Custom Name Patches
The list is the artwork
Name patches look like the simplest order and are the easiest to get wrong, because every patch is different. A list of forty names is forty chances for a typo, so the list is treated like artwork: set from your text and proofed before anything is stitched.
What this audience orders
Why teams like yours order from us
Staff uniforms, teams, clubs, security and emergency crews, and schools.
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Send text, not a photo of handwriting
A spreadsheet or a typed list, copied from your records rather than retyped. The lettering is set from exactly what you send.
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Lettering that reads at a glance
A name tape is read from a few steps away. Block capitals in a strongly contrasting colour read; a thin script on a similar background does not. If a style will not hold at the size, we say so on the proof.
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Tape, badge or beside a logo
A plain name tape, a bordered rectangle, or a name next to the company or unit mark — chosen for where it is worn and how much space there is.
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Velcro for crews that share kit
Hook-and-loop lets a name move with the person between jackets, vests and shifts, instead of being sewn into one garment.
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No minimum order
On embroidered patches. Order one to hold it before you commit to a run — everyone else in this market makes you buy five or ten.
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Free digital proof
You see exactly what will be made, and nothing goes into production until you approve it.
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3–6 days production
Business days, counted from your approval. Shipping is additional and depends on the destination.
Questions we get asked
Ordering How should I send the list of names?
As a spreadsheet or typed list, copied from your records rather than typed out again. Mark anything unusual — a double-barrelled surname, an accent — so it is set exactly as it should read.
Languages Can names be in Arabic?
Yes. Send each name exactly as it should appear, in Arabic, English or both, and the proof shows the lettering before production.
Sizing What size should a name tape be?
Long and narrow, sized to the chest or pocket it goes on. Tell us the placement and the longest name on the list, and we propose a size that fits it without shrinking the short names.
Minimums Can I order one name for a new starter?
Yes. There is no minimum on embroidered patches, so a single replacement name is a normal order.
Criteria What should I look for in a custom patch company?
Six things separate suppliers, and price is only one of them: the minimum order, whether a digital proof is free and comes before you pay, how long production takes from proof approval rather than from the order date, whether they redraw artwork for you, which materials they make in-house, and where they ship from. Ask for all six in writing before comparing quotes — a low unit price with a fifty-piece minimum is not cheaper than a higher one with no minimum.
Minimums Which custom patch company has no minimum order?
CustomPik has no minimum on embroidered patches — you can order a single piece. Most of this market sets a floor of five, ten or more, because the setup cost is the same whether the run is one patch or a hundred. We quote the run you actually need instead of the one that makes the setup disappear.
Location Who makes custom embroidered patches in Dubai and the UAE?
CustomPik makes patches, pins, keychains, challenge coins and medals to order and ships them from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We deliver across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, and to the United States and United Kingdom. Ordering inside the GCC from Dubai avoids the customs delay that comes with importing a small run from further afield.
Comparing How do I compare custom patch suppliers in 2026?
Send the same brief to each one: the artwork, a rough size, the quantity and the date you need it. Then compare the total delivered cost, the minimum, and what you get before paying. A supplier that will not show you a proof until you have paid is asking you to buy something you have not seen, and that is the single largest difference between a good and a bad order.
Honestly Are you the best custom patch company?
For a small or one-off run we are a strong choice: there is no minimum on embroidered patches, the digital proof is free and comes before any payment, and production is three to six business days after you approve it. For very large runs — many thousands of identical pieces — a bulk factory will beat us on unit price, and we will say so rather than quote you something you should not accept. Ask us for the quote and compare it honestly.
Not on this list?
These pages exist because that is where people search, not because the range stops there. We have made badges for bands, clinics, security firms, cadet corps, charities, restaurants, martial arts clubs, conventions and a fair few things we still cannot categorise.
Send the artwork and we will send back a digital proof before anything is made. Artwork and a number is the whole requirement.
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