List of fictional companies
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Biomedical
- InGen – Creators of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and its sequels
Conglomerates and multinationals
- Ankh-Sto Associates - Discworld
- Arasaka - Cyberpunk 2020
- The Arnco. Group - The Bromeliad
- CHOAM (Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles)- Frank Herbert's Dune
- Conglom-O - Rocko's Modern Life
- dataDyne - Perfect Dark
- The Denmark Corporation - Michael Almareyda's Hamlet
- Dryco - Jack Womack's Dryco novels
- Engulf & Devour - Silent Movie (Mel Brooks, 1976)
- FrobozzCo - Zork
- 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
- Grand and Son Holdings Limited - conglomerate, The Magic Christian
- International Services - operator of prisons, mental institutions, schools, monastaries and convents (Quarantine)
- LexCorp - Lex Luthor's company in the Superman universe
- Manchurian Global - The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- North Central Positronics - Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Nishitsu Corporation - Japanese zaibatsu or conglomerate, The Destroyer series of novels
- Persona Century Corporation Darkside Blues
- RAMJAC Corporation - Jailbird and other novels by Kurt Vonnegut
- Shigamatsu Han - Rollover
- Smart Brain - Kamen Rider 555
- Sombra Corporation - Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Stark Industries/Stark Enterprises/Stark International - Iron Man comic books
- Sto Plains Holdings - Discworld
- Tessier-Ashpool S.A. - Neuromancer
- Trade Federation - shipping conglomerate, Star Wars
- Transcorp - Stephen King's Everything's Eventual and The Dark Tower series
- Tri-Optimum Corporation - System Shock
- Techno Union - technological conglomerate, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
- Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
- United Amalgamated Conglomerated Holdings - Johnny and the Dead
- United Holdings (Holdings) Ltd. - Good Omens
- The Very Big Corporation of America - The Meaning of Life
- Wayne Enterprises - Bruce Wayne's company featured in Batman
- Wentworth Industries - Parent company of Barnes Wentworth Oil, Dallas
- Weyland-Yutani - Alien movies
- Whitmore Industries - Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- The Wolfbridge Group - Knots Landing
- World Company - Les Guignols de l'Info
- Xanatos Enterprises - Gargoyles
- ZiffCorp - owned by Artie Ziff, The Simpsons
- Zorg Corporation - firearms, spacecraft, cab companies; The Fifth Element
Construction
- Bluth Company - housing, Arrested Development
- Brande Industries - industrial/construction contractor, Legion of Super-Heroes
- Cloverleaf Industries - highway construction, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Durden Demolition - "If it says Durden, it's going down," Transmetropolitan
- Goto Engineering - mining/excavation, Cryptonomicon
- Grayson Sky Domes, Ltd. - construction of protective habitat domes, in several Honorverse novels by David Weber
- Montague Construction - Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet
- Ptaclusp Associates, Necropolitan Builders to the Dynasties - pyramid and monument construction, later moved into aquaducts, Discworld
- Wesayso Development Corporation - Dinosaurs
- Greenleaf Construction - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Energy, Communication and Utilities
- ACDC Power Plant - Megaman Battle Network
- Grand Trunk Semaphore Company - Discworld
- Monsters, Inc. - energy utility, Monsters, Inc.
