List of fictional companies
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This is a list of fictional companies. These are nonexistent companies created for dramatic or literary purposes in a story, usually so the author or producer either is not giving free advertising to a real company, or (more likely) does not get sued for insulting a real company.
See also List of fictional stores, List of fictional restaurants, and List of fictional bars.
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[edit] Biomedical
- Cale-Anderson Pharmaceuticals - Wonder Woman comics
- Biocyte Pharmaceuticals - Mission: Impossible II
- Biosyn - Rival to Jurassic Park builder InGen in the novels
- ChemiTech - Aerosmith video game Revolution X
- DHARMA Initiative, The - Lost
- Drug Co. - Lewis's employer on The Drew Carey Show
- G-Corporation - Tekken
- Gedaechtnis - Nick Sagan's Idlewild novels
- InGen - Creators of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and its sequels
- NecroTech Industries - Believed to be responsible for the zombie outbreak in Urban Dead
- Maas Biotek - Count Zero
- Manticore - Dark Angel
- Merrick BioTech - The Island
- Project Genesis Five - Galax-Arena by Gillian Rubinstein
- SiNtek - SiN and SiN Episodes
- Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
- VersaLife Corporation - Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War
- Viadoxic Pharmaceutical - V for Vendetta
- Vitameatavegamin (health tonic) - I Love Lucy
- Zaibatsu Pharmaceuticals - Grand Theft Auto 2 and Grand Theft Auto III
[edit] Conglomerates and multinationals
- ARCAM Corporation - Spriggan
- Ankh-Sto Associates - Discworld
- Arasaka - Cyberpunk 2020
- Ares Macrotech - Shadowrun
- The Arnco. Group - The Bromeliad
- AT & Love - The Kids in the Hall
- Auric Enterprises -GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
- Axon - company from the Unreal series of video games, researches weapon technology for the Terran Colonial Authority
- Biffco - Owned by Biff in alternate timeline including nuclear power plant and toxic waste disposal - Back to the Future II
- Blue Sun Corporation - in Firefly
- Carrington Institute - Perfect Dark
- Cavendish Foods plc - international grocery, catering and food manufacturing company - To The Manor Born
- CCA (Communications Corporation of America) - Network
- Central Services - Brazil
- CHOAM (Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles) - Frank Herbert's Dune
- Co-Corp - Wonder Showzen Co-Corp buys up nature.
- Conglom-O - Rocko's Modern Life
- Consolidated Companies, Inc. - Nine to Five
- Continental Corp - Sports Night
- Continental Flange - Arnie (TV show starring Herschel Bernardi and Sue Anne Langdon)
- Cyberdyne Systems - the computer robotics company responable for the creation of SkyNet, hence the dystopian future world of The Terminator.
- Cybus Industries - Alternate universe creators of the Cybermen in Doctor Who
- dataDyne - Perfect Dark (not to be confused with the DataDyne Group, a non-fictional developer of innovative IT tools for international public health and development, including EpiSurveyor free, open-source handheld data collection software.)
- The Denmark Corporation - Michael Almareyda's Hamlet
- Dryco - Jack Womack's Dryco novels
- ENCOM - The software and game manufacturing company in TRON
- Energy Corporation - also Luxury Corporation, Transport Corporation, Housing Corporation, Food Corporation, Rollerball (1975)
- Engulf & Devour - Silent Movie
- Eurocorp - Syndicate Wars
- Excalicorp - Arthur, King of Time and Space
- Extensive Enterprise - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- ExtraSolar Corporation--"The Child Goddess," "The Terrorists of Irustan"
- FrobozzCo International - Zork
- General Technics - Stand on Zanzibar
- Genom Corporation - Bubblegum Crisis
- Globex Corporation - The Simpsons
- Globo-Chem - "We own everything, so you don't have to!", multinational corporation, home of "Pit Pat," the non-threatening, pansexual spokescreature, Mr. Show with Bob and David
- GloboTech Industries - Small Soldiers
- Grand and Son Holdings Limited - conglomerate, The Magic Christian
- The Hanso Foundation - Lost
- International Services - operator of prisons, mental institutions, schools, monasteries and convents (Quarantine)
- Izanagi Corporation - company from the Unreal series of video games
- Kanzaki Zaibatsu - Sakura Wars
- Liandri - ruthless company from the Unreal series of video games, started as the Liandri Mining Company
- LexCorp - Lex Luthor's company in the Superman universe
- LuthorCorp - Lionel Luthor's company in the TV series Smallville.
- Maas Industries - Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
- Manchurian Global - The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- Meas - The Absolute at Large by Karel Čapek
- Mishima Zaibatsu - Tekken
- Momcorp - Futurama
- North Central Positronics - Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Nishitsu Corporation - Japanese zaibatsu or conglomerate, The Destroyer series of novels
- Octopus Corporation - Fierce Creatures
- Omni Consumer Products (OCP) - RoboCop films
- Osaka (OCP) - Count Zero
- Pentex & Subsidiaries - White Wolf, Inc.
