List of fictional companies
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This is a list of notable fictional companies. Entries in this list must have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
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.
[edit] Biomedical
- DHARMA Initiative, The - Lost
- Ecumena - hospital/health care chain in St. Elsewhere (the producers were sued by Humana anyhow)[1]
- 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Manufacturing
[edit] Automotive
- Corley Motors from Full Throttle (1995 video game)
- Maibatsu from Grand Theft Auto series
- National Motors Corporation from Wheels
- Powell Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
- Vaillante, from the Michel Vaillant comic
[edit] Food and drink
- Crudgington Brewery - family-owned brewery featured in the Bill Tidy "Kegbuster" cartoon strips.
- Sunshine Desserts - dessert manufacturer in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[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]
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Restaurants
- Big Belly Burger, fast food restaurant - DC Comics
- Big Kahuna Burger, fast food restaurant - Pulp Fiction and other Quentin Tarantino films.
- Doublemeat Palace, fast food restaurant - Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Fujiwara Tofu Shop, tofu takeout, Initial D
- Krusty Burger, fast food restaurant - The Simpsons
- Mel's Diner - Alice
- Milliways, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 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
- Shenanigans, restaurant - Super Troopers, Waiting...
- Très bien! - A French restaurant in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
- Good Burger- All That, Good Burger movie
- Mondo Burger- Good Burger movie
[edit] Retailers
- The Android's Dungeon - comic books and collectibles, The Simpsons
- Greens & Grains - supermarket from 10 Items or Less
- Hooper's Store - convenience store, Sesame Street
- 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)
- Mega Lo Mart - Wal-Mart-like store, King of the Hill
- The Racer's Edge - automotive performance accessory store, The Fast and the Furious
- Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes - magical joke shop in Harry Potter
- Zonko's Joke Shop- magical joke shop in Harry Potter
[edit] Services
[edit] Advertising
[edit] 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
[edit] Legal services
[edit] 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.
[edit] Moving and delivery
- Planet Express - delivery, Futurama
[edit] Publishing
- Goatberger Publishers - Discworld
- Cory Publishing - Another World
[edit] Other services
- Bada Bing - Silvio Dante's strip club - The Sopranos
- 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
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Transportation
[edit] 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
[edit] Airlines
- Bonzair - Neighbours
- Oceanic Airlines - Lost, Executive Decision and others.
- Skyfleet - Casino Royale
- Soar Airlines - Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Total Bastard Airlines - Saturday Night Live
[edit] Trucks
- Happy Toyz Co - Maximum Overdrive
[edit] 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
- Wesayso Corporation - Dinosaurs
- Wright Anything Agency (previously 'Wright Talent Agency) - Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