- Monopolated Edison aka "Mon-Ed" - Schroedinger's Cat Trilogy
- Monopolated Light and Power - New York City utility company, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
- Niagular - cellphone company, The Simpsons
- The Phone Company ("TPC")- The President's Analyst
- SewerCom - phone company serving sewer mutants, Futurama
- Springfield Nuclear Power Plant - work place of Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
- ShinRa Electric Power Company - Final Fantasy VII
- Strickland Propane - King of the Hill
- Thatherton Fuels - rival of Strickland Propane, King of the Hill
Entertainment
- Big Red Records - The Five Heartbeats
- Boogalow International Music - The Apple
- Century of the Fruitbat Moving Pictures - Discworld
- Delicious Records - Half & Half
- The Dysk Theatre - Discworld (parodies the Globe Theatre)
- Engulf and Devour Corporation- holding company, Silent Movie
- Galaxy Broadcasting System - a major television network in the Superman comics
- Ginga TV (also known as Galaxy TV) - the television network of the Sailor Moon universe
- Happyland - amusement park, DC Comics
- Haly's Circus -former home of the Flying Graysons, DC Comics
- Itchy & Scratchy International - parent company of all things Itchy & Scratchy, The Simpsons
- Itchy & Scratchy Land - amusement park
- Euro Itchy & Scratchy Land - amusement park, Europe
- Itchy & Scratchy Productions - animation studio
- Krustylu Studios - Krusty the Klown's production company, The Simpsons, a pun on Desilu Productions
- Luna Park, amusement park on the Moon, Futurama
- 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
- The Muppet Theatre - The Muppet Show
- Parallel Universal Studios - Futurama
- Past-O-Rama - theme park, Futurama
- Phillips Broadcasting - television production, The Critic
- Polymer Records - This is Spinal Tap
- PolyStar Pictures - movie studio, The Simpsons episode "Beyond Blunderdome"
- Reckless Ted's Funland - amusement park, Futurama
- Ryan Entertainment - movie studio, Mulholland Dr.
- Shields Pictures - movie studio, The Bad and the Beautiful
- Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre - miniature golf, The Simpsons
- Spaceland - amusement park, Cowboy Bebop
- Starlight Music - Jem
- 30th Century Fox - Futurama, a variant of 20th Century Fox that serves as the show's end credit
- Verner Bros. - movie studio, DC Comics esp. Blue Devil, a parody of Warner Bros.
- Wally World - amusement park, National Lampoon's Vacation
- World Wide Studios - movie studio, The Muppet Movie
See also: List of fictional radio stations, List of fictional television stations, Fictional video game companies
Financial
- Ankh Futures (Financial Advisors) - Discworld
- Ankh-Morpork Mercentile Credit Bank - Discworld
- Bank of Springfield - The Simpsons
- Big Apple Bank - Futurama
- Cabbage Growers' Co-Operative Bank - Discworld
- Grayson Moorhead Securities - principled but incompetent investment firm, Saturday Night Live
- Gringotts - Harry Potter
- Mulctuary Money Management - A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Nakatomi Trading Corporation - Die Hard, Die Hard 2: Die Harder
- Rive Droit Bank - The Tick animated series
- Savings-R-Us - Larry Gonick's Attack of the Smart Pies
- Strathclyde Savings Bank - City Lights sitcom
- Thrift Bank - Discworld
- Western World Funding Corporation - consortium of banks and insurance companies, Network
- Wolfgang and Marx - The Producers
Fronts
- Ace Tomato Company - CIA front, Spies Like Us
- Auto Plastics - Front for the first Auton invasion in the 1971 Doctor Who serial Spearhead from Space
- Bada Bing - Tony's strip bar office for "Waste Management Services" - The Sopranos
- 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.
- 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
- Farrell Plastics - Front for the second Auton invasion, Doctor Who
- Globex Corporation - Front for Hank Scorpio in the Simpsons James Bond spoof episode You Only Move Twice.
- Fronty's Meat Market - "Not a front since 2997" - Front for the robot Mafia, Futurama
- Montana Management - Money laundering company in Scarface
- Nigerian Development Bank - Larry Gonick's Attack of the Smart Pies, in a tribute to a famous e-mail spam
- Osato Chemicals - Front for S.P.E.C.T.R.E., in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice
- The Legitimate Businessmen's Club - Front for Fat Tony's Mafia family, The Simpsons
- PlayTronics - Sneakers
- Red Horse Garage - Front for Project Cadmus, Superman comics
- Scolex Industries - Manufacturing turned criminal front, Inspector Gadget movie
- Soon Shine Sun's second-hand clothes shop - Front for the History Monks, Discworld
- The Leaning Tower - Front for Stephen King's The Dark Tower
- Transworld Consortium - Front for MI6 in later James Bond stories, succeeded Universal Exports
- United Cake Bakers - front for the Upright Citizens Brigade
- Universal Exports - 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.
