Tailor Shop Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a tailor shop, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Tailor Shop name ideas
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a tailor shop is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a tailor shop usually falls under NAICS 811490: Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in repairing and servicing personal or household-type goods without retailing new personal or household-type goods (except home and garden equipment, appliances, furniture, and footwear and leather goods). Establishments in this industry repair items, such as garments; watches; jewelry; musical instruments; bicycles and motorcycles; and motorboats, canoes, sailboats, and other recreational boats.
Businesses classified here include
- Bicycle repair and maintenance shops without retailing new bicycles
- Boat, pleasure, repair and maintenance services without retailing new boats
- China repair services
- Clock repair shops without retailing new clocks
- Clothing repair shops, alterations only
- Cutlery (e.g., knives, scissors) sharpening, household-type
- Exercise and athletic equipment repair and maintenance services without retailing new exercise and athletic equipment
- Fur garment repair shops without retailing new fur garments
- Garment alteration and/or repair shops without retailing new garments
- Gun repair and maintenance shops without retailing new guns
- Gunsmith shops without retailing new guns
- Jewelry repair shops without retailing new jewelry
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 811490), U.S. Census Bureau.
Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance 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 other personal and household goods repair and maintenance locations
- Florida 1,792 locations
- California 999 locations
- Texas 663 locations
- New York 627 locations
- Michigan 538 locations
- North Carolina 361 locations
- Washington 361 locations
- Illinois 355 locations
- Virginia 349 locations
- Maryland 316 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.