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.
- Aesir - The distributor of the drug Valkyr in the game Max Payne
- Biocarbon Amalgamated - The manufacturer of the drug Ephemerol - Scanners
- Biocyte Pharmaceuticals - Mission: Impossible II
- Biosyn - Rival to Jurassic Park builder InGen in the novels
- Cale-Anderson Pharmaceuticals - Wonder Woman comics
- ChemiTech - Aerosmith video game Revolution X
- Devlin McGregor - The Fugitive
- DHARMA Initiative, The - Lost
- DrugCo - Lewis's employer on The Drew Carey Show
- Gedaechtnis - Nick Sagan's Idlewild novels
- G-Corporation - Tekken
- Genomex - Mutant X
- Ecumena - hospital/health care chain in St. Elsewhere (the producers were sued by Humana anyhow)
- InGen - Creators of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and its sequels
- Mada Corporation - Kyle XY
- Manticore - Dark Angel
- NecroTech Industries - Believed to be responsible for the zombie outbreak in Urban Dead
- Maas Biotek - Count Zero
- Merrick BioTech - The Island
- Ootori Corporation - Ouran High School Host Club
- Pharcom - Syphon Filter
- Pharmacom - The company with a secret cure to NAS in the movie Johnny Mnemonic
- Pharmhaus -We take your medication seriously, unknown drug company in the Spybotics online flash game The Nightfall Incident.
- Project Genesis Five - Galax-Arena by Gillian Rubinstein
- SiNtek - SiN and SiN Episodes
- Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
- uNorth -- Michael Clayton
- 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
- Zzyxx- fictional sub-company in TV series Kyle XY
- ZomboTech - Sinister zombie research company Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, spoof on the Umbrella Corporation (See above).
- Medical Mechanica - FLCL
- Allied Biscuit - The Simpsons
- Ankh-Sto Associates - Discworld
- Arasaka - Cyberpunk 2020
- ARCAM Corporation - Spriggan
- Ares Macrotechnology - Shadowrun
- Auric Enterprises -GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
- The Arnco. Group - The Bromeliad
- AT & Love - The Kids in the Hall
- Axon - company from the Unreal series of video games, researches weapon technology for the Terran Colonial Authority
- Aztechnology - Shadowrun
- 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
- Bluecorp - information gathering company owned by Redd White, the man who murdered Mia Fey - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Brawndo Corporation - sports drink producer employing approximately 80% of U.S. population in Idiocracy
- Buy and Large Corporation (BuynLarge) - in Pixar animated film WALL-E
- 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
- Cord Conglomerate - Marvel Comics titles (especially Iron Man)
- 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 real-life software company)
- 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 (An apparent swipe at Gulf and Western)
- 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
- Fuchi Systems - Shadowrun
- Galaxy Corp - Rogue Galaxy
- 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
- Johnson & Mills - Don Hertzfeldt's animated short Rejected
- Kanzaki Zaibatsu - Sakura Wars
- LexCorp - Lex Luthor's company in the Superman universe
- Liandri - ruthless company from the Unreal series of video games, started as the Liandri Mining Company
- 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-Tek - a galaxy-spanning hypercorporation in the computer game Anarchy Online
- 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
- Renraku - Shadowrun
- Roxxon - oil company in Marvel Comics titles
- 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
- Shinra Electric Power 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
- Stane Industries - Iron Man comic books
- Stark Industries/Stark Enterprises/Stark International/Stark-Fujikawa - Iron Man comic books
- Sto Plains Holdings - Discworld
- Supergiant Conglomerated Corporation - This Modern World
- TMG - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Teksarb Corporation - Dry-Fire comic series
- Tessier-Ashpool S.A. - Neuromancer
- Thorn Industries - Damien: Omen II & Omen III: The Final Conflict
- Transcorp - Stephen King's Everything's Eventual and The Dark Tower series
- Techno Union - technological conglomerate, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Trade Federation - shipping conglomerate, Star Wars
- TransGlobal Energy from the video game Act of War
- TriOptimum Corporation - System Shock
- Trident Corporation - Spriggan
- Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
- Union Aerospace Corporation(UAC) - Doom series of video games by id Software
- Union Broadcasting Systems (UBS-TV) - Network
- United Amalgamated Conglomerated Holdings - Johnny and the Dead
- United Holdings (Holdings) Ltd. - Good Omens
- U.S.A. Multi-Company Corp., Even we don't know what we do - Mad Magazine
- The Very Big Corporation of America - Monty Python's 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
- World Wide Wicket Company - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- The Wolfbridge Group - Knots Landing
- World Company - Les Guignols de l'info
- Xanatos Enterprises - Gargoyles
- Yamatetsu - Shadowrun
- Ziktor Industries - VR Troopers
- Zik Zak - Max Headroom
- ZiffCorp - owned by Artie Ziff, The Simpsons
- Zorg Corporation - firearms, spacecraft, cab companies; The Fifth Element
- 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
- FinalBuild Construction - from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- 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
- Home Labyrinth - home improvement store, where Mr. Anderson shops in an episode of Beavis & Butthead
- K & B Construction - Home Improvement
- Montague Construction - Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet
- The Newport Group- now defunct property and investment firm featured in The O.C.