Manufacturing
Automotive
- Altra Automotive - from Trafic, by Jacques Tati.
- Amalgamated Motors - The Munsters
- Bethlehem Motor Company - auto manufacturer and conglomerate, The Betsy
- Fourth Reich Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
- Kumatsu Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
- Powell Motors - auto manufacturers, The Simpsons
- Maibatsu - Japanese auto manufacturer, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Robots and androids
- Cain Labs - Reploids, Megaman X
- Cybot Galactica - Protocol droids, Star Wars
- DivaDroid International - Mechanoids such as Kryten, Red Dwarf
- Genesis Android Company - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Industrial Automaton - Astromechs, R2-D2, Star Wars
- Light Labs (Right Labs) - Humanoid Robots, Megaman
- Megatech Body Company, Ltd. - full body conversion cyborg body manufacturer, Ghost in the Shell
- Mom's Friendly Robot Company - Futurama
- NorthAm Robotics - Robot servants, Bicentennial Man
- Rossum's Universal Robots - androids, R.U.R.
- Sirius Cybernetics Corporation - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Storkways, Inc. - Outlet for custom-fabricated human beings, Somtow Sucharitkul's Mallworld
- Tyrell Corporation - Blade Runner
- U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men - robotics, Isaac Asimov short stories, title inspired name of US Robotics real-world company.
- Yamtaijika Corporation - Björk's "All Is Full of Love" music video
Spaceships
- Chiokis Starship Construction Corporation - spaceship construction, semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- 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, Star Wars
- Leeding Engines Ltd. - space ship engine manufacturer, semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- 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
- Shuvinaaljis Warp Technologies - semi-canon Star Trek (Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise)
- Sienar Fleet Systems - starfighters, TIE fighters, Star Wars
Toys
- 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
- Piffle Princess - toys (specifically Angelic Layer angels and accessories), Angelic Layer
- Videlectrix - video games, Homestar Runner
- Zevo Toys - Toys
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] (http://disneyshorts.toonzone.net/years/1999/mickeysairplanekit.html)
- Capsule Corp. - various products that can be shrunk into pocket-sized capsules, Dragonball and Dragonball Z
- Devon Corporation - Pokémon (Ruby/Sapphire video games and Pokémon Advanced tv show)
- 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 and Pete
- Nirvana Corp. - manufacturing, Dilbert (TV show)
- Omni Consumer Products (OCP) - Robocop
- Silph Corporation - Pokémon (Red/Green/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal video games)
- SoroSuub - 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
- Zero-One Heavy Industry Corporation - household electric appliances, automotive, computers, medical, etc., The Animatrix - The Second Renaissance
Other
- Axis Chemical Co. - Batman (movie)
- Barrytron - plastics company, Breakfast of Champions
- Blackbury Boot Company - Johnny and the Dead
- 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
- Duff Brewing Corporation - The Simpsons
- El Dorado Cigarette Company - Family Guy
- General Services Corporation - "—We Also Walk Dogs" by Robert Heinlein
- The Handy-Dandy Vacuum Cleaner Company - I Love Lucy
- Krustyco - Krusty the Klown merchandising, The Simpsons
- Monarch Playing Card Co. - Batman (comics)
- Paper Street Soap Company - premium soap, Fight Club
- Roritor Pharmaceuticals - drugs, Brain Candy
- Schlocko - various electronic products, Garfield and Friends
- 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
- Umbrella Corporation - rejuvenating medication, Resident Evil: Apocalypse
- Vandelay Industries - latex, and latex products, Seinfeld
- Wernham Hogg - paper, The Office
- Winterchem - chemicals, Rollover
Military, defense, and weaponry
- Admiral Bob's Global Security - Snow Crash