- Persona Century Corporation - Darkside Blues
- Phayder Corporation - company from the Unreal series of video games, creators of the Necris process
- Praxis Corporation - Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy
- RAMJAC Corporation - Jailbird and other novels by Kurt Vonnegut
- Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries - Shadowrun
- Salamander Syndicate - War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
- Scrooge McDuck's various companies
- Shiawase Corporation - Shadowrun
- Shigamatsu Han - Rollover
- Shin-Ra Company - Final Fantasy VII
- Shipstone, Inc. - Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
- Shitsu-Tonka - DAAS Kapital
- Smart Brain - Kamen Rider 555
- Sombra Corporation - Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Spacing Guild - Interstellar travel and banking monopoly. - Frank Herbert's Dune
- Stark Industries/Stark Enterprises/Stark International/Stark-Fujikawa - Iron Man comic books
- Sto Plains Holdings - Discworld
- Supergiant Conglomerated Corporation - This Modern World
- Teksarb Corporation - Dry-Fire comic series
- Tessier-Ashpool S.A. - Neuromancer
- Thorn Industries - Damien: Omen II & Omen III: The Final Conflict
- Trade Federation - shipping conglomerate, Star Wars
- Transcorp - Stephen King's Everything's Eventual and The Dark Tower series
- TransGlobal Energy from the video game Act of War
- TriOptimum Corporation - System Shock
- Techno Union - technological conglomerate, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Trident Corporation - Spriggan
- Union Broadcasting Systems (UBS-TV) - Network
- Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse
- United Amalgamated Conglomerated Holdings - Johnny and the Dead
- United Holdings (Holdings) Ltd. - Good Omens
- The Very Big Corporation of America - The Meaning of Life
- Wayne Enterprises - Bruce Wayne's company featured in Batman
- Wentworth Industries - Parent company of Barnes Wentworth Oil, Dallas
- Weyland-Yutani - Alien movies
- Whitmore Industries - Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- World Economic Consortium - Crusader: No Regret
- The Wolfbridge Group - Knots Landing
- World Company - Les Guignols de l'info
- Xanatos Enterprises - Gargoyles
- Zik Zak - Max Headroom
- ZiffCorp - owned by Artie Ziff, The Simpsons
- Ziktor Industries - VR Troopers
- Zorg Corporation - firearms, spacecraft, cab companies; The Fifth Element
[edit] Construction
- Avery Construction Grand Theft Auto Vice City
- Big Bud Dean Construction, Heathers (Movie)
- Black Box Realty - construction contractor, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Bluth Company - housing, Arrested Development
- Brande Industries - industrial/construction contractor, Legion of Super-Heroes
- Cloverleaf Industries - highway construction, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Drudge Industries, Inc. - Mike Motley's workplace in the classic comic strip Motley's Crew
- Durden Demolition - "If it says Durden, it's going down," Transmetropolitan
- Goto Engineering - mining/excavation, Cryptonomicon
- Grayson Sky Domes, Ltd. - construction of protective habitat domes, in several Honorverse novels by David Weber
- Greenleaf Construction - The Talented Mr. Ripley
- K & B Construction - Home Improvement
- Montague Construction - Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet
- Ptaclusp Associates, Necropolitan Builders to the Dynasties - pyramid and monument construction, later moved into aquaducts, Discworld
- Slate Construction Company - a subsidiary/sibling company of Slate Rock & Gravel, also headed by Mr. Slate, The Flintstones
- Wesayso Development Corporation - Dinosaurs
- Widmore Construction - Lost
- Witt Construction Company - Colossal Cave Adventure (Computer Game)
[edit] Energy, communication, and utilities
- Fission Chips - Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
- Grand Trunk Semaphore Company - Discworld
- Monsters, Inc. - energy utility, Monsters, Inc.
- Monopolated Edison aka "Mon-Ed" - Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy
- Monopolated Light and Power - New York City utility company, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
- Myishi Corporation - The Supernaturalist and The Wish List by Eoin Colfer
- Niagular - cellphone company, The Simpsons
- Petrox Oil Company, King Kong (1976)
- The Phone Company ("TPC")- The President's Analyst
- Phonetix- Cellphone company, Artemis Fowl series
- SewerCom - phone company serving sewer mutants, Futurama
- Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant - Shelbyville's power plant, The Simpsons
- Shin-Ra Electric Power Company - a ruthless mega-corporation which controls most of the world, Final Fantasy VII
- Springfield Nuclear Power Plant - work place of Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
- Strickland Propane - King of the Hill
- Thatherton Fuels - rival of Strickland Propane, King of the Hill
- Three Waters - V for Vendetta (the name possibly comes from Three Valleys)
- Water and Power - Tank Girl
- Western Gas & Electric Company - Dirty Harry: The Enforcer
[edit] Entertainment
- Bad Wolf Corporation - owners of the GameStation (formerly Satellite 5), Doctor Who episodes "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways"
- Bazooko's Circus - What the whole half world would be doing if the Nazis won the war. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
- The Benny Vandergast Memorial Theater (later the Muppet Theater) - The Muppet Show
- Big Red Records - The Five Heartbeats
- Boogalow International Music - The Apple
- British Broadcasting Service - C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
- Bushwood Country Club - Caddyshack
- Caligula's Palace - A casino owned and run by the Leone family in the San Andreas city of Las Venturas in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Carver Media Group - Tomorrow Never Dies
- Cavalary Records - Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues. Philip Sheridan, George Wright, and George Armstrong Custer are executives
- Century of the Fruitbat Moving Pictures - Discworld
- Consumer Recreation Services - creators of The Game
- The Dark Agency - Sailor V
