Pre-War Businesses

The companies and corporations providing the goods and services society depended upon went up in smoke when the bombs fell. Yet some remnants of pre-war industry do remain. These surviving products and facilities can have a significant impact on life in the Wasteland.

While there are a few real-world companies mentioned in Fallout (particularly weapon manufacturers), there are more than a few that are unique to the Fallout universe. Most have only brief references, but a few are known in more detail.

Poseidon conglomerate
Poseidon Energy and its branches: Poseidon Oil, Poseidon Gasoline, PoseidoNet and Prometheus Coal.

European

 * Glock (Austria), company using a Gaston Glock AI. Created the Glock 86 Plasma Pistol.
 * Heckler & Koch (Germany): produced genuine submachineguns (MP9, P90c, G11), G11E assault rifle, CAWS shotgun as well as Gatling Laser.
 * Rheinmetal AG (Germany): produced the Vindicator Minigun (caseless ammunition cal. 4.7 mm), as well as 9mm Machine Pistol (present in van Buren demo).
 * Gauss Rifle and Gauss Pistol were of German design also.

American

 * BeatCo: manufactured the "Big Frigger" Power Fist.
 * Bringham: manufactured the Needler Pistol.
 * Colt: design and manufacturing of the 6520 pistol or the Rangemaster; in real world - one of M1928 submachine gun (Tommy Gun) manufacturers also.
 * Rockwell: manufactured miniguns: cal. 5mm - the CZ53 Personal Minigun and the Avenger Minigun, or cal. .223 - the CZ25 Military Minigun, as well as the BigBazooka.
 * SharpWit, Inc.: made the "Stallona", a high-quality Combat Knife.
 * [reference: Rambo]


 * SIG-Sauer: creators of the 14mm Pistol.
 * Wattz Electronics: the Laser Pistol, the Laser Rifle and an electronic equipment manufacturer.
 * Winchester: creators of the P94 industrial-grade plasma caster as well as City-Killer 12 gauge Combat Shotgun, bullpup variant and Widowmaker double-barreled 12 gauge shotgun.
 * Yuma Flats Energy Consortium: developed the YK32 Pulse Pistol and the YK42B Pulse Rifle.
 * [reference: the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, run by the U.S. Army. It has facilities to test all types of military weaponry, and is tasked in part with the development of the "21st Century Soldier".]

Entertainment companies

 * Golden Globes - a film studio.
 * Cat's Paw - a publishing house.

IT companies

 * Apricot: created the Apricot terminals (eg. Data Plex 2000 SmarTerminal on the oil rig, with a full 64k of RAM, which was the very latest in computer technology).


 * Bethesda
 * IBM (mentioned at van Buren Boulder design document).
 * Macrosoft: produced some spreadsheets used by Miss Kitty and very probably - Fenestra '98 and PoseidoNet help system ("Welcome to PoseidoNet Help system. We regret that your Help files are currently out of date, and unavailable. Seek Help file update? (Y/N). User Help file update not available with trial PoseidoNet software. Please purchase full version for full access to all further updates. Your trial period for PoseidoNet access is 59, 439 days overdue" - notice: trial period ended in year 2078 or 2079).
 * [reference: Microsoft, Windows]


 * mentioned below Vault-Tec developed ZAX AI also.

Other companies

 * Ball Aerospace (mentioned at van Buren Boulder design document).
 * Chrysalis Motors: created the Highwayman automobile.
 * Chryslus: created the Corvega automobile, sold for 199,999.99$ (many Chryslus plants had been converted into making military ordinance).
 * [reference: Chrysler]


 * General Atomics International: developed the Mr. Handy robot as well as nuclear power backup systems for Vault 13 secondary power supply.
 * [reference: General Electric]


 * Greenway Hydroponics - the Nursery and Vault 29 constructor, owned by Derek Greenway, its logo was Mr. Green - a turnip headed stick man (van Buren).
 * L.O.B. Enterprises
 * Mary May: cosmetics producer
 * [reference: Mary Kay]


 * Med-Tek: produced "Mentats" mental enhancement pills (notice: Professor from Redding claimed to be Mentats inventor).
 * [reference: Dune]


 * Nuka-Cola: the company behind the famous brand of softdrink.
 * [reference: Coca-Cola]


 * Pep Gas: a pre-war gas station chain
 * Radiation King: radio and television sets producer.
 * [reference: The Simpsons]


 * RobCo Industries: developed the PipBoy and Stealth Boy, as well as a common mainframe operating system found in Fallout 3.
 * Snap-Off: makers of the "Super Tool Kit".
 * [reference: Snap-On Tools]


 * Vault-Tec: constructed the Vault system, as well as ZAX AI, GECK (Future-Tec, a division of Vault-Tec) and Uranium Nuclear Reactor on the Poseidon deep see oil rig (reactor referred as new),
 * West Tek - in year 2055 its Research Facility starts working on a new virus to kill the New Plague; their viral research and close ties to the federal government eventually lead to them being chosen for the Pan-Immunity Virion Project twenty years later as well as Power Infantry Armor and laser research.