- Anaheim Electronics - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor/AEUG supporter, Universal Century Gundam
- Strategic Naval Research Institute (SNRI)-Mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor, Universal Century Gundam
- BLAND Corporation - think-tank, Dr. Strangelove
- Burleigh and Stronginthearm - longbow, crossbow and siege-engine manufacturers, Discworld
- General Jim's Defense System - Snow Crash
- 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
- Kuat Drive Yards - planetary turbolasers, Star Wars
- MIP Company - mobile suit and mobile armor manufacturer/defense contractor, Universal Century Gundam
- Morgenroete - mobile suit manufacturer/defense contractor, Gundam SEED
- Ng Security Industries - Snow Crash
- Nordyne Defense Dynamics - owner of Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
- Oscorp Industries - military contractor, Spider-Man (movie)
- Quest Aerospace - military contractor, rival of Oscorp, Spider-Man (movie)
- Romefeller Foundation - mobile suit manufactuer for the UESA, Gundam Wing
- Seburo - small arms manufacturer, a signature company in many of Masamune Shirow's books
- Union Aerospace Corporation - defense/energy/biotech, Doom
- Versatran Air Craft Division - electrostatic propulsion personal, commercial, and military aircraft, subsidary 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
- Weyland-Yutani - bioweapons, Alien
- X-Com - (eXtra-terrestrial COMbat unit) Company charged with the defense of eath 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
Mining and petroleum
- Barnes Wentworth Oil - Dallas
- Benthic Petroleum - The Abyss, Terminator 2, Twister
- Bowel Oil (President, Boyle M. Owl) - Firesign Theatre
- Con-Am - off world mining, Outland
- Dent Oil - cover for gun smuggling - Beverly Hills Cops 2
- Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc. - mining (?), Congo novel and movie
- Ewing Oil, Dallas
- Gulf and Bradley Petroleum, Bubblegum Crisis, episode 7, "Double Vision." Headquartered in Houston, Texas.
- Houghton Oil - The Far Arena
- Jupiter Mining Corporation - space mining, Red Dwarf
- Lexoil - Subsidery of Lexcorp, Superman comics
- 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
- Pignut Oil - Firesign Theatre
- Post-Terran Minerals Corporation (PTMC) - Descent
- Roxxon - Oil company in Marvel Comics
- Slate Rock and Gravel - quarrying, The Flintstones
- WestStar - Dallas
Retailers
Services
Advertising
- Ancestor and Sons Advertising Agency - Futurama (TV series)
- Blue Ant - Pattern Recognition
- DAA - thirtysomething
- Livingston, Gentry & Mishkin - Bosom Buddies
- McMahon and Tate - Bewitched; The Simpsons
- Pym's Publicity - Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers
- Pyrite Advertising Agency - The Flintstones (appears in the made-for-TV-movies "I Yabba Dabba Do!" and "Hollyrock-A-Bye Baby")
- Sixty Second Avenue - Bosom Buddies
Incarceration
- The Hoosegow - Snow Crash
- The Clink - Snow Crash
Investigative services
- Angel Investigations - private investigators, specializing in the supernatural, Angel
- The Anthropol Detective Agency - outer space investigation agency created by Louis Trimble
- Blue Moon Detective Agency - Moonlighting
- Continental Detective Agency - The Continental Op
- DKA (Dan Kearney & Associates) - created by Joe Gores
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - created by Douglas Adams
- Duke and Duke - Commodity Brokerage Firm in Trading Places
- Jaffe and Jaffe - Existential detective agency in I Heart Huckabees
- The Lunghi Detective Agency - Created by Michael Z. Lewin
- Millennium Group - Millennium
- Nick Danger, Third Eye - Firesign Theatre
- Remington Steele Investigations - Remington Steele
- Riptide Detective Agency (formerly Pier 56 Detective Agency) - Riptide
- Rocky Roccomoto, Motor Detective - Firesign Theatre
- Simon & Simon - Simon & Simon
- Spade and Archer - The Maltese Falcon
- Surfside Six - created by William Orr and Hugh Benson
- XXX Investigations - Madrox comic book by Peter David
