The Company may refer to:

Organizations

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...

(CIA), an American spy agency *

Indian mafia Organised crime in India refers to organised crime elements originating in India and active in many parts of the world. The purpose of organised crime in India, as elsewhere in the world, is monetary gain. Its virulent form in modern times is d ...

, an organised body of criminals based in India *

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, the Christian Catholic Order of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, aka the Jesuits * The Company (Hawaiian organized crime), a crime syndicate active in

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...

from the 1960s to 1990s *

British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

, active in early British trade and colonization in India

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* The Company (''Heroes''), a covert international organization in the television series ''Heroes'' * The Company (''Prison Break''), a covert international organization in the television series ''Prison Break'' * The Company, a covert international organization in the television series '' The Equalizer'' *

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, also known as ''The Company'', a fictional entity in series of science fiction novels by Kage Baker * Zzyzx, a covert organization in the television series ''

Kyle XY ''Kyle XY'' is an American science fiction television series produced by ABC Family. The central character is a teenage boy (Matt Dallas) who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, with no more knowledge or abilities than a newbo ...

'', which was often referred to as simply "The Company" throughout the first season *

Weyland-Yutani ''Alien'' is a Science fiction film, science-fiction Horror film, horror and Action film, action media franchise centered on the film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial ...

, often referred as "The Company", a fictional megacorporation in the Alien universe

Literature

* ''The Company'' (Ehrlichman novel), a 1976 novel by John Ehrlichman * ''The Company'' (Littell novel), a 2002 novel by Robert Littell * The Company, a time travel series of novels by

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Music

The Company (folk rock band) Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. As both a solo act and member of two successful bands, Stills has co ...

, a short-lived American band *

The Company (vocal group) The Company (stylized as The CompanY) is a Filipino vocal group since 1985. The current members are Moy Ortiz, Annie Quintos, Sweet Collado-Plantado and OJ Mariano. History The original members of The CompanY were members of the 1981 and 1983 t ...

, based in the Philippines

Production companies

* The Company, a U.S.-based TV and film production company co-founded by

Charlie Ebersol Charles Duncan Ebersol (born December 30, 1982) is an American television and film producer and director. Ebersol is best known as the co-founder of The Company with Justin Hochberg, executive producer of USA Network's ''NFL Characters Unite'' a ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''The Company'' (film), a 2003 film by Robert Altman about the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago * ''The Company'' (TV miniseries), a miniseries about the CIA based on Littell's 2002 novel