21st century Budget Brands

Academy (rebrand Aiersis with a sticker over the sound hole label) 

ADM 

Ala Mouna 

Alic (plastic bowl back, fretboard - with zero fret - and bridge; sometimes the soundboard is highly decorated) 

Ali'i 

Amahi 

Amigo (Possibly a KMC Music brand?) 

Amigo by Lotus a different manufacturer and made in Romania 

Apollo 

Arrow 

Ashley 

Austin (different logo to the Chinese made Austin Cavaco)

BadAax

Barcelona 

BC (Best Choice) 

BeBop 

Bismark 

Bontempi British distributor of low budget and toy instruments

Brighton 

Bryce House brand for Internet resellers Instruments4Music

Burswood 

C.Giant 

Cadenza 

Carioca 

Carlo Robelli (Sam Ash) 

Carols 

Chantry use to be the brand of the charity Sue Ryder

Cherish 

Cherrystone 

Chord 

Classical Guitar(?)

Classic Cantabile maybe an own brand of Musikhaus Kirstein along with Rocktile and Beech Buddy

Clifton was distributed throughout Europe by Lidl 

Commodore 

Conrad (electricals)

Corde 

Daisy Rock Sometimes called DRG, A fairly budget range of instruments aimed at tweenage girls

Davidson (Guitars)

Delta Ridge (might be better than I think?)

Denver (Sopranos and a Concert; part of a multi brand distributors range)

DiMavery 

Djeco (largely plastic)

Eleca 

Elevation

Everdeen (comes as a Concert scale as part of a range of instruments) 

Ever Play 

Ferris own brand of Ferris Music in Ireland 

Firecracker 

First Act (plastic and the same maker as the plastic Disney range)

Fortune 

Fredrick

Galveston

GBSpro founded in 2008 by Prism Events, (a promotion company around Curitiba - Paraná).

Gigsby

Gitano

Godman

Godmen

Golden Ton 

Gomez

Gonzales

Granada (only seen them on sale in India so possibly Indian made?)

Green Hill 

Gremlin (nothing to do with the European distributor Gremlin Music)

Groov-e 

GSI

Guitarist

Hala 

Hape (Early Melodies) 

Harmonia

Harmonica

Harrington marketed by Stuart Harrington in the UK in 2014 the website has now gone and facebook page not updated since 2014

Hawaii Kai 

The Hawaiian Ukulele Company Established 1984

Heavy Metal

Hibiscus

Hola!

HonSing (Chinese factory brand widely sold through small internet outlets) 

Hula Beach

Irin (Whole range of Chordophones including Guitars, Mandolins, Violins - and all the cases and accessories)

Janod 

Jason 

K2

Kahana

Kalos by Cecilio

Kalua (only seen them in Malaysia and nothing to do with Terada Gakki)

Kansas

Kapua 

Karteer

Kealoha (US firm founded 2015 selling rebranded plastic Concerts - nothing to do with the Australian Kealoha or any of the historic ones) 

Ku Ku I Po 

Kukui

Lauren

Lawson (Tenor Taropatch with dolphin sound holes; very prone to falling apart!)

Lisbeth Dahl

LPD Music (US distributor who own Little Grass Shack reg. 2012, which just has a picture of a hut on the headstock and also Crestwood but they might not use this any more?)

Maestro (Internet reseller based in Houston, Texas)

Mad About Music

Maika'i (from Japan and nothing to do with Jacy Inc.) 

Malakai

Malani (established 2010)

Marlin (may be the latest incarnation on a name that has been around since the 1960's?)

Martin Smith

Maui

Maxwell

Merlin 

Monterey

M.P.M. Instruments

MSA

Music Fidelity

Nevada 

Octopus

Okina

Omalha

Onyx

P&P 

Pali

Phoenix

Playtech

Polynesian

Pro Guitar

Pure Tone

PylePro

Rainbow Colours

Ready Ace 

Reno

Rich Music (made in Korea)

Rio

Rochester

Rocket (nothing to do with the old Baritones or Norman Music's UK range)

Rocket Dog 

Rose

Rosetti (Large UK Distributor founded 1936 who also own the brand Adam Black - or just Black)

Rosling's

Rouge

Royal

Santa Rosa

Santini

Sassafras

Sawtooth (possibly US music chain GoDps Music's own brand)

Seedling (says its distributed "exclusivity by Harrods of London" and is a paint it yourself model)

Sepia Crue

Sheffield (the 2015 distribution for Lidl in Europe)

Sherwood (from China) 

Shine

Simpsons (Guitars) - and nothing to do with the TV Show

Starfire

Stretton Payne 

Strings and things (UK distributor who include Kona and Woodstock as their brands)

Sunnylife (designed by Shine Instruments Australia)

Sunwoif 

Tara

Theodore

Tiger

Tom & Will (some kind of European distributor) 

Ukulele Workshop (Budget Ukuleles painted up, branded and sold through esty)

Voggenreiter

Volt

Waikiki (looks like a different chinese maker to all of the other Waikikis around this really is a popular name)

Westwood

Wet (they are sopranino) 

WMC (was the own brand for Westside Music Centre now called Hartnoll's Guitars) 

Wikiwiki

Woodnote

Woods (Guitars)

Woodstock Chimes (marketed by a US windchime Company) 

World Playground (a fairtrade ukulele made in Indonesia)