Online Store Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a online store, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Online Store 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 online store is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a online store usually falls under NAICS 454110: Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing all types of merchandise using nonstore means, such as catalogs, toll free telephone numbers, or electronic media, such as interactive television or the Internet. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in retailing from catalog showrooms of mail-order houses.
Businesses classified here include
- Auctions, Internet retail
- Audio and video content downloading retail sales sites
- Book clubs, not publishing, mail-order
- Business to Consumer retail sales Internet sites
- Catalog (i.e., order-taking) offices of mail-order houses
- Collectors' items, mail-order houses
- Computer software, mail-order houses
- Direct mailers (i.e., selling own merchandise)
- Electronic auctions, retail
- E-tailers
- Institutional pharmacies, off-site, exclusively on Internet
- Institutional pharmacies, off-site, mail-order
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 454110), U.S. Census Bureau.
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 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 electronic shopping and mail-order houses locations
- California 9,522 locations
- Florida 5,879 locations
- New York 4,523 locations
- Texas 4,054 locations
- New Jersey 1,770 locations
- Georgia 1,766 locations
- Illinois 1,686 locations
- North Carolina 1,600 locations
- Pennsylvania 1,595 locations
- Washington 1,431 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.