- Panlantic Construction Company - from Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Ptaclusp Associates, Necropolitan Builders to the Dynasties - pyramid and monument construction, later moved into aqueducts, Discworld
- Slate Construction Company - a subsidiary/sibling company of Slate Rock & Gravel, also headed by Mr. Slate, The Flintstones
- T.U.M.E. Construction - from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Wesayso Development Corporation - Dinosaurs
- Widmore Construction - Lost
- Witt Construction Company - Colossal Cave Adventure (Computer Game)
- Zilla Construction - Shadow Warrior
- Aegis Oil Company On Deadly Ground(1994)
- Blaidd Dwrg Nuclear Power Plant- Doctor Who- "Boom Town"
- 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 and The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
- SewerCom - phone company serving sewer mutants, Futurama
- 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
- Squid - from Grand Theft Auto III
- SUMO - from Grand Theft Auto III
- 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
- Wastenot Industries - Duck Dodgers
- 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
- Castillo - Theme park in Mega Man Battle Network 4, possibly a reference to Disney Theme Parks
- Cavalary Records - Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues. Philip Sheridan, George Wright, and George Armstrong Custer are executives
- Centrax - mentioned in Seinfeld episode "The Stock Tip". as the company George and Jerry invested in. Created a new way of 'televising opera'.
- 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
- Glory Hole Theme Park - A theme park only mentioned on the radio in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grendel Records - The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
- Happyland - amusement park, DC Comics
- Haly's Circus - former home of the Flying Graysons, DC Comics
- Hippo Club, The - Grosse Pointe Blank
- 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
- Lucky Monkey Media - It's all in your imagination, unknown media corporation in the Spybotics online flash game The Nightfall Incident.
- 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 Drive
- 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
- Binco - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Collars & Cuffs - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Didier Sachs - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Forrester Creations - The Bold And The Beautiful
- Gash - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Kilimanjaro's - Clothes store for really fat men - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Little Havana Streetwear & Tattoo Parlour - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Mr. Benz Fashion Shop - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- ProLaps - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- SubUrban - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Victim - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- ZIP - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Ankh Futures (Financial Advisors) - Discworld
- Ankh-Morpork Mercentile Credit Bank - Discworld
- Bank of Springfield - The Simpsons
- Bastard Bank - The Comedy Company
- Big Apple Bank - Futurama
- Bluecorp - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Boro National Bank - Rollover
- Cabbage Growers' Co-Operative Bank - Discworld
- Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills - The Beverly Hillbillies
- Credit and Commerce Bank of San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (clearly based on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International)
- 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 Fiduciary Bank - Mary Poppins.
- 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
- H & L Brock - Will help you save the most money on your taxes through shady or illegal means - Saturday Night Live
- JLB Credit - Peep Show
- Mulctuary Money Management - A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Nakatomi Trading Corporation - Die Hard, Die Hard 2: Die Harder
- Parker Ellington Davis Consulting (PED) -Your money is our business, unknown financial company in the Spybotics online flash game The Nightfall Incident
- Pierce & Pierce - a Wall Street investment bank in American Psycho and The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Rive Droit Bank - The Tick animated series The right bank for you
- 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
- Ace Tomato Company - CIA front, Spies Like Us
- Archangel network - Mobile phone system broadcasting a subliminal hypnotic message on behalf of Mr Saxon/The Master in the Doctor Who episodes "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords".
