List of fictional companies

These are nonexistent companies created for dramatic or literary purposes in a story. Fictional companies are used so the author or producer avoids endorsing or denouncing a real company, as well as to avoid legal action for slander or trademark infringement.

Biomedical

• DHARMA Initiative, The - Lost
• Ecumena - hospital/health care chain in St. Elsewhere (the producers were sued by Humana anyhow)
• Hanso Foundation - Lost
• InGen - Creators of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and its sequels
• Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
• VersaLife Corporation - Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War
• Medical Mechanica - FLCL
• Ootori Corporation - Ouran High School Host Club
• Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) - defense/energy/biotech, Doom
• Khumalo - biotech corporation in the Takeshi Kovacs novels.

Conglomerates and multinationals

• ARCAM Corporation - Spriggan
• Biffco - Owned by Biff in alternate timeline including nuclear power plant and toxic waste disposal - Back to the Future II
• Binford - Industrial Manufacturer from the Home Improvement television series.
• Blue Sun Corporation - in Firefly
• Bluecorp - information gathering company owned by Redd White, the man who murdered Mia Fey - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
• Buy and Large Corporation (BuynLarge) - in Pixar animated film WALL-E
• CHOAM - Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles Interplanetary corporation which controls all economic activity in the Padishah Empire - Dune series.
• Conglom-O - Rocko's Modern Life
• Cyberdyne Systems - the computer robotics company responsible for the creation of SkyNet, hence the dystopian future world of The Terminator.
• Deon International - Owned by Larry Deon. Appeared in seaQuest 2032 and seemed to be involved in many different industries including, but not limited to, Military defense and weaponry, technology, Owned the fictional sports team Deon Demons, air travel, metals and technological assets.
• Energy Corporation - also Luxury Corporation, Transport Corporation, Housing Corporation, Food Corporation, Rollerball (1975)
• FrobozzCo International - Zork
• The Hanso Foundation - Lost
• Itex - A multinational corporation and the primary antagonist of the Maximum Ride series of novels.
• LexCorp - Lex Luthor's company in the Superman universe
• LuthorCorp - Lionel Luthor's company in the TV series Smallville.
• Mandrake Corporation - Planetary conglomerate in the novel Broken Angels
• Mishima Zaibatsu - Tekken
• Momcorp - Futurama
• Omni Consumer Products (OCP) - RoboCop films
• Osaka - Count Zero by William Gibson, situated in the fictional world of the Neuromancer-series
• Pentex & Subsidiaries - White Wolf, Inc.
• RAMJAC Corporation - Jailbird and other novels by Kurt Vonnegut
• Roxxon - oil company in Marvel Comics titles
• Scrooge McDuck's various companies
• Shiawase Corporation - Shadowrun
• Shinra Electric Power Company - Final Fantasy VII
• Techno Union - technological conglomerate, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Trade Federation - shipping conglomerate, Star Wars
• Tri Optimum - System Shock series of games
• Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
• Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) - Doom series of video games by id Software
• Wayne Enterprises - Bruce Wayne's company featured in Batman
• Weyland-Yutani - Alien movies
• World Company - Les Guignols de l'info

Construction

• Bluth Company - property development, Arrested Development
• Grayson Sky Domes, Ltd. - construction of protective habitat domes, in several Honorverse novels by David Weber
• Sitwell Enterprises - property development, Arrested Development

Energy, communication, and utilities

• Blaidd Dwrg Nuclear Power Plant- Doctor Who- "Boom Town"
• Ewing Oil - The family oil company in Dallas.
• Grand Trunk Semaphore Company - Discworld
• Neodyne Industries, LTD - Communications, Time Crisis II
• Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant - Shelbyville's power plant, The Simpsons
• Shinra 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
• Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) - defense/energy/biotech, Doom
• Strickland Propane - King of the Hill
• Thatherton Fuels - competition to Strickland Propane

Entertainment

• Bad Wolf Corporation - owners of the GameStation (formerly Satellite 5), Doctor Who episodes "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways"
• Kaiba Corporation - Arenas for the game "Duel Monsters" and later the Duel Disc, after Seto Kaiba became president, Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Maroon Cartoons - animation studio, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Network 23 - The network from the TV series Max Headroom

See also: List of fictional radio stations, List of fictional television stations

Fronts

• Ace Tomato Co. - front company for secret agents in the movie Spies Like Us.
• Primatech Paper Co. - Paper company in Heroes, front for secret organisation
• Universal Exports - front company for MI6 agents in the James Bond books and 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.
• Genco Olive Oil - The Godfather

Manufacturing

Automotive

• Corley Motors from Full Throttle (1995 video game)
• Jet X from Zoey 101
• Maibatsu from Grand Theft Auto series
• National Motors Corporation from Wheels
• Powell Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
• Vaillante, from the Michel Vaillant comic

