Rapture Businesses

As perhaps the most zealously laissez-faire society in mankind's history, Rapture experienced a great deal of commerce during its prime. Ranging from large companies like Fontaine Futuristics to smaller entities like Gagnant Bicycles, Rapture fulfilled its promise as a place of opportunity for ambitious entrepreneurs.
==Significant Businesses==
===In Rapture===
The businesses in this category are the most significant to players of the BioShock series or had the largest impact on Rapture.
*Atlantic Express
*Circus of Values
*El Ammo Bandito
*Fontaine Futuristics
*Gatherer's Garden
*Jet-Postal
*Power to the People
*Rapture Central Computing
*Rapture Metro
*Ryan Industries
*Securis
*Sinclair Solutions
*Wales & Wales Architects
===On the Surface===
*Apollo Airways
*Auger Detection
*New York Orb
*Northern TelCo
*Scarlet Sovereign Import and Export
*Speedy Brothers Telegrams
==Businesses Owned by Significant People==
===Andrew Ryan's Businesses===
====On the surface====
*Ryan OilBioShock: Rapture, Chapter 1 p. 29.
*Seaworthy ConstructionBioShock: Rapture, Chapter 2.
*Warden Yarn
====In Rapture====
*Ryan Industries
**Arcadia
**Failsafe Armored Escorts
**Fontaine Futuristics
**Gatherer's Garden
**Hephaestus Power Facility
**Jet-Postal
**Langford Research Laboratories
**Little Wonders Educational Facility
**Optimized Eugenics
**Rapture Radio
**Reliable Pharmacy
**Ryan Amusements
**Ryan's Boutique
**Ryan Brewing CompanyRyan Club Beer Ale Advertisement.
***Ryan Club Beer Ale
***Ryan Red (Wine)Worley Winery Menu.
**Ryan PharmaceuticalsAdvertisement for Reliable Pharmacy.
**Ryan Private Security
**Ryan the Lion Preparatory Academy
**The Rapture Flour Refg. Co.Label on bags of flour in the Kashmir Restaurant in multiplayer: :File:Flour Bag Model Render.png.
===Frank Fontaine's Businesses===
====On the surface====
*Hudson Loans
====In Rapture====
*Fontaine Futuristics
**Bathyspheres DeLuxe
**Dandy Dental
**Enhanced CosmeticsSeen on make-up boxes, found in Cupid's Arrow.
**Fontaine CourtAtlantic Express Train Schