When posting on popular social media platforms, emojis are a simple addition that can instantly emphasise emotion, make text stand out, and even help you build your brand personality.
But it’s hard to find suitable emojis for specific uses unless you know exactly what you want. For those that need a little inspiration, I’ve compiled a list of emojis commonly used by different business types. Using this list, along with our emoji tips for businesses, you’re all set for success!
Simply highlight the emoji you want to use and paste it into your social post. I recommend bookmarking this page for future reference. These emojis are unicode, meaning they’re globally recognized and work across all social media platforms and websites.
General Business Emojis
For financial businesses or posts relating to professional learnings, updates, or achievements, I recommend using these emojis:
📈/ 📉 – Increase/decrease graph
📊 – Bar chart
💼 – Briefcase
💲 – Dollar sign
📞 – Phone
✉️ – Email
📅 – Calendar
⏰ – Alarm
📍 – Location pin
💰 – Money bag
✅ – Tick
❌ – Cross
Health and Fitness
Here are the emojis most commonly used by health and fitness professionals, such as personal trainers, athleisure brands, and sporting shops:
Activities
💪🏼 – Arm muscle
🤸🏼 – Gymnast cartwheeling
⛹🏼 – Basketball player
🏋🏼 – Person lifting weights
🏂🏼 – Person snowboarding
🏄🏼 – Person surfing
🤾🏼♀️ – Woman throwing ball
🏃🏼♂️/🏃🏼♀️– Man/woman running
Equipment
🏈– Rugby ball
🏐– Volleyball
🎾– Tennis racket
🏏– Cricket bat
🏓– Ping pong bat
🏑– Hockey stick
👟– Running sneaker
Achievements
🥇,🥈,🥉– First, second, and third place medals
🏅– Sports medal
🏆– Trophy
🥳 – Person celebrating
Rest and Recovery
🚿/🛁– Shower/bath
🔋/🪫– Full/low battery
😴– Sleep
Top Tip 💡 Consider using multiple emojis together to change their meaning. For example, 🏃🏼♀️💨 draws attention to the speed of the person running.
Services
Whether you’re a salon owner, electrician, or a cleaner, there are plenty of emojis for you to use. Here are my top options:
Hair and Beauty
💈 – Barber pole
🪮 – Comb
✂️ – Scissors
💇🏼♀️/💇🏼 – Woman/man getting hair cut
💅🏼 – Nails being painted
💄 – Lipstick
💆🏼/💆🏼♀️ – Man/woman getting a head massage
Cleaning Services
🫧 – Bubbles
🧽 – Sponge
🧹 – Broom
💧/💦 – Water drop/splashes
✨ – Sparkles
Trade Services
👷🏼 – Construction worker
🏗️ – Construction work
🚧 – Barrier
⚡ – lighting bolt
🔌 – Plug socket
💡 – Lightbulb
🧑🏼🔧 – Mechanic
🪠 – Plunger
🔨 – Hammer
🔧 – Wrench
🪛 – Screwdriver
Ecommerce
Emojis are also an effective way to get your posts noticed and so attract customers to your online store, and alert them of upcoming sales and product drops.
General Ecommerce
🛒 – Shopping cart
🛍️ – Shopping bags
🚚 – Delivery truck
📦 – Delivery package
Sales and Product Drops
🆕 – New
🚨 – Alert
📢 – Megaphone
💥 – Boom
Good To Know 💭 Appealing to a younger target audience? Check out our article for more ways to attract gen Z to your online store.
Hospitality
There are plenty of emojis that represent elements of hospitality. Use these emojis to highlight what you can offer to potential customers:
Hotels
🏨 – Hotel
🛎️ – Bell
🛏️ – Bed
🗓️ – Calendar
Food and Beverage
🧑🏼🍳 – Chef
🍽️ – Plate and cutlery
🍳 – Fried egg in a pan
🍚 – Bowl of rice
🍣 – Sushi
🥠 – Fortune cookie
🍪 – Cookie
🍔 – Burger
🍟 – Fries
🍕 – Pizza
🍝 – Pasta
🥐 – Croissant
🍰 – Cake
☕ – Coffee
🫖 – Tea
🧋 – Iced coffee
Using Emojis Correctly
These business emojis are the perfect way to spice up your boring LinkedIn posts or accompany your social media trends. Save this page for your next post and have fun!
Before you get started, a quick word of warning: while the emojis I’ve included in this article are generally safe, online dialect changes rapidly. To avoid any mishaps, it’s important that you fully understand the current contextual meanings behind any emojis you plan to use.
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