- Death Records - Phantom of the Paradise
- Delicious Records - Half & Half
- Delos - amusement parks, Westworld & Futureworld
- Double Z Studios - Zig Zag's porn studio in Sabrina Online and other works. "Two Z's and Triple X"
- The Dysk Theatre - Discworld (parodies the Globe Theatre)
- Engulf and Devour Corporation - holding company, Silent Movie
- The Four Dragons Casino - A mob owned casino owned by Wu Zi Mu in Las Venturas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- FunFun Mountain - FoxTrot comic strip
- FüxWorld - a fictional parody of the FOX TV network (website)
- Galaxy Broadcasting System - a major television network in the Superman comics
- The Games Federation - producer of several violent TV contests including The Running Man
- Ginga TV (also known as Galaxy TV) - the television network of the Sailor Moon universe
- Happyland - amusement park, DC Comics
- Haly's Circus - former home of the Flying Graysons, DC Comics
- Itchy & Scratchy International - parent company of all things Itchy & Scratchy, The Simpsons
- Itchy & Scratchy Land - amusement park
- Euro Itchy & Scratchy Land - amusement park, Europe
- Itchy & Scratchy Productions - animation studio
- Kaiba Corporation - Arenas for the game "Duel Monsters" and later the Duel Disc, after Seto Kaiba became president, Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Krustylu Studios - Krusty the Klown's production company, The Simpsons, a pun on Desilu Productions
- Love Media owned by Donald Love a character from the video games Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto III
- Luna Park, amusement park on the Moon, Futurama
- Mammoth Pictures, Jed's studio on The Beverly Hillbillies, which employs Larry Chapman and Dash Riprock.
- Maroon Cartoons - animation studio, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- McMartin Records - Grace of my Heart
- Misfit Music - Jem
- Monumental Pictures - movie studio, Singin' in the Rain
- Mooby Corp. - Owns Mooby the Cow and his Mooby Fun-Time Hour, a nationally syndicated show. Spinoffs include 16 records, two feature films, eight prime-time specials, videotapes, at least one CD, Mooby Magazine, and "MoobyWorld" theme parks on both coasts; there is also a Mooby's fast-food chain - Dogma (film) and Clerks II
- Novacom - Adventures in Odyssey
- Parallel Universal Studios - Futurama
- Past-O-Rama - theme park, Futurama
- Phillips Broadcasting - television production, The Critic
- Pirates in Men's Pants - A casino spoofing the real life Pirates of Penzance attraction/casino/hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Pleasure Paradise Hotel - Biffs alternate timeline - Back To The Future II
- Polymer Records - This is Spinal Tap
- PolyStar Pictures - movie studio, The Simpsons episode "Beyond Blunderdome"
- Reckless Ted's Funland - amusement park, Futurama
- Ryan Entertainment - movie studio, Mulholland Dr.
- Shields Pictures - movie studio, The Bad and the Beautiful
- SINN (Sports Interactive News Network) - XGRA
- Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre - miniature golf, The Simpsons
- Spaceland - amusement park, Cowboy Bebop
- Starlight Music - Jem
- Tangiers Casino - Used in the movie Casino and in the TV Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- 30th Century Fox - Futurama, a variant of 20th Century Fox that serves as the show's end credit
- Union Broadcasting Systems (UBS-TV) - Network
- Verner Bros. - movie studio, DC Comics esp. Blue Devil, a parody of Warner Bros.
- Video Aces - music video production, Tapeheads
- Wally World - amusement park, National Lampoon's Vacation
- Wonderworld- amusement park, Beverly Hills Cop III
- World Wide Studios - movie studio, The Muppet Movie
See also: List of fictional radio stations, List of fictional television stations, Fictional video game companies
[edit] Financial
- Ankh Futures (Financial Advisors) - Discworld
- Ankh-Morpork Mercentile Credit Bank - Discworld
- Bank of Springfield - The Simpsons
- Bastard Bank - The Comedy Company
- Boro National Bank - Rollover
- Big Apple Bank - Futurama
- Cabbage Growers' Co-Operative Bank - Discworld
- Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills - The Beverly Hillbillies
- Crimson Permanent Assurance - The Crimson Permanent Assurance
- Duke and Duke - Commodity Brokerage Firm in Trading Places
- Eastpac - Fast Forward and commonly used as a generic parody or hypothetical bank in Australia (for example, in law school exams)
- El Banco Corrupto - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Fascist Pig Bank - Summer Holiday episode of The Young Ones
- Fidelity Republic Bank - Los Angeles bank in which 9 hostages are held by two gunman for an eventful 52 hours - The Nine
- First New York Bank - Rollover
- Globodyne - Dick Harper's place of employment in "Fun with Dick and Jane" and multinational corporation in Mr. Show
- Grayson Moorhead Securities - principled but incompetent investment firm, Saturday Night Live
- Gringotts - Harry Potter
- Gross Co-Operation - Fast Forward
- Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation (automotive repossession service) - Repo Man
- Mulctuary Money Management - A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Nakatomi Trading Corporation - Die Hard, Die Hard 2: Die Harder
- Rive Droit Bank - The Tick animated series
- Savings-R-Us - Larry Gonick's Attack of the Smart Pies
- Strathclyde Savings Bank - City Lights sitcom
- Thrift Bank - Discworld
- Western World Funding Corporation - consortium of banks and insurance companies, Network
- Whitehall and Marks - The Producers
- Wu-Tang Financial - Chappelle's Show
[edit] Fronts
- Ace Tomato Company - CIA front, Spies Like Us
- Auto Plastics - Front for the first Auton invasion in the 1970 Doctor Who serial Spearhead from Space
- Chalky the Troll's Hollow Statue Export Company - Badly considered "front" for a smuggling ring, Discworld
- Cherry Poppers Ice Cream Company - A front which sells ice cream laced with illegal drugs so that customers come back for more; Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- Centrution International Advertising and Creative Ideas Animation - fronts for the CIA in Alex Rider books.