Food and drink

• Blix - Zoey 101
• Crudgington Brewery - family-owned brewery featured in the Bill Tidy "Kegbuster" cartoon strips.
• Gilmore's Homebrew and Beef Jerky Emporium - featured in the book If OJ, Michael Craft, and Patsy Ramsey Did It
• JuiceNet -H20, Just add Water
• Morley Cigarettes - fictional cigarette company seen in many TV series, most famous for being the brand smoked by the Cigarette Smoking Man on the The X-Files.
• Pacific Coast Pizza - Zoey 101
• Quark's - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• The Queen Victoria - EastEnders
• Rovers Return - Coronation Street
• Sunshine Desserts - dessert manufacturer in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
• The Woolpack - Emmerdale

Robots and androids

• Cyberdyne Systems Corporation - eventual creator of SkyNet; The Terminator.
• Mom's Friendly Robot Company - androids, Futurama
• Robotic Megafact Corporation, RM Corp - robots, The Bots Master
• Rossum's Universal Robots - androids, R.U.R.
• Sirius Cybernetics Corporation - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• 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 U.S. Robotics real-world company.
• United Robotronics: Industrial robots in Small Wonder

Spaceships

• General Products - many activities (especially spaceship hulls), Larry Niven's Known Space series
• Nergal Heavy Industries - manufacturer of the ND-001 Nadesico battleship, Martian Successor Nadesico
• Lockheed-Mitoma - manufacturer of spacecraft including the Fast Assault launch Nagini' in the Takeshi Kovacs series.

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.
• Silph Co. - Pokémon (Red/Green/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal video games, Pokémon Adventures manga)
• Spishak - maker of multiple unusual products, Mad TV
• Whizzo Chocolate Company - maker of very unappetizing chocolate candies, which include Anthrax Ripple, Cockroach Cluster, Crunchy Frog, and Ram's Bladder Cup, Monty Python's Flying Circus

Other

• Mixom - Doom 3
• Silph Co. — produces numerous items for Pokémon trainers, Pokémon
• Vandelay Industries — latex and latex products, Seinfeld
• Dunder Mifflin — paper, The Office (U.S. TV series)
• Wernham-Hogg — paper, The Office (UK TV series)
• HawkAir — airline, Tony Hawk's Underground 2
• Red Apple — cigarette brand in Quentin Tarantino movies

Military, defense, and weaponry

• Anaheim Electronics - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor/AEUG supporter, Universal Century Gundam
• Aperture Science - Makes shower curtains and develops portal technology, Portal
• Black Mesa Research Facility - Develops almost every conceivable scientific discipline, Half-Life
• dataDyne - Perfect Dark
• Izon - defense Military weaponry manufacturer in the Cube series movies
• Nordyne Defense Dynamics - owner of Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
• Queen Industries - defense Military weaponry manufacturer in DC Comics
• Seburo - small arms manufacturer, a signature company in many of Masamune Shirow's books
• Stark Industries - defense Military weaponry manufacturer in Marvel Comics
• Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) - defense/energy/biotech, Doom
• 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

See also List of fictional military organizations for private military companies

Mining and petroleum

• Benthic Petroleum - The Abyss, cameos in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Twister.
• Dinoco - Toy Story, Cars
• Roxxon - Oil company in Marvel Comics
• Offworld - Mining company from the Star Wars expanded universe, known for its ruthless techniques, headed by Qui-Gon's old apprentice, Xanatos.
• Tagruato - Cloverfield

Restaurants

• Big Belly Burger - fast food restaurant - DC Comics
• Big Kahuna Burger - fast food restaurant - Pulp Fiction and other Quentin Tarantino films.
• Burger Giant - fast food restaurant - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Chotchkie's - a generic 'casual dining' chain restaurant from the movie Office Space. Employees were required to wear 'flair' while various stock photos, signs and knick knacks covered the wall in order to establish a "fun" atmosphere. Created as a parody of restaurants such as Applebee's, Chili's, and Bennigan's.
• Doublemeat Palace - fast food restaurant - Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Fujiwara Tofu Shop - tofu takeout, Initial D
• Gio's Deli - Ugly Betty
• Good Burger - All That, Good Burger movie
• Juice Net - H20, Just add Water
• Krusty Burger - fast food restaurant - The Simpsons
• Krusty Krab - Sponge Bob Square Pants
• McDowell's - fast food restaurant, very similar to McDonald's - Coming to America
• Mel's Diner - Alice
• Milliways - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Mondo Burger - Good Burger movie
• Mooby's - fast food restaurant - View Askew
• Nemo's, Italian restaurant - Everybody Loves Raymond
• The Pie Hole, pie shop - Pushing Daisies
• Omar's Bar & Grill, Jazz Club - New Amsterdam
• Sakura Inn - ramen dine-in and delivery, Ninja High School
• Shenanigans, restaurant - Super Troopers, Waiting...
• Sushi Rox - Zoey 101
• Très bien! - A French restaurant in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
• Wienerlicious - Gourmet Hotdog restaurant from Chuck.

