What was Domino's Pizza called from 1960 to 1965?

From 1960 to 1965, the business that became Domino’s Pizza was called DomiNick’s Pizza.

Tom Monaghan and his brother James bought a pizza store named DomiNick’s in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1960. The shop was near Eastern Michigan University and was part of a small local chain owned by Dominick DeVarti. The brothers borrowed money for the purchase, but James left the partnership the following year, trading his share to Tom for the Volkswagen Beetle used for deliveries.

By 1965, Monaghan had acquired two more stores and wanted one name for all three locations. The original owner would not let him continue using DomiNick’s, so an employee suggested “Domino’s.” Monaghan adopted it, and the company was officially renamed Domino’s Pizza, Inc. that year.

The company’s original three-dot logo referred to those three stores in 1965. Monaghan reportedly intended to add a dot for every new location, but Domino’s expanded too rapidly for that plan to continue. The name change therefore marked the beginning of the modern chain’s identity, not its founding year.