- Credit Dauphine - Front for SD-6 in Alias
- Drax Corporation - Front for Hugo Drax in Moonraker
- Eris Tomato Juice Company - Illuminatus! Trilogy
- Extensive Enterprises - Cobra front corporation, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Farrell Plastics - Front for the second Auton invasion in the 1971 Doctor Who serial Terror of the Autons
- Flowers By Irene - front for the FBI in The Simpsons
- Fronty's Meat Market - "Not a front since 2997" - Front for the robot Mafia, Futurama
- Genco Pura Olive Oil - Front for the Corleone family in The Godfather
- Globex Corporation - Front for Hank Scorpio in the Simpsons James Bond spoof episode "You Only Move Twice".
- The Hidalgo Trading Company - The false name used on Doc Savage's secret hangar on the Hudson River.
- International Electromatics - Front for the Cyberman invasion in the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Invasion. Also a front for the Cybus Corporation in the 2006 episode Rise of the Cybermen.
- The Legitimate Businessmen's Club - Front for Fat Tony's Mafia family, The Simpsons
- Montana Management - Money laundering company in Scarface
- Neodyne Industries - Front to launch a nuclear satellite into space, Time Crisis 2
- Nigerian Development Bank - Larry Gonick's Attack of the Smart Pies, in a tribute to a famous e-mail spam
- Osato Chemicals - Front for SPECTRE, in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice
- Paper Street Soap Company - Tyler Durden's front for Project Mayhem in Fight Club
- PlayTronics - Sneakers
- Red Horse Garage - Front for Project Cadmus, Superman comics
- Scolex Industries - Manufacturing turned criminal front, Inspector Gadget movie
- Soon Shine Sun's second-hand clothes shop - Front for the History Monks, Discworld
- The Leaning Tower - Front for Stephen King's The Dark Tower
- Transworld Consortium - Front for MI6 in later James Bond stories, succeeded Universal Export
- Two Guys from Quantico - Pizza delivery, front for the FBI in The Simpsons.
- United Cake Bakers - front for the Upright Citizens Brigade
- Universal Export - Front for MI6 in various James Bond stories
- Virtucon - communications/criminal front, Austin Powers movies
- Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems - alien front, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, starship production yard on later Star Trek series and movies.
[edit] Manufacturing
[edit] Automotive
- Altra Automotive - from Traffic, by Jacques Tati.
- Amalgamated Motors - The Munsters
- AntiChrysler - Futurama
- Bethlehem Motor Company - auto manufacturer and conglomerate, The Betsy
- Chrysalis Motors - auto manufacturer and monopolizer, from PC game, Fallout 2, probably spoofing Chrysler
- Corley Motors - Motorcycle (and almost minivan) manufacturer from PC game, Full Throttle, with motto: Can't beat a corley
- Fourth Reich Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons, a pun on the Third Reich, of course, but might well be a reference to German manufacturers' dominance of the luxury car market: Audi (part of Volkswagen Group), BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche
- Keedsler Motors - Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
- Kumatsu Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
- Powell Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
- Maibatsu - Japanese auto manufacturer, Grand Theft Auto video game series (specifically, Grand Theft Auto III,Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas), referencing companies such as Daihatsu and Mitsubishi
- Takuro - Japanese auto manufacturer in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, maker of the Spirit, a compact car similar to the Honda Civic.
[edit] Robots and androids
- Bigweld Industries - Robots
- Cain Labs - Reploids, Mega Man X
- Consolidated Robots - from the robot novels and short stories of Isaac Asimov
- Cyberdyne Systems Corporation - eventual creation of SkyNet; The Terminator.
- Cybertronics - Androids and Robotics A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- Cybot Galactica - Protocol droids, Star Wars
- DivaDroid International - Mechanoids such as Kryten, Red Dwarf
- Eye World - Made eyes for Replicants in Blade Runner
- Genesis Android Company - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Industrial Automaton - Astromechs, R2-D2, Star Wars
- Kurusugawa Electronics - robots, ToHeart and ToHeart2
- Light Labs (Right Labs) - humanoid robots, Mega Man
- Macroware Robotics, Inc - miniature robots, Chibi-Robo
- Megatech Body Company, Ltd. - full body conversion cyborg body manufacturer, Ghost in the Shell
- Mishima Heavy Industries - All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
- Mom's Friendly Robot Company - Futurama
- NorthAm Robotics - Robot servants, Bicentennial Man
- Rossum's Universal Robots - androids, R.U.R.