- Auto Plastics - Front for the first Auton invasion in the 1970 Doctor Who serial Spearhead from Space
- Bubble Shock! - Drinks company, Front for a Bane invasion in The Sarah Jane Adventures episode "Invasion of the Bane"
- Chalky the Troll's Hollow Statue Export Company - Badly considered "front" for a smuggling ring, Discworld
- Centrution International Advertising and Creative Ideas Animation - fronts for the CIA in Alex Rider books.
- 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.
- 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".
- Harper's Jellied Eels- Jellied eel company, Front for a Torchwood investigation in the Torchwood episode "Combat"
- 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
- Pacific Trident Global Shipping , Cover for Martin Blank's company Grosse Pointe Blank
- 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
- Royal and General Bank- Front for MI6 in the Alex Rider series
- Scolex Industries - Manufacturing turned criminal front, Inspector Gadget movie
- SETEC Astronomy - Russian-funded project, actually anagram for "too many secrets", from Sneakers
- Soon Shine Sun's second-hand clothes shop - Front for the History Monks, Discworld
- Techno-Cosmic Research Institute - front for the Utroms, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 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.
- Un Common Backrub - front for the Upright Citizens Brigade
- United Cake Bakers - front for the Upright Citizens Brigade
- United Fried Chicken - Front for Jane Smiths Van, Mr. and Mrs Smith
- 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.
- Altra Automotive - from Trafic, by Jacques Tati.
- Amalgamated Motors - The Munsters
- American Motors - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (AMC is a real company, American Motor Company. Later purchased by Jeep)
- AntiChrysler - Futurama
- Bethlehem Motor Company - auto manufacturer and conglomerate, The Betsy
- Chepy - redneck trucks, South Park
- 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
- 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
- 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
- National Motors Corporation from Wheels
- Powell Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
- Takuro - Japanese auto manufacturer in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, maker of the Spirit, a compact car similar to the Honda Civic.
- Toyonda - Mix between Toyota and Honda, South Park
- Vaillante, from the Michel Vaillant comic books
- Bigweld Industries - You can shine no matter what you're made of, also changed to Why be you when you can be new for a short time. 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!: Plug Into Adventure!
- 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
- Tramco Co. - Mentioned in the Seinfeld episode "The Stock Tip". Invented a 'robot butcher'.
- 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.
- Yamtaijika Corporation - Björk's "All Is Full of Love" music video
- Amalgamated Spaceship - Spaceship manufacturer, George Johansson's "Destiny of the Universe" series of sci-fi novels.
- Chiokis Starship Construction Corporation - spaceship construction, semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- Colonial Movers - Space transportation company from Battlestar Galactica.
- Corellian Engineering Corporation - Star Wars
- Daytron Corporation- Rogue Galaxy
- Drax Industries - Manufacturers of the Moonraker Space Shuttle, 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
- 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, in 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
- Pan Galactic (Pan Gal) - transport company from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series. The name is a homage to the now defunct Pan Am airlines in real life.
- 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
- Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards - Starships (Galaxy Class Project) - Canon Star Trek (Star Trek Encyclopaedia)
- 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)
- Silver Shamrock Novelties - Halloween III
- Videlectrix — video games, Homestar Runner
- WarioWare, Inc. — video games, WarioWare
- Zevo Toys — Toys
- 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
- Anacott Steel — Wall Street
- Axis Chemical Co. — Batman
- 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 Show
- Crane Industries — Passions soap opera
- CrapCo Corporation Incorporated (Parody website)
- Dinki-Di — dog food Mad Max
- Dinoco — Cars
- Duff Brewing Corporation — The Simpsons
- Dunder Mifflin — paper. The Office (US version)
- El Dorado Cigarette Company — Family Guy
- Elgin Air - the company that supplied the E-474 in Flightplan
- Equilibrium — the powerful antidepressant Prozium, Equilibrium
