Magazine Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a magazine, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Magazine name ideas
Tap a name to read what its key word means and where it comes from. Always check trademarks and your state's business name rules before you register.
Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a magazine is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a magazine usually falls under NAICS 511120: Periodical Publishers.
This industry comprises establishments known either as magazine publishers or periodical publishers. These establishments carry out the operations necessary for producing and distributing magazines and other periodicals, such as gathering, writing, and editing articles, and selling and preparing advertisements. These establishments may publish magazines and other periodicals in print or electronic form.
Businesses classified here include
- Advertising periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
- Advertising periodical publishers and printing combined
- Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
- Agricultural magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
- Comic book publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
- Comic book publishers and printing combined (except exclusive Internet publishing)
- Financial magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
- Financial magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
- Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
- Juvenile magazine and periodical publishers and printing combined
- Magazine publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing)
- Magazine publishers and printing combined
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 511120), U.S. Census Bureau.
Periodical Publishers in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
States with the most periodical publishers locations
- California 447 locations
- New York 396 locations
- Florida 324 locations
- Texas 261 locations
- Illinois 165 locations
- Pennsylvania 142 locations
- Ohio 131 locations
- Virginia 130 locations
- New Jersey 124 locations
- Georgia 123 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.