landscape Solutions
4. Don’t Hedge Your Bets!
5. Doctor Green Thumb
6. The Weed Warrior
7. The Perennial Patio Company
8. Luscious Landscapes
9. Strim My Lawn
10. The Great Outdoors

Something to bear in mind is that using tricks such as alliteration, jokes and references may bring a chuckle from prospective customers, but it won’t guarantee they won’t choose you.

Done well and your business may end up going viral. But use humour badly, and it could really end up backfiring.

Personalised landscape business names

When you want to really focus on your local area, a personalised landscape name could be the way forward for you.

Choose between your surname or location to focus your landscape business in your locality.

1. [Surname’s] Professional Landscaping
2. [Surname’s] Gardening Services
3. [Surname’s] Landscape Solutions
4. [Surname’s] Gardens and Groundwork
5. [Surname’s] Commercial Landscapes
6. [Location] Landscapes
7. [Location] Home Garden Experts
8. [Location] Landscapes and Lawns
9. [Location] Bespoke Gardening
10. [Location] Landscaping Company

Catchy landscape business names like these will help you appeal to a more local audience. They show off a commitment to a local area, or a family business aspect.

These can be really helpful when just starting out, but may not work as well if you later choose to expand.

Join Checkatrade to boost your landscape business’ name

Hopefully, you’ve now got a few ideas for your own landscape business. Once you’ve chosen a business name, you’ll want to get that name known to as many customers as possible.

Before you start trying to reach out, however, make sure that it’s not already being used by another company in your local area. You can do this via the UK Government’s business name availability checking tool.

If you’ve got a new name and new business, the next step is to reach more people. And that’s where we come in!

In 2024, we saw over 475,000 job searches for landscaping work,* so there’s a vast amount of interest that you could be tapping into.

Benefits for Checkatrade members

Membership provides exclusive access to a wide range of discounts and benefits.

For example, once you’ve passed our checks, you’ll get a business profile where you can promote your services and get customers to leave you reviews.

Beyond that there’s other reasons to consider coming on board:

• Savings on public liability insurance
• Exclusive offers and discounts
• Guarantees on your work up to £1,000 (T&Cs apply)
• Dedicated trades app – for job management, updating profile and quoting/invoicing

Contact the Checkatrade team today to finds out more about becoming a member, what the process involves and what benefits you’ll receive.

You can also read more about starting a landscape business and growing your landscape business with help from Checkatrade.

* Internal search data from users of the Checkatrade.com website in 2024