- Shinohara Heavy Industries - Mobile Police Patlabor
- Sirius Cybernetics Corporation - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Storkways, Inc. - Outlet for custom-fabricated human beings, Somtow Sucharitkul's Mallworld
- Tyrell Corporation - Blade Runner
- U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men - robotics, Isaac Asimov short stories such as those in I, Robot, title inspired name of US Robotics real-world company.
- Yamtaijika Corporation - Björk's "All Is Full of Love" music video
[edit] Spaceships
- Chiokis Starship Construction Corporation - spaceship construction, semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- Colonial Movers - Space transportation company from Battlestar Gallactica.
- Drax Industries - Creates the Moonraker spaceship, a spaceship that can enter space but take off and land like any ordinary airplane.
- Galactic Spacecraft - formerly Trowbridge Helicopter, Kurt Vonnegut's novel The Sirens of Titan
- General Products - many activities (especially spaceship hulls), Larry Niven's Known Space series
- Incom Corporation - manufacturers of the Headhunter and X-Wing starfighters, Star Wars
- Corellian Engineering Corporation - Star Wars
- Kloratis Drives Corporation of Alpha Centauri - space warp engine manufacturer, semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- Kuat Drive Yards - starships/ground assault vehicles, Star Destroyers, Star Wars
- Leeding Engines Ltd. - space ship engine manufacturer, semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- Nergal Heavy Industries - manufacturer of the ND-001 Nadesico battleship, Martian Successor Nadesico
- New World Aircraft Corporation - air-and-space-craft design and manufacturing, Thunderbirds
- OTEC - responsible for salvaging and reverse-engineering an alien starship in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Reyes-Mclees Shipyards - Where spaceships are built in Halo:Combat Evolved.
- Shuvinaaljis Warp Technologies - semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- Sienar Fleet Systems - starfighters, TIE fighters, Star Wars
- Space Dynamics - Arwings in Star Fox and racing machines in F-Zero X
- Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards - Starships (Galaxy Class Project) - Canon Star Trek (Star Trek Encyclopaedia)
- Amalgamated Spaceship - Spaceship manufacturer, George Johansson's "Destiny of the Universe" series of sci-fi novels.
[edit] Toys
- Al's Toy Barn - Toy Story
- B&B Toys — The Groove Tube
- Blammo — Creators of Log, The Ren and Stimpy Show
- Happy-Go-Lucky Toys, Inc. — toy manufacturing, Family Guy
- Heartland Play Systems — bought by Globotech Industries, Small Soldiers
- Input Inc — Toy Johnny 5 robot manufactures, Short Circuit 2
- Mainway — hazardous toys, Saturday Night Live
- Okama — maker of the GameSphere, South Park
- Schotzy Toy Company — Hogan's Heroes (also referenced in All the Queen's Men)
- Videlectrix — video games, Homestar Runner
- WarioWare, Inc. — video games, WarioWare
- Zevo Toys — Toys
[edit] Multiple products
- Acme - appears in many works of fiction, most notably in Road Runner cartoons and other Looney Tunes as a manufacturing company
- Ajax - similar to Acme, appears in recent Mickey Mouse cartoons as a manufacturing company and services company.[1]
- Binford Tools - Sponsor of Tool Time, show-within-a-show on Home Improvement.
- Capsule Corp. - various products that can be shrunk into pocket-sized capsules, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z
- Devon Corporation - Pokémon (Ruby/Sapphire video games and Pokémon Advanced TV show: Fossil Reviving Machine, Pokémon Talking Machine, Pokémon Dreaming Machine & Pokénav)
- Double-Wide Double Wonders (formerly Toddco) - Stroker & Hoop
- Gippazoid Novelty Company - Space Quest video game series
- The Goliath™ Corporation - "For all you'll ever need."™, Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde
- Hudsucker Industries - toy manufacturing, The Hudsucker Proxy
- KrebStar - The Adventures of Pete & Pete
- The Kremling Company - Donkey Kong Country video game series
- Nirvana Corp. - manufacturing, Dilbert (TV show)
- Omni Consumer Products (OCP) - RoboCop
- Piffle Princess Enterprises
- Department stores found in many of CLAMP's manga.
