The Best Fictional Companies Of All Time

TV shows and movies have a fond place in our hearts, and some of their characters almost feel like they’re real. From Jerry Seinfeld, the lovable cynical New Yorker to Greg “Gaylord” Focker, the guy with possibly the worst name on Earth.

Looking over this list, we have multinationals like Wayne Enterprises, and lowly coffee shops like the Central Perk, but the one consistent question you should have in the back of your head is: Are they hiring? Now that the economy has gone to hell, hopefully these guys have some job openings

The Best Fictional Companies in TV & Film

Vandelay Industries
The venerable corporate behemoth run by mastermind George Constanza of Seinfeld fame. George was a latex salesman for Vandelay Industries, and Jerry actually ran an entire condom manufacturer out of his 900 square foot apartment in New York City.

Speaker City
In Old School, Vince Vaughn aka Bernard ‘Beanie’ Campbell, owned a number of Speaker City Franchises, and he ran a number of the commercials in the movie as well. It turns out, this supposedly fictional company, is actually a real Canadian electronics retailer.

Dharma Initiative
Jack, John, Kate, Sawyer and the LOST crew are constantly battling with the good/evil Dharma Initiative, which is responsible for any number of mysterious scientific experiments they conduct on this remote island paradise/bermuda’s triangle of an island.

Binford Tools
Host Tim Taylor, of Tool Time fame, promoting Binford everyday at work. Home Improvement the television show was one of the longest running comedies, and was the spawn of Pamela Anderson’s career, as she was the inaugural ‘Binford girl’.

Hudsucker Industries
Back when Paul Newman was still alive and Tim Robbins wasn’t a political radical, Hudsucker industries invented the hula hoop and revolutionized the civilized world. Hudsucker also led to Robbins inevitable demise, but it is one of the great mega-corporations of our fictional world.

Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant
While not as famous as Springfield’s nuclear power plant, Shelbyville is the neighboring town everyone loves to hate. As Ned Flanders famously shouted at Shelbyville while driving away with their lemon tree, “Yes, eat all of our shorts”.

Acme Corporation
Who can forget the makers of dynamite and really really bouncy springs, and all numbers or seemingly single-use products like Acme. Their entire product line seemed to consist of weapons, that were completely ineffective, used to kill Roadrunners. Still, their design and labeling are design marvels even in today’s standards.

Central Perk
The best damn cup of coffee in New York City, otherwise known as the hangout for the Friends cast. Whether Gunther was constantly fawning over Rachel or one of Phoebe’s memorial performances at the Perk, it is our favorite coffee shop, aside from “The Coffee Shop” in Seinfeld of course.

Wayne Enterprises
Who else could have enough money to build extremely expensive, high performing tools for stopping crime aside from Bruce Wayne, CEO of Wayne Enterprises? Forget that question and remember that Wayne Enterprises is a Worldwide corporation that is involved in Biotech, Steel, Shipping, Shipbuilding, Aerospace, Chemicals, Medical, Electronics, and Entertainment.