Legal services
- Cage & Fish - Ally McBeal
- Crane, Poole & Schmidt - The Practice, Boston Legal
- I Can't Believe it's a Law Firm! - Lionel Hutz's law office in Springfield Mall, The Simpsons
- Dewey, Cheatham & Howe - several Three Stooges movies and Car Talk
- Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg and Holloway - She-Hulk
- 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
- Salitieri, Poore, Nash, De Brutus, and Short - Gravity's Rainbow
- Stewart, Whitehead and Moore - Neighbours
- Slant, Morcombe and Honeyplace - Discworld
- Tim Collins & Associates - Neighbours
- Vitale, Davis, Horowitz, Riordan, Schrecter & Schrecter - Daria
- Warpe, Wistfull, Kubitschek and McMingus - The Crying of Lot 49
- Wolff & Byrd - Supernatural Law
- Wolfram and Hart - metaphysical legal services, Angel
- Young, Frutt & Berluti - The Practice
Magical and supernatural
- Ghostbusters - supernatural pest control, Ghostbusters
- J.W. Wells & Co., family sorcerers - magical services, The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan (also features in Tom Holt novels)
- M.Y.T.H. Inc. - magical services, the Myth series by Robert Asprin
- Rentaghost - Spectral hire service, Rentaghost
Moving and delivery
- Awesome Express - competitor to Planet Express, Futurama
- IPS (International Parcel Services) - delivery, The King of Queens
- The Laurel and Hardy Moving Company - The Music Box
- Metropolis Moving - delivery, DC Comics
- Pacific Courier - trucking and air express, Die Hard, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Speed
- Planet Express - delivery, Futurama
- Radikal Kourier Systems (RadiKS) - Snow Crash
- Tristero Rapid Post - private mail service which may or may not truly exist, The Crying of Lot 49
Publishing
- Broht and Forrester - Star Trek: Voyager
- Goatberger Publishers - Discworld
- Megadodo Publications - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Pendant Publishing - Seinfeld
Other services
- Central Intelligence Corporation - Snow Crash
- Computron - telvision ratings assessors, The Ratings Game
- C.H. Lavatory and Sons - plumbers, Discworld
- Dale's Dead-Bug - Dale Gribble's pest control service, King of the Hill
- Gen-U-Tech - genetic engineering and research - Gargoyles
- Globo Gym American Corp. - Personal fitness centers Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- Heinzi & Plaff - graphic design, Pattern Recognition
- Hobson's Livery Stable - horse rental and storage Discworld
- Insuricare - Insurance company, The Incredibles
- J.H. "Flannelfoot" Boggis and Nephews- legalised theft, Discworld
- King of the Golden River ("Recycling Nature's Bounty") - waste disposal, Discworld
- Lacuna Inc. - memory management, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- LesterCorp - filing, Being John Malkovich
- Mr. Plow - Homer Simpson's snow removal service, on the Simpsons
- Mrs. Palm's House of Negotiable Affection - brothel, Discworld
- The New Firm - criminal services, Discworld
- Plow King - rival snow-removal service to Mr Plow, set up by Barney Gumble, The Simpsons
- Prentiss-McCabe - public relations Absolute Power
- 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
- Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - off-world colonization, Blade Runner
- SpringShield - home security, The Simpsons
- Sunshine Carpet Cleaners - cult-run company, Seinfeld
- Tom's Rhinoplasty - plastic surgery, South Park
- U-Stor-It - Snow Crash
- Zap-Em - pest control, Men in Black (movie)
- Zorgo the Retro phrenologist - creates bumps on peoples' heads, thereby changing their personalities Discworld
Technology, computers, and software
- 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
- Com Tron Industries - Industrial espionage (Knight Rider pilot show) Knight of the Phoenix
- CompuTech - unidentified technology company, The Stepford Wives
- CyberAcme Systems, Inc. - A.I. manufacturer, Marathon (computer game)
- Cyberbiotics - robotics Gargoyles
- Cyberdyne Systems Corporation - robotics, The Terminator series