- Toys (specifically Angelic Layer angels and accessories), Angelic Layer
- Developed the Humanoid Computer known as a Persocom, Chobits
- Silph Co. - Pokémon (Red/Green/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal video games, Pokémon Adventures manga)
- SoroSuub - computers, weapons, spaceships, droids, mineral processing, energy mining and food packaging, Star Wars
- Spishak - maker of multiple oddly advertised odd products, Mad TV
- TaggeCo - several types of manufacturing, Star Wars
- Toddco - several types of home appliances - Stroker & Hoop
- Zero-One Heavy Industry Corporation - household electric appliances, automotive, computers, medical, etc., The Animatrix - The Second Renaissance
[edit] Other
- Anacott Steel - Wall Street
- Axis Chemical Co. - Batman (movie)
- Barrytron - plastics company, Breakfast of Champions
- Blackbury Boot Company - Johnny and the Dead
- Bourne Free Kilt Co. - kilt company (used to be stilts), Backyard Football 2006
- Buxton Steel - Grace of my Heart
- Carry's Candles - Discworld
- ClapCo - deadbolt company, Seinfeld season 1 episode "The Robbery"
- Chalky the Troll's All Nite Pottery - Discworld
- Cogswell Cogs - the Jetsons
- Consolidated Dairies - A large corporate dairy producer - The Early Bird
- Crane Industries - Passions - Soap Opera
- CrapCo Corporation Incorporated (Parody website)
- Duff Brewing Corporation - The Simpsons
- Dunder Mifflin - paper. The Office (US version)
- El Dorado Cigarette Company - Family Guy
- Equilibrium - the powerful antidepressant Prozium in Equilibrium SF movie
- Exotic Perfume Company - 1952 film Dreamboat
- General Forge & Foundry - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- General Services Corporation - "—We Also Walk Dogs" by Robert A. Heinlein
- Grimsdale's Dairy - A tiny family run milk delivery business - The Early Bird
- Globocide Corporation - chemical poisons, The Oblongs
- Goddard's factory - paper manufacturer in the British ITV drama Where the Heart Is (TV series).
- The Handy-Dandy Vacuum Cleaner Company - I Love Lucy
- Initech - Office Space
- Krustyco - Krusty the Klown merchandising, The Simpsons
- Monarch Playing Card Co. - Batman (comics)
- Paper Street Soap Company - premium soap, Fight Club
- Pharmakom Industries - Johnny Mnemonic SF movie
- Rearden Steel - Atlas Shrugged
- Roboto Industries - the "tractor beam" device, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Roritor Pharmaceuticals - drugs, Brain Candy
- Schlocko - various electronic products, Garfield and Friends
- Silph Co. - Produces numerous items for Pokémon Trainers, [[Pok
- Slugworth Chocolate Inc. - candy, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Soylent Corporation - food products, Soylent Green
- Sonky's Rubber Goods - Discworld
- Spacely Sprockets - The Jetsons
- Spectacular Optics - consumer eyewear, missile guidance systems, and zero light sighting systems, Videodrome
- Sphinx - Code 46 - Issuers of travel passports.
- St. Anky's Beer - From Super Troopers movie
- Uranus Corporation - The Groove Tube
- Vandelay Industries - latex, and latex products, Seinfeld
- Wernham Hogg - paper, The Office
- Windvexer Paperweight Company - Futurama
- Winterchem - chemicals, Rollover
- Wonka Industries - chocolate and other confectionery treats, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
[edit] Military, defense, and weaponry
- Admiral Bob's Global Security - Snow Crash
- Ammunation - Grand Theft Auto series
- Anaheim Electronics - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor/AEUG supporter, Universal Century Gundam
- Armacham Technologies - military contractor and developer of various "super soldier" programs in the computer game F.E.A.R.
- Armstech - private developer of Metal Gear REX, Metal Gear Solid
- Strategic Naval Research Institute (SNRI) - Mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor, Universal Century Gundam
- BLAND Corporation - think-tank, Dr. Strangelove
- Burleigh and Stronginthearm - longbow, crossbow and siege-engine manufacturers, Discworld
- Chaank Armaments Corporation - Death Machine
- Cyrez - manufacturer of railguns in the movie "Eraser"
- DHS - Global pharma company in the movie "The Constant Gardener"
- Draconian Enterprises - advanced weaponry, robotics, synthetics, owned by Xerokine Caeruleus
- General Jim's Defense System - Snow Crash
- Globotech Industries - bought Heartland Play Systems, Small Soldiers
- Golan Arms - Star Wars
- Incom Corp. - Star Wars
- IPCA - Military and Information Branch of US Government, "Syphon Filter"
- Kaiba Corp - Military weapons and vehicles, before Seto Kaiba became president, Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Kenbishi Industries - heavy equipment manufacturer/defense contractor, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Kisaragi - Armored Core series
- Koffler & Stock - portmanteau of Heckler und Koch GmbH, 007: Agent Under Fire
- Kuat Drive Yards - planetary turbolasers, Star Wars
- Meyer-Westlicher - portmanteau of Steyr-Mannlicher, 007: Agent Under Fire
- MIP Company - mobile suit and mobile armor manufacturer/defense contractor, Universal Century Gundam
- Mirage - Armored Core series
- Morgenroete - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor, Gundam SEED
- Munitions Belgique - portmanteau of FN-Herstal, 007: Agent Under Fire
- Ng Security Industries - Snow Crash
- Nordyne Defense Dynamics - owner of Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
- Oscorp Industries - military contractor, Spider-Man (movie)
- QT Corporation - Private corporation that received funding from the NSA to develop hypertime technology in the movie Clockstoppers.
