Top Naming Agencies

Catchword is a trusted leader in naming and branding that’s been creating impactful identities for clients worldwide since 1998. From offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York, Catchword helps clients express who, what, and why they are. Industry-leading brands such as TikTok, Intel, Allergan, Boston Scientific, Starbucks, HBO, and VW turn to Catchword for creativity, strategic insight, and expert guidance. From quick-turnaround startup projects to retainers with Fortune 500s, Catchword helps clients develop a timeless brand that resonates with target audiences.

The agency has received more awards for naming work than any other agency, including Top Honors at the London International Awards and multiple awards from Transform Magazine, Hermes Creative, MarCom, and MUSE.

WANT Branding boasts an impressive list of key clients including ION. So it’s no wonder that this New York City-based firm has achieved widespread success in a wide range of industries for their targeted branding work.

One example of their web development success comes from Kork, who found themselves in need of brand development. WANT Branding helped them revitalize their existing branding strategy to stand out in a crowded market and leave a powerful impression on more customers than ever before.

River + Wolf is a top-rated brand naming based in New York City with clients around the globe. The agency creates powerful product names, company names, and service names, along with brand stories and messaging. River + Wolf works in all industries and with all sizes of companies, from solopreneurs to Fortune 500s.  

Given their consistently high customer feedback, media coverage, and international reach, Clutch—the leading provider of unbiased ratings and reviews for marketing agencies—has ranked River + Wolf among global leaders of naming-service providers.

With an impressive list of clients and feedback that speaks to their consistent quality, Igor Naming Agency brings brands to the next level with brand identity and naming services. Focused on providing high-end brand identity that meets key marketing goals, this U.S.-based firm offers an emphasis on helping brands drive change through world-class work.

One example of Igor Naming Agency’s experience is their work for ecommerce companies looking to identify the unique elements their brand through naming services and brand identity. Igor Naming Agency helps them target their audience of customers with capabilities that rival many much larger enterprises. This results in brand identity that sets them apart from the competition. 

Tech Start-Ups, Fortune 500 Companies, and everything in between – Tungsten Branding provides creative brand naming & branding solutions. They specialize in creating brand identities for brands that have outgrown their old identity but don't want to lose the knowledge they've gained while using their current name.

Tungsten helped rename a company by helping them come up with a new brand identity. They then designed a logo that would go along with this new branding. Tungsten was instrumental in helping their client find a unique name for its site, which helped the client establish their online presence and the URL they needed. Tungsten was extremely communicative during the entire process, and they met every deadline. Their tools made the whole process very easy, and the work quality was excellent.

Wonsupona is a strategic brand naming and storytelling consultancy. They help brands of all shapes and sizes inspire and engage with their audiences.

They collaborated with Ricola leadership to develop their new brand positioning, “Inspiring Serenity,” which helps transform the brand from providing “sick care” to everyday wellness care – a fundamental shift.
 

A creative branding company based in Atlanta, Matchstic has been helping organizations like Chick-fil-A and Coca-Cola utilize modern strategies. With years of experience in tailoring comprehensive branding, their team delivers solutions that highlight clients’ identities and value propositions.

Big Nerd Ranch entrusted Matchstic in their brand refresh to weave their experiences and solidify their mission into their identity. Through an exhaustive mix-and-match of legacy elements and novel ideas, Matchstic successfully facilitated an enlivened rebranding for the client.
 

Branding firm Skriptor Zigila was established in 2017. The small Stockholm, Sweden-based team focuses on branding.

NameStormers creates catchy, effective, and easy to remember product, service, or company names for clients like Aetna, Allstate, and IBM. They offer brand name strategy, tactical name research, implementation, and testing services.

Circuit City, a used car retailer wanted an easy to understand, automotive relate NameStormers presented a variety of names and Circuit City selected the short, easy to spell name, Carmax. The “car” prefix directly related to the automotive business and the “max” suffix suggested the maximum value in a used car. Carmax stores are now a common sight across the country.

What do several enterprise clients all have in common? They’ve all turned to MBLM for logo design expertise. This New York-based agency has already made major waves with work for enterprise clients and startups alike.

When their client launched a platform targeting their unique users, MBLM analyzed the entirety of their approach to create key features and design a strategy that would bring together all elements of the client’s brand. The result was a huge success, and continues to drive progress for the brand today.

SOLV. Is a PPC agency established in 2018. The agency offers pay per click, branding, social media marketing, digital strategy, and more.

With a passion for both strategy and design, League / Design Agency has provided UX and UI design work for clients around the globe. Based in Kyiv, League / Design Agency brings a long history of success to each project they complete.

When their client was just a new brand looking to make an impact, League / Design Agency crafted the entirety of their experience in this distinct area. The result was a splashy entrance into the market orchestrated by League / Design Agency designers and strategists.

The Branx is a branding studio boutique based in Spain and was founded in 2019. They have about 10 employees that specialize in branding, web design, and UX/UI design for small to mid-size businesses focusing on IT, e-commerce, and consumer products & services industries.

Co-Pilot the Travel Brand hired The Branx to provide branding services for their travel supplement company. They designed the product's tin and bandana packaging with a little input from the client. The Branx's designs received positive feedback from the client's target market and they provided high-level customer service through outstanding project management, responsive communication, and an accommodating approach. The client also feels like the team wanted them to succeed, unlike other agencies who only want them on their portfolios.

LoveGunn is a branding company. The London, United Kingdom-based firm was established in 2017. The small team offers branding, ux/ui design, graphic design, packaging design, and more.

They’ve done work for major brands like OnStar as clients, but Lexicon Branding is a brand development agency that hasn’t lost sight of the fire and hunger for greatness that launched them. This California-based firm helps organizations around the world focus their branding strategy to increase sales and consistently beat their competition.

If you want to see how Lexicon Branding helps brands communicate with their audiences in a unique and crowded space, look no further than their work for Pentium. Lexicon Branding helped them define a strategy for their specific audience to improve their local and online reach.

Established in 2018, Workshop Built, a small branding agency, is located in Carlsbad, California and Santander, Spain. Their team provides branding, web design, and packaging design.

Valiant Design is a branding firm. They were launched in 2010 and provide branding, web development, and packaging design.

Traina is a branding company in San Diego, California. They specialize in branding, web design, and event marketing & planning and were launched in 2005.