| 100% | ALDO | 4 | Shoe-store chain named after its founder |
| 76% | ARBYS | 5 | Restaurant chain named after its founders, the Raffel brothers |
| 66% | ARBYS | 5 | Chain named phonetically after its founders |
| 64% | IKEA | 4 | Store chain whose name partly comes from the initials of its founder, Ingvar Kamprad |
| 61% | KBTOYS | 6 | Chain of children's stores founded by the Kaufman brothers (hence its name) |
| 61% | DELL | 4 | PC maker named after its founder Michael |
| 61% | SANTANA | 7 | Rock band named after its founding guitarist |
| 60% | QUAKER | 6 | __ City, Philly named after its founder's religion |
| 50% | ARBYS | 5 | Fast-food chain named for its founders, the Raffel Brothers |
| 50% | BOSE | 4 | High end audio co., started in 1964 and named after Amar, its founder |
| 49% | PHNOMPENH | 9 | Asian capital named after the woman who supposedly founded it in the fourteenth century |
| 49% | DSW | 3 | Shoe store chain |
| 49% | ACE | 3 | Hardware store chain that took its name from fighter pilots |
| 47% | PAYLESS | 7 | Discount shoe store chain |
| 47% | DSW | 3 | Popular shoe store chain |
| 46% | AMANA | 5 | Company named after its hometown |
| 46% | SILVER | 6 | Argentina was named after it |
| 46% | ALDO | 4 | Shoe store name |
| 45% | SHRAPNEL | 8 | Ammo named after its English inventor |
| 45% | OLLIE | 5 | Skateboard trick named after its originator |
| 45% | GAMBIA | 6 | African country named after its river |
| 45% | MOES | 4 | TV tavern named after its proprietor |
| 45% | CHAD | 4 | Country named after its namesake lake |
| 45% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich named after its layers: Abbr. |
| 45% | PENN | 4 | William —, Quaker writer who founded a NE American state, after whose father it is named |
| 44% | DINER | 5 | Humble eatery, often named after its owner |
| 44% | GRAFFPINK | 9 | Rosy diamond named after its merchant buyer |
| 44% | ORIOLES | 7 | Team named after its official state bird |
| 44% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Rigid airship named after its German inventor |
| 44% | HAUSSMANN | 9 | Boulevard __, Paris road named after its architect |