How about some fun with naming of industries?

Ok....more Michigan madness

A "gentleman's club" here. Its real.. the sign reads Chix on Dix 

This isn't photo shop, its I-75.

I did jobs under the names "Blind Flash Fabrication"&"Blind Flash Welding".

Shultz Elephant Chow. Lucy's Bar, beer 5¢.

The sign at Shumeller's Seafood Buffet "All full".

How about "Hit-&-Miss" Track Ballast Company.

I have one that I usually include on my US themed layouts.

Field & Marshal Electrics. It's an appliance manufacturer.

The "fun" is twofold

One, Field is a direct translation to English of my last name Fält.

Two, in most of the world, Field Marshal is the highest military ranking. But not in the US where General is highest. Compare with the "other" appliance manufacturer General Electric. So Field & Marshal "A little bit better"

Have you considered the Chicago department store, Marshall Fields? Just a thought.

I like to name businesses after friends and relatives. I also name some after the real thing.

Here is a Woolworth's, a Western Auto and a Rexall drug store

 Richard - I love the looks of this block.  All these stores are ones we all recognize and make for a great scene.

Art

We had a radiator repair shop in Livonia that advertised "The best place in town to take a leak", right on their van.

Don't have a layout yet, but when I do it will have a Dentist Office with the Dentist named  KEN B. PAYNEFULL and his assistants are named WILL HURT and MAJOR PAINE.

The firm of Mr. Kent and Mr. Hoyt decided to make soup. They named their product "Kent-Hoyt Old Fashioned Chicken Soup."  Their slogan on the sign above the factory says "It may not help, but it Kent-Hoyt."

Woodland Scenics' O scale building kit #95100 was a good sized choice for a spot on my layout.  Their name of the building kit, Heier Kite Co., is clever on its own.  However, I wanted a more unique name.

Not intended to be 'punny', but recalling a demonstration I saw when visiting Australia many years ago, I named the building "Schmiegel's Shur-Sharp Sheep Shears".  The advertisement on the end wall reads "For Sheep that are Regal, Shear with a Schmiegel!". 

On a more serious side, I will someday have a small meat locker (store) on my layout in memory of my Uncle Bruno and Aunt Claire of Lacrosse, WI.  When I was a kid, my summer visits to their business, Schlicht's Select Sausage, was a treat, a hoot, and a major dose of reality in seeing what hard work...and rewarding joy...a family business can bring. 

Besides, rapidly repeating the alliteration in the two names is especially fun...after a few suds!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Stinky Plumbing

"We're #1 when it comes to #2

Dr.john Checkeye

Optometrist

We also have a 4wd shop called Jeepers Creepers.

Tommy and Tammy Peepers, a "couple" of opthamologists

Clarence D Woods Stationary Supplies

Knee-high Shrubbery

Grizzly Bear Quarry

Copper Range Police Patrol

City Used Cars

Professor Michael Richard Duchus, Ornithologist (Not a quack)

Noah's Speed Dating.  "You Low? We Good! 

Don't miss our outdoor "Full-Moon" buffets [weather permitting] (Yue Lao, Wei Gu)

Okay I'm a little late to the party, but here's a couple of mine, including Who Lumber co. They have a billboard in town...I'll show you.

Here's a couple more...

We actually have a small, local BBQ chain in Maryland called Adam's Ribs - several locations throughout the state.

Some more...

When my layout is done, I will make these signs:

For my #97 coal loader:   Algore Coal Co.

For my #165 log loader: Hugatree Lumber Co.

We're working on signage for an office building in the seedy part of town.

• "The law firm of Reale Slyme and Sons -- Bending the Law 'til you get what you want"
• "The Investment Firm of Swindell, Goneph and Ladron -- If you still have money, we're not finished."