- Exotic Perfume Company — 1952 film Dreamboat
- Fortune Cookie Inc. - Rocko's Modern Life
- Fujiwara Tofu Shop - Tofu takeout and delivery shop - Initial D
- General Forge & Foundry — Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- General Services Corporation — " — We Also Walk Dogs" by Robert A. Heinlein
- Globocide Corporation — chemical poisons, The Oblongs
- Goddard's factory — paper manufacturer, Where the Heart Is
- Grimsdale's Dairy — a tiny family run milk delivery business, The Early Bird Show
- The Handy-Dandy Vacuum Cleaner Company — I Love Lucy
- Hostile Takeover Bank — Cars
- Initech — Office Space
- Little Gem - Garfield and Friends
- Knight Industries - Built KITT from the TV series Knight Rider
- Krustyco — Krusty the Klown merchandising, The Simpsons
- Mixom - Doom 3
- Monarch Playing Card Co. — Batman (comics)
- Paper Street Soap Company — premium soap, Fight Club
- Pharmakom Industries — Johnny Mnemonic
- Primatech - Paper company in Heroes, front for secret organisation
- Rearden Steel — Atlas Shrugged
- Roboto Industries — the "tractor beam" device, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Roritor Pharmaceuticals — drugs, Brain Candy
- Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment — Cars
- Schlocko — various electronic products, Garfield and Friends
- Silph Co. — produces numerous items for Pokémon trainers, Pokémon
- 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 — issuers of travel passports, Code 46
- St. Anky's Beer — Super Troopers
- Starving Teachers Catering Company - catering, The Simpsons
- Stay Puft Corporation — marshmallows, Ghostbusters
- Steamwheedle Cartel - rockets, trinkets and general engineering, Warcraft
- Taco Hell - fast-food franchise, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
- Uranus Corporation — The Groove Tube
- Vandelay Industries — latex and latex products, Seinfeld
- Wernham Hogg — paper, The Office
- Wonka Industries — chocolate and other confectionery treats, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Windvexer Paperweight Company — Futurama
- Winterchem — chemicals, Rollover
- Wheel Well — Cars
- Yomahana - keyboard manufacterer, South Park
- Admiral Bob's Global Security - Snow Crash
- Ammu-Nation - Grand Theft Auto series
- Anaheim Electronics - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor/AEUG supporter, Universal Century Gundam
- Aperture Science - Makes shower curtains and develops portal technology, Portal
- 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
- Artahka- Develops Special Masks and Weapons in Bionicle
- Black Mesa Research Facility - Develops almost every conceivable scientific discipline, Half-Life
- BLAND Corporation - think-tank, Dr. Strangelove
- Burleigh and Stronginthearm - longbow, crossbow and siege-engine manufacturers, Discworld
- Chaank Armaments Corporation - Death Machine
- ConSec Corporation - a defense and security company which deals in "weaponry and private armies", Scanners
- 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
- Gadgetron - Ratchet and Clank
- 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
- Megacorp - Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando and Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
- 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
- Rivermore National Labs - Co-Developer of Metal Gear Rex - parody of Livermore Labs Metal Gear Solid
- 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
- Shinnakasu — Aviation engine manufacturer, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- South Belka Munitions Factory [aka Grunder Industries], - Ace Combat 5: the Unsung War
- Stonewall J's - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Strategic Naval Research Institute (SNRI) - Mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor, Universal Century Gundam
- Three Bees - company that distributes the drug Dypraxa produced by a pharmaceutical company KDH in the movie "The Constant Gardener"
- T-Zero Riot Response Squad - Military trained riot squad in Urban Chaos: Riot Response
- Trident Corporation - weapons manufacturer and research company, Spriggan
- UltraFlight Labolatories - aircraft manufacturer, designer of the Screaming Eagle, Rescue Rangers
- Union Aerospace Corporation - defense/energy/biotech, Doom
- Vault-Tec Technologies - government contractor, mainly known for the planning, development and construction of Vaults in Fallout
- 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
- Aegis Oil Company On Deadly Ground
- AMCo. Petroleum Company - Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- 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.
- Colbyco Oil - Dynasty.
- 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.