- Quest Aerospace - military contractor, rival of Oscorp, Spider-Man (movie)
- Romefeller Foundation - mobile suit manufactuer for the UESA, Gundam Wing
- Science Patrol - Earth defence force, Ultraman
- Seburo - small arms manufacturer, a signature company in many of Masamune Shirow's books
- Sky Masters Inc. - experimental defence contractor, important company in most Dale Brown novels
- Three Bees - company that distributes the drug Dypraxa produced by a pharmaceutical company DHS in the movie "The Constant Gardener"
- Trident Corporation - weapons manufacturer and research company, Spriggan
- Vault-Tec Technologies - government contractor, mainly known for the planning, development and construction of Vaults in Fallout
- Union Aerospace Corporation - defense/energy/biotech, Doom
- Versatran Air Craft Division - electrostatic propulsion personal, commercial, and military aircraft, subsidiary of Zero-One, The Animatrix-The Second Renaissance
- Viking Arms Co. Limited - weapons, actually a parody of Vickers Armstrong in Tintin's The Broken Ear
- X-Com - (eXtra-terrestrial COMbat unit) Company charged with the defense of earth against alien invasion in Microprose's X-Com series of computer games
- Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems - Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, and later also appears in Buckaroo Banzai
- Zeonic Company - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor, Universal Century Gundam
- Zimmad Company - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor, Universal Century Gundam
See also List of fictional military organizations for private military companies
[edit] Mining and petroleum
- Amorb Prospecting Division - Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos
- Barnes Wentworth Oil - Dallas
- Benthic Petroleum - The Abyss, Terminator 2, Twister
- Bowel Oil (President, Boyle M. Owl) - Firesign Theatre
- Colby Enterprises - oil, Dynasty and The Colbys.
- Con-Amalgamate - off world mining, Outland. The same name is given to the company that manufactured the defective life support system mentioned in Capricorn One
- Connex - major American petroleum corporation from the movie Syriana
- d'Anconia Copper - Atlas Shrugged
- Dent Oil - cover for gun smuggling - Beverly Hills Cop II
- Denver Carington - oil, Dynasty and The Colbys.
- Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc. - mining (?), Congo novel and movie
- Ewing Oil, Dallas
- Galatron Mining Corporation - Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos
- Gas Mining Guild - Freelancer
- Gulf and Bradley Petroleum, Bubblegum Crisis, episode 7, "Double Vision." Headquartered in Houston, Texas.
- Houghton Oil - The Far Arena
- Interplanetary Mining Company - Doctor Who serial Colony in Space and the Virgin New Adventure Lucifer Rising
- Jetexas - Giant
- Jupiter Mining Corporation - space mining, Red Dwarf
- Lexoil - Subsidiary of Lexcorp, Superman comics
- Lezareno Company - Runs the Toize Valley mine in Tales of Symphonia
- Mohave Oil - Oil company in Disney-MGM Studios "Catastrophe Canyon" segment of Backlot Tour, Walt Disney World
- Octan - Gas station chain in the LEGO universe
- O.K. Oil - the company that bought Jed Clampett's oil rich property in the Missouri Ozarks in the pilot episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. Company vice-president John Brewster (Frank Wilcox) appeared on the series from time to time, and his last appearance was the 1966 episode "Jed Joins the Board."
- Petrox Oil Company - King Kong (1976)
- Pignut Oil - Firesign Theatre
- Poseidon Oil - fossil fuel based energy conglomerate from PC game Fallout 2
- Post-Terran Mining Corporation (PTMC) - Descent
- Rearden Coal - Atlas Shrugged
- Rearden Limestone - Atlas Shrugged
- Rearden Ore - Atlas Shrugged
- Roxxon - Oil company in Marvel Comics
- Slate Rock and Gravel - quarrying, The Flintstones
- WestStar - Dallas
- ZomboTech - Sinister zombie research company Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
[edit] Retailers
[edit] Services
[edit] Advertising
- Ancestor and Sons Advertising Agency - Futurama (TV series)
- Blue Ant - Pattern Recognition
- Brent Smythe + Barry - Fast Forward
- DAA - thirtysomething
- Livingston, Gentry & Mishkin - Bosom Buddies
- McMahon and Tate - Bewitched; The Simpsons
- Pym's Publicity - Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers
- Pyrite Advertising Agency - The Flintstones (appears in the made-for-TV-movies "I Yabba Dabba Do!" and "Hollyrock-A-Bye Baby")
- Saatchi, Saatchi, Saatchi, Saatchi and Saatchi - Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (future version of Saatchi and Saatchi)
- Sixty Second Avenue - Bosom Buddies
- Team Advantage - consumer rewards program, Jennifer Government
- US Alliance - consumer rewards program, Jennifer Government
[edit] Incarceration
- The Hoosegow - Snow Crash
- The Clink - Snow Crash
[edit] Investigative services
- Angel Investigations - private investigators, specializing in the supernatural, Angel
- The Anthropol Detective Agency - outer space investigation agency created by Louis Trimble
- Blue Moon Detective Agency - Moonlighting
- Charles Townsend Agency - Charlie's Angels
- Continental Detective Agency - The Continental Op
- DKA (Dan Kearney & Associates) - created by Joe Gores
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - created by Douglas Adams