- Daystrom Data Concepts - computer design and manufacturing, Star Trek
- Data Systems - unidentified technology company, The Stepford Wives
- Digicom - electronics, Disclosure novel and movie
- 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
- International Data Corporation (IDC) - satire of IBM, The_Destroyer series of novels
- Initech - software development, Office Space
- Initrode - software development, Office Space
- International Technology Corporation - quantum physics, Timeline novel and movie
- Kaiba Corp - Duel Disks and Dueling accessories, after Seto Kaiba takes over. Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Life Extension - cryogenics, Vanilla Sky
- Medetic - xenotransplantation provider and organ bank, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Metacortex - software development, Neo's employers in The Matrix
- MicroData - datapads, Star Wars
- Ono-Sendai - cyberspace, Neuromancer
- Quark Industries - robotics and advanced technology research, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
- Rekall, Inc. - memory implants, Total Recall
- SciLab - Net Navis and Net Research, Megaman Battle Network
- Serano Genomics, Inc. - nanomachine manufacturer, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Tachibana Labs - Manufactures NAVI computers, Serial Experiments Lain
- Techno Union - technological conglomerate, Star Wars
- Tokra Electronics - cyberbrain manufacturer, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Wario Ware, Inc. - video games, Nintendo's Mario universe
- Zorin Industries - microchip company, A View to a Kill
Transportation
Bus Companies
- Bluehound Bus Line - play on Greyhound Lines and possibly Bluebird Buses, Dilbert
- Greathound - bus line in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew; slogan: "leave the driving to Gus!"
Toll Roads
- Cruiseways, Inc. - Snow Crash
- Fairlanes, Inc. - Snow Crash
Railroad
- Amroad - passenger railroad in Silver Streak
- Brown Streak Railroad - Passenger Railroad in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Hamtrack - passenger railroad in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew
Airlines
- fictional revivals of Braniff International Airways, Eastern Airlines, Pan Am, TWA and many other extinct airlines (e.g. Pan Am was fictionally revived for the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can)
- Air Kentucky - airline, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Elbonian Slingshot Airline - Dilbert
- Far East - airline, Toy Story 2
- Four World Airways - airship airline, American Flagg!
- Gate Corporation - interplanetary transportation, Cowboy Bebop
- Nocturnal Aviation - fictional sponsor of advertisements on MIT student radio station
- No Frills Airlines - The Simpsons Where safety instructions are $2, and no airmasks droped down then the cabin door was opened in mid flight...
- NWA Airlines - airline, Soul Plane
- Queasy Clown Airlines - The Simpsons
- Rossini Air Line - Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Oceanic Airlines - multiple movies and TV shows
- Pan Universe Airlines - Moon-Earth airline, Airplane II: The Sequel
- SkyAmeriWestica - airline, The Simpsons
- Trans American Airlines - Saturday Night Live
- Trans Global Airlines (TGA) - Airport
- TransEastern - Saturday Night Live
Unknown/miscellaneous
- Blue Sun Corporation - Firefly
- Borchester Land - The Archers
- Kordco - Blue Beetle
- M & M Enterprises - Catch 22
- 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
- Slaughterhousing Ltd. - The Magic Christian
- State Og - Something Awful
- Swastika Holding Company - Meyer Wolfsheim's "legitimate" business, The Great Gatsby
- Venture Industries - superscience, The Venture Bros.
See also
- Archive of fictional things
- Companies in Atlas Shrugged
- List of fictional brands
- List of fictional buildings
- List of fictional institutions
- List of fictional media companies and events
- List of fictional places
- List of fictional radio stations
- List of fictional schools
- List of fictional television stations
- Fictional video game companies