- Dinoco - Toy Story, Cars
- Ewing Oil, Dallas
- Galatron Mining Corporation - Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos
- Gas Mining Guild - Freelancer
- Gasoline - Grand Theft Auto III
- Gasso - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Going - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- 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
- K.A.C.C. Military Fuels - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- 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 Minerals Corporation (PTMC) - Descent
- PetroState Oil - Dallas
- 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
- Ultor - Red Faction
- WestStar - Dallas
- Xoomer - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- 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
- Mousebat, Follicle, Goosecreature, Ampersand, Spong, Wapcaplet, Looseliver, Vendetta and Prang - Monty Python
- 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
- Viney and Veal's - Infinite Jest
- The Hoosegow - Snow Crash
- The Clink - Snow Crash
- 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
- Sam & Max, Freelance Police - Sam & Max
- 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
- Boots, Boots, Boots, Boots, Marchinup & Downagain - The Goodies
- Cage & Fish - Ally McBeal
- Crane, Poole & Schmidt - The Practice, Boston Legal
- D'Leo & Furax Law - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- 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
- I Can't Believe it's a Law Firm! - Lionel Hutz's law office in Springfield Mall, The Simpsons
- 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
- Rabinowicz, Rabinowicz, & Rabinowicz - All in the Family
- Rakin' & Ponzer - Grand Theft Auto III
- 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. - Ace Attorney series (also known as the Phoenix Wright series)
- Young, Frutt & Berluti - The Practice
- Ghostbusters - supernatural pest control
- Harry Dresden, Wizard - The Dresden Files novels and TV series
- 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
- Awesome Express - competitor to Planet Express, Futurama
- British Freight Company (BFC) - state-run mail service, V for Vendetta
- CityHaul - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Haul - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- IPS (International Parcel Services) - delivery, The King of Queens
- Los Santos Delivery - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- 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
- RS Haul - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Spand Express - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Starving Teachers Moving Company - The Simpsons
- Tristero Rapid Post - private mail service which may or may not truly exist, The Crying of Lot 49
- Vice City Market Publications - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Acidic Books - Gebstadterian counterpart to Basic Books in the works of Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Banneker Press - publishers of Karen Eiffel's novels in Stranger than Fiction (film)
- Banner House Publishing - publishers of Barbara Novak's bestseller novel in Down With Love
- 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)
- 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.
- C.H. Lavatory and Sons - plumbers, Discworld
- Computron - television ratings assessors, The Ratings Game
- Dale's Dead-Bug - Dale Gribble's pest control service, King of the Hill
- Dr. Donut - Open wide and say 'AHHHHHH!', unknown pastry (at least donuts) retailers in the Spybotics online flash game The Nightfall Incident.
- Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc. (ERTS) - Finds information on the dislocation of resources on the Earth, Congo novel
- 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.
- H.C. Clements - Security firm in The Runaway Bride, Doctor Who.
- Heinzi & Pfaff - 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
- Teyssandier-Springer - art consulting company, part of monochrom's complex prank project Lord Jim Lodge takeover
- The Kafra Corporation - Omnipresent comporation responsible of providing basic services to the adventurer (online players) - Ragnarok Online
- The New Firm - criminal services, Discworld
- Old Glory Insurance - insurance company which offers robot attack coverage ("For when the metal ones decide to come for you - and they will.") Saturday Night Live
- The Power Company - superhero services, Power Company
- Plow King - rival snow-removal service to Mr Plow, set up by Barney Gumble, The Simpsons
- Prentiss-McCabe - public relations Absolute Power
- Product Testing, Inc. - Cathy comic strip
- Rex Kwon Do - martial-arts instruction, Napoleon Dynamite
- Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - off-world colonization, Blade Runner
- Sneed & Company - undertakers, Doctor Who - "The Unquiet Dead"
- SpringShield - home security, The Simpsons
- Sunshine Carpet Cleaners - cult-run company, Seinfeld
- Tom's Rhinoplasty - plastic surgery, South Park
- U-Stor-It - Snow Crash
- Unthinkable Solutions - image consultants, Think the Unthinkable
- We-R-Igors - hunchbacked lab assistants, Discworld
- Zap-Em - pest control, Men in Black (movie)
- Zorgo the Retrophrenologist - creates bumps on peoples' heads, thereby changing their personalities, Discworld
- Anaheim Electronics - Mobile Suit manufacturer (various Universal Century era Gundam series)
- Altimit Corporation, maker of the ALTIMIT OS, .hack