- The Government - Jennifer Government
- Jaffe and Jaffe - existential detective agency in I ♥ Huckabees
- The Lunghi Detective Agency - created by Michael Z. Lewin
- Millennium Group - Millennium
- Nick Danger, Third Eye - Firesign Theatre
- O'Day and Simeon - Angel and the Ape
- The Police - Jennifer Government
- Remington Steele Investigations - Remington Steele
- Riptide Detective Agency (formerly Pier 56 Detective Agency) - Riptide
- Rocky Roccomoto, Motor Detective - Firesign Theatre
- Simon & Simon - Simon & Simon
- Spade and Archer - The Maltese Falcon
- Surfside Six - created by William Orr and Hugh Benson
- Team Chaotix Detective Agency - Sonic Heroes
- XXX Investigations (later X-Factor Investigations) - MadroX comic book by Peter David
[edit] Legal services
- Boots, Boots, Boots, Boots, Marchinup & Downagain - The Goodies
- Cage & Fish - Ally McBeal
- Crane, Poole & Schmidt - The Practice, Boston Legal
- I Can't Believe it's a Law Firm! - Lionel Hutz's law office in Springfield Mall, The Simpsons
- Dewey, Cheatham & Howe - several Three Stooges movies and Car Talk; also the "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson"
- Gage, Whitney & Pace - Second-largest law firm in Manhattan in The West Wing
- Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg and Holloway - She-Hulk
- Low, Rotten, Scumbag, and Snake - Mad Magazine
- Mayfair and Mayfair - Anne Rice novels
- McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak - L.A. Law
- Milton, Chadwick and Waters - The Devil's Advocate
- Murdock and Nelson - Daredevil
- Rosenberg & Associates - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Salitieri, Poore, Nash, De Brutus, and Short - Gravity's Rainbow
- Sebben & Sebben - Harvey Birdman
- Stewart, Whitehead and Moore - Neighbours
- Slant, Morcombe and Honeyplace - Discworld
- Tim Collins & Associates - Neighbours
- TNT & G - Justice
- Vitale, Davis, Horowitz, Riordan, Schrecter & Schrecter - Daria
- Warpe, Wistfull, Kubitschek and McMingus - The Crying of Lot 49
- Wolff & Byrd - Supernatural Law
- Wolfram & Hart - metaphysical legal services, Angel
- Wright and Co. - Phoenix Wright
- Young, Frutt & Berluti - The Practice
[edit] Magical and supernatural
- Ghostbusters - supernatural pest control
- J.W. Wells & Co., family sorcerers - magical services, The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan (also features in Tom Holt novels)
- Magic, Inc. - A magic cartel in the eponymous Robert A. Heinlein short story Magic, Inc.
- M.Y.T.H. Inc. - magical services, the Myth series by Robert Asprin
- Rentaghost - Spectral hire service, Rentaghost
[edit] Moving and delivery
- Awesome Express - competitor to Planet Express, Futurama
- British Freight Company (BFC) - state-run mail service, V for Vendetta
- IPS (International Parcel Services) - delivery, The King of Queens
- The Laurel and Hardy Moving Company - The Music Box
- Metropolis Moving - delivery, DC Comics
- Pacific Courier - trucking and air express, Die Hard, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Speed
- Planet Express - delivery, Futurama
- Radikal Kourier Systems (RadiKS) - Snow Crash
- Starving Teachers Moving Company - The Simpsons
- Tristero Rapid Post - private mail service which may or may not truly exist, The Crying of Lot 49
[edit] Publishing
- Acidic Books - Gebstadterian counterpart to Basic Books in the works of Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Broht and Forrester - Star Trek: Voyager
- Meade Publications - Ugly Betty
- Goatberger Publishers - Discworld
- Megadodo Publications - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Pendant Publishing - Seinfeld
- Rouster and Sideways - Where's My Cow?, (Discworld)
[edit] Other services
- Bada Bing - Silvio Dante's strip club - The Sopranos
- Barone Sanitation - Tony Sopranos "waste management business" - The Sopranos
- Central Intelligence Corporation - Snow Crash
- Chaco Chicken, Inc. - a KFC-style chicken processing company - The X-Files episode Our Town.
- Computron - television ratings assessors, The Ratings Game
- C.H. Lavatory and Sons - plumbers, Discworld
- Dale's Dead-Bug - Dale Gribble's pest control service, King of the Hill
- The Gayle Shand Agency - public relations, Absolute Power
- Gen-U-Tech - genetic engineering and research, Gargoyles
- Globo Gym American Corp. - personal fitness centers Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- The Goodies - "We Do Anything, Anytime, Anywhere"
- Gruppe Sechs - Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; a play on "Gruppe Vier", a security company.
- Heinzi & Plaff - graphic design, Pattern Recognition
- Heroes for Hire - superhero services, Heroes for Hire
- Hobson's Livery Stable - horse rental and storage Discworld
- Insuricare - Insurance company, The Incredibles
- J.H. "Flannelfoot" Boggis and Nephews- legalised theft, Discworld
- King of the Golden River ("Recycling Nature's Bounty") - waste disposal, Discworld
- Lacuna Inc. - memory management, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- LesterCorp - filing, Being John Malkovich
- Mr. Plow - Homer Simpson's snow removal service, on the Simpsons
- Mrs. Palm's House of Negotiable Affection - brothel, Discworld
- The New Firm - criminal services, Discworld
- The Power Company - superhero services, Power Company
- Plow King - rival snow-removal se