Retailers

• The Android's Dungeon - comic books and collectibles, The Simpsons
• Beau-Mart - Ugly Betty
• Buy More - Best Buy analogue from Chuck.
• Garak's - tailor's shop, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Grace Brothers - department store, Are You Being Served?
• Greens & Grains - supermarket from 10 Items or Less
• Hendrick's - department store Doctor Who
• Hooper's Store - convenience store, Sesame Street
• The Magic Shop - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Magpie Electricals - Doctor Who and Torchwood
• Kwik-E-Mart - convenience store, The Simpsons (in July 2007, in a promotional tie-in with the Simpsons movie, the 7-Eleven chain temporarily converted twelve stores into Kwik-E-Mart stores)
• Large Mart - discount chain store from Chuck.
• Mega Lo Mart - Wal-Mart-like store, King of the Hill
• S-Mart - K-Mart analogue from the Evil Dead films. Not to be mistaken with the real life Mexican Supermarket.
• Striprags Clothes Shop 8 Simple Rules
• The Racer's Edge - automotive performance accessory store, The Fast and the Furious
• The Work Bench - Home Depot-like Home Improvement store from Reaper.
• Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes - magical joke shop in Harry Potter
• Zonko's Joke Shop- magical joke shop in Harry Potter

Services

Advertising

• McMahon and Tate - Bewitched; The Simpsons
• Sloane Curtis Advertising - Baby Boom; What Women Want

Investigative services

• Angel Investigations - created by Joss Whedon Angel
• Blue Moon Detective Agency - (created by Glenn Gordon Caron), Moonlighting
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - created by Douglas Adams
• Remington Steele Investigations - (created by Robert Butler & Michael Gleason), Remington Steele
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - created by Alexander McCall Smith
• Psych - basically private investigators but claiming to reveal facts through psychic visions
• Valerie Irons Protections - Named for Valerie Irons but actally a front for the operatives who wanted her as a "Face" so they can get clients, VIP

Legal services

See List of fictional law firms

Magical and supernatural

• Ghostbusters - supernatural pest control
• J. Wellington Wells & Co. - magical services in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer and Tom Holt's J.W. Wells series.

Moving and delivery

• FBD "Fat Bastard Delivery", ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
• Planet Express - delivery, Futurama

Publishing

• Meade Publications - Ugly Betty
• Goatberger Publishers - Discworld
• Cory Publishing - Another World

Other services

• Bada Bing - Silvio Dante's strip club - The Sopranos
• Donna's Delights - Catering service , Out Of This World
• General Services - A company which will provide just about any service as evidenced by their motto "—We Also Walk Dogs", used in multiple stories by Robert A. Heinlein.
• The Goodies - From the TV show of the same name. "We Do Anything, Anytime, Anywhere"
• Darnell's Do-It-Yourself Garage - A "Do-It-yourself Garage" from the novel/movie Christine.
• Jefferson Cleaners (dry cleaning store) - The Jeffersons

Technology, computers, and software

• Armacham Technology Corporation (ATC) - F.E.A.R.
• Initech - Office Space
• Blue Screens Inc. - a computer programming company in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
• Caliban Industries - Blade 2
• CC Corporation - Creator of massive MMORPG The World in the .hack series.
• Columbia Internet - an Internet Service Provider in the webcomic User Friendly.
• ComTron - Knight of the Phoenix, Knight Rider pilot.
• Cyberdyne Systems Corporation - robotics, The Terminator series
• Daystrom Data Concepts - computer design and manufacturing, Star Trek
• ENCOM - creators of the MCP, Tron
• Gizmonic Institute - private technological research and development firm, Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Queen Industries - computer Technology software manufacturer in DC Comics
• Techno Union - technological conglomerate, Star Wars
• Uplink Corporation - Employs and supports computer hackers, probably a reference to Earthlink.
• WarioWare, Inc. - video games, Nintendo's Mario universe
• UniFy, Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice front for mining company Offworld.
• Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil movies and video games

Transportation

Railroad

• Brown Streak Railroad - passenger railroad in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Evergreen Rail Service - A fictional freight railroad used as an add on for Microsoft Train Simulator

Airlines

• Aeromass - Wings
• Bonzair - Neighbours
• Juank Air - Grand Theft Auto
• Oceanic Airlines - Lost, Executive Decision and others.
• Sandpiper Airlines - Wings
• Skyfleet - Casino Royale
• Soar Airlines - Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Total Bastard Airlines - Saturday Night Live

Trucks

• Happy Toyz Co - Maximum Overdrive
• Rubber Duck Trucking - Convoy

Miscellaneous

• Delos, high-tech amusement park - Westworld
• Dixie Boy Truck Stop - Maximum Overdrive
• Duff Brewery - The Simpsons
• M & M Enterprises - Catch-22
• Montecito Resort and Casino - Las Vegas
• Ravenwood - Jericho military contractor
• Wesayso Corporation - Dinosaurs
• Wright Anything Agency (previously 'Wright Talent Agency) - Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

References