- Applied Cryogenics - cryogenics facility, Futurama
- Axon - nanomachine-based neural modifications, Quarantine
- Barrytron Limited - electronics manufacturer, Breakfast of Champions
- Bells and Whistles Computers - Crunchly saga
- Black Sun Systems, Inc. - Snow Crash
- Caliban Industries - Blade 2
- Chimeway & Daughters - a piano manufacturer in The Sims, most likely a spoof on Steinway & Sons
- Chronowerx Corporation - Microsoft's equivalent based on technologies stolen from the XXIXth century, Star Trek: Voyager, Future's End
- Com Tron Industries - Industrial espionage (Knight Rider pilot show) Knight of the Phoenix
- Compuglobalhypermeganet - ISP created by Homer in The Simpsons
- CompuTech - unidentified technology company, The Stepford Wives
- CyberAcme Systems, Inc. - A.I. manufacturer, Marathon (computer game)
- Cyberbiotics - robotics Gargoyles
- Cyber Connect (CC) Corporation - released The World, .hack
- Cyberdyne Systems Corporation - robotics, The Terminator series
- Daystrom Data Concepts - computer design and manufacturing, Star Trek
- Data Systems - unidentified technology company, The Stepford Wives
- Datatrust - unidentified technology company, Dystopia (computer game)
- Digicom - electronics, Disclosure novel and movie
- Digicorp - global computing (rival to Sunways), Cypher
- ENCOM - creators of the MCP, Tron
- fCon - the company that attempts to take over ENCOM in Tron 2.0
- Global Dynamics - Software Technology Research Eureka
- Gizmonic Institute - private technological research and development firm, Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Geocomtex - Secrative owners of the Internet. Also possesses many alien devices. Doctor Who: "Dalek"
- H.A.L. Labs - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- HeretiCorp - evil corporation with a board of directors always in the shadows, Sluggy Freelance
- Humanidyne Institute - think tank investigating biological anomalies in Misfits of Science series
- Hyperdine Systems - creator of the Bishop android in Aliens
- Identicon Corp. - biotechnology research firm in the videogame 007: Agent Under Fire.
- Initech - software development, Office Space
- Initrode - software development, Office Space
- International Data Corporation (IDC) - satire of IBM, The Destroyer series of novels
- International Technology Corporation - quantum physics, Timeline novel and movie
- IPC - consumer electronics and computers, Megaman Battle Network
- The Java Server - internet café, The Simpsons
- Kaiba Corp - Duel Disks and Dueling accessories, after Seto Kaiba takes over. Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Life Extension - cryogenics, Vanilla Sky
- Magnetbox - TV's, The Simpsons Magnavox, imitation
- Malprave Industries - technology manufacturing corporation in videogame 007: Agent Under Fire.
- Medetic - xenotransplantation provider and organ bank, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Megasoft - Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge, parody of Microsoft
- Memory Call, - memory implants, Total Recall
- Metacortex - software development, Neo's employers in The Matrix http://www.metacortechs.com/
- MicroData - datapads, Star Wars
- Moneywell - computers, The Sims and The Sims 2, probably a spoof on Honeywell.
- NURVs - Microsoft spin-off from Antitrust (movie)
- O'Neil Tech 0 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward
- Ono-Sendai - cyberspace, Neuromancer
- Panaphonics - TV's, The Simpsons Panasonic imitation
- P-Mobile - mobile phones for prawns, Prawn To Be Wild
- Quark Industries - robotics and advanced technology research, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
- Rekall, Inc. - memory implants, Total Recall
- Sandbenders - a hyper-green, Native American computer company in William Gibson's Idoru
- SmartTech - electronics retailer, 40-Year Old Virgin
- ScumSoft - software and video game development firm in Space Quest
- Serano Genomics, Inc. - nanomachine manufacturer, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Soma - a computer and TV manufacturer in The Sims 2, probably a reference to Sony.
- Sorny - TV's, The Simpsons, Sony imitation
- Stocktronics - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Squid - from Grand Theft Auto III
- SUMO - The Industry Heavy-Weight - from Grand Theft Auto III
- Sunways - global computing (rival to Digicorp), Cypher
- SynTech Industries - Leading manufacturer of Weapons Grade computer chips, owned by Essex Lillah
- Tachibana Labs - Manufactures NAVI computers, Serial Experiments Lain
- Techno Global Research Institute - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Techno Union - technological conglomerate, Star Wars
- Tokra Electronics - cyberbrain manufacturer, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Ubient Software - software development firm, 4400 television series.
- Uplink Corporation - Employs and supports computer hackers, probably a reference to Earthlink.
- Venture Industries - the Venture Bros.
- Wario Ware, Inc. - video games, Nintendo's Mario universe
- Wattz Electronics Corp. - Manufacturer of various kinds of electronic equipment and energy weapons from the Fallout PC game series
- X-S Tech - The Galaxy's leader in high technology, specializing in hyperspatial transport, genetic engineering, cybernetics, and terraforming in the former Walt Disney World attraction, ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. Slogan is "If it can't be done without X-S, it shouldn't be done at all".
