[evilotto]

This happens with physical addresses too, for similar reasons. The ABC (Alcoholic Beverages Commision) tracks complaints against physical addresses, and too many violations will get an address banned from permits. Then a new owner comes in with a new business and gets mysteriously denied for a liquor license, even years later.

[AStonesThrow]

It is customary to revoke the right of a business to name itself if there were too many violations.

If you've ever gone to a nightclub or bar which has no name, only its street address number, that's what has happened there.

[kortilla]

How can a business function without a name? So much tax paperwork requires a name. Is it just a sole proprietor that files everything under the owners name?

[AStonesThrow]

It has a name, but that name cannot be different from the address, like "The 1415 Club" on 1415 Main St.

[rvba]

Sounds like a very stupid custom