- Xymos Technology - nanotechnology, Prey (novel)
- Zorin Industries - microchip company, A View to a Kill
- Big O Tours - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Bikini Line - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Bluehound Bus Line - play on Greyhound Lines Dilbert
- Blue Bus Coach Lines - Lost
- Bullet Coach Company - Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Canny Bus Group - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Greathound - bus line in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, "leave the driving to Gus!"
- Sit n' Stare Bus Lines - The Simpsons
- Whippet Bus Lines - Grand Theft Auto III; a play on the name of the dog "greyhound"
- Ptero - AWorms; constructs helicopters for sale to spy agencies
- Americana Rail - passenger railroad in Final Run
- Amroad - passenger railroad in Silver Streak
- Atlantic Southern - Atlas Shrugged
- Brown Streak Railroad - passenger railroad in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Contrack - passenger railroad in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
- Eastern And Portland Railroad - railroad Jane Osgood sues for allowing a shipment of lobsters to spoil in It Happened to Jane.
- Grand Continental - passenger railroad operating the luxury train of the same name in Under Siege 2
- Illinois Southern Railroad - Freight railroad in The Fugitive, name might be a spoof of the Illinois Central railroad
- Hamtrack - passenger railroad in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew
- Phoenix-Durango - Atlas Shrugged
- Southland - Regional freight railroad in End of the Line
- Taggart Transcontinental - Atlas Shrugged
- Cruiseways, Inc. - Snow Crash
- Fairlanes, Inc. - Snow Crash
- Pacific Courier - Die Hard, Speed (film), Die Hard 3
- RS Haul - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Aalto Airlines - Flightplan
- Acme Airlines - Looney Tunes cartoons
- AirJet Atlantic - Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534
- Air Australia - Doctor Who
- Air Britain - Down to a Sunless Sea
- Air Elbonia (slingshot airline) - Dilbert
- Air Ixiom - Ace Combat 04, Ace combat Zero: the Belkan War'
- Air Kentucky - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Air Republic - Rumor Has It
- Air Scotia - The High Life
- Air Terranean - The Thunderbirds
- American Pride - The Langoliers
- American Travelways Airlines (ATW) - The Delta Force
- Atlantic American Airlines - Meet the Parents
- Atlantic International Airlines - Passenger 57
- Atlantic Northern - Seinfeld
- Big Balls Airlines - Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Blue Star Airlines - Wall Street
- Bonzair - Neighbours
- Boyd Aviation - Fletch
- British Orient - White Nights
- Caliber Air - Slipstream
- CalSky - LAX
- Canada World Airways (to portray real-life Air Canada) - Falling from the Sky: Flight 174
- City Airline - South Park in the episode It's Christmas in Canada.
- CKA Airlines - Used in a commercial by Geico Insurance
- Colonial Airlines - Nothing in Common
- Columbia Airlines - Airport 1975
- ConWest Airlines - Private Parts, Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501, International Airport
- Crazy Clown Airlines - The Simpsons
- DynaJet - Pushing Tin
- EconoJet - Pushing Tin
- European Airlines - Eurotrip
- Far East - Toy Story 2
- Federation World Airlines (FWA) - The Concorde: Airport '79
- Fly By Air - Big Trouble
- Four World Airways (airship airline) - American Flagg!
- Fresh! (later Fresh! Global and Fresh! Europe) - Mile High
- Fresh Air - Red Eye
- Fuji Air - Die Hard 2
- Fly Canada - Little Mosque on the Prairie
- Gate Corporation (interplanetary transportation) - Cowboy Bebop
- Global Airways - Skyjacked, Blackout Effect
- Gold Star Airways - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (The Twilight Zone episode)
- GweBS Air Africa [IG] - Airline Mogul
- InterCity Air - Fearless
- Juank Air - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Landmark Airlines - Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Longhorn Air - A Wing and a Prayer
- Luxury Airlines - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- LYNXjet - airline in Lynx deodorant advertisements
- Magic Carpet Airlines - American Graffiti
- Mid-Central Airways - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
- Midwestern Airlines - Hero
- Monument Airlines - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- NEA - Die Hard 2
- Nocturnal Aviation - fictional sponsor of advertisements on MIT student radio station
- No Frills Airlines - The Simpsons
- Northeast Airlines - Die Hard 2
- NWA Airlines - Soul Plane
- Oceanic Airlines - Lost, Executive Decision and others.
- Orbit Airlines - Microsoft Flight Simulator
- PAC Atlantic Airways - Drop Zone
- Pan Universe Airlines (Moon-Earth airline) - Airplane II: The Sequel
- Pan West - Amazing Stories
- Paradise Airlines (to portray real-life Aloha Airlines) - Miracle Landing
- Pedophile Air - Mad Magazine
- Pioneer Aviation - fake airplane company created by Trapper and Hawkeye to play a joke on Maj. Burns in an episode of M*A*S*H
- Quantum Airlines - Pandora's Clock
- Quest Airlines - Final Descent
- Rockstar Airlines - Grand Theft Auto trilogy Airport Inc
- Rossini Air Line - Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Royalty Airlines - View from the Top
- Royce Air International - Panic in the Skies!
- Scot Air - Medusa's Child
- Serb Air - LAX
- SkyAmeriWestica - The Simpsons
- Skyfleet - Casino Royale
- Soar Airlines - Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Solar Airways - Triumph in the Skies
- South Pacific Air - Snakes on a Plane
- Sparta Airlines - Pushing Tin
- Spooky Air - Scooby Doo
- Stromboli Airlines - Stewardess School
- Syldair - The Adventures of Tintin
- TAA - Hijacked: Flight 285
- Take 2 Airways - Airport Inc
- Thrifty Airlines - Mad Magazine
- Total Bastard Airlines - Saturday Night Live
- Trans American Airlines - Airplane!, Saturday Night Live
- TransCon Airlines - Turbulence
- TransEastern - Saturday Night Live
- Trans East Airlines - Seinfeld
- Trans Global Airlines (TGA) - Airport
- TransHemispheric Airlines - The Simpsons
- Trans-Orient-Pacific (TOPAC) - The High and the Mighty
- TransPacific Airlines - Airframe
- Trans Pacific (visually Pan Pacific) - Mission: Impossible II
- TRA Airlines - Peter Benchley's Amazon, Free Fall
- Travel National Air (TNA) - Dead Like Me
- Tri-States Airlines - Blackout Effect
- Volée Air - Final Destination
- Windsor Air - Die Hard 2 Airport Inc - as 'Air Windsor'
- Kaufman Cabs - Grand Theft Auto Vice City
- Mean Street Taxis - Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Sunnyside Taxis - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- VC Cabs -Grand Theft Auto Vice City
- Blue Sun Corporation - Firefly (TV series)
- Blotto's - Advertised on the radio in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas selling personal accessories such as gold plated mirrors, razor blades and straws (among other things)
- Borchester Land - The Archers
- CabalCo - Blood II: The Chosen
- Cellular Automata Research -Making the future less predictable, unknown reaserch company in the Spybotics online flash game The Nightfall Incident.
- The Crimson Corporation - Druuge corporation in Star Control II that has a monopoly over everything, even sunlight and air. Subsequently, if anyone is fired from the corporation, they are immediately accused of stealing from the corporation and executed.
- First Block Real Estate - Stargate SG-1
- F/Rite Air (sounds like fried air) - Company mentioned in April fools hoax on Dutch financial web site [2]
- Grunty Industries - Banjo-Tooie video game.
- Happy Times - Dead Like Me
- Hashaway Fixtures - Bathroom fixtures company - King of The Hill
- Kordco - Blue Beetle
- M & M Enterprises - Catch-22
- Martian Buddy - Doom 3 - marketing and advertising fictional company invented for Doom 3, the company advertises via e-mail and the player find their ads picking up the various PDAs scattered around the UAC martian base. The company respond to a registered website: [3]
- Kramerica Industries - Seinfeld, created by Cosmo Kramer
- Nakamoto Industries - Rising Sun novel and movie
- Nutty Arc-Dynamo - Pokey the Penguin
- Pickering Industries - Andy Richter Controls the Universe
- Rife Advanced Research Enterprises - Snow Crash
- Scumco — Harry the Handsome Executive
- Slaughterhousing Ltd. - The Magic Christian
- State Og - Something Awful
- Swastika Holding Company - Meyer Wolfsheim's "legitimate" business, The Great Gatsby
- Thorax Corp. - fictional company from The Brothers Chaps' flash cartoon website homestarrunner.com
- Venture Industries - superscience, The Venture Bros.
- Sluggo Cola - Used in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - A company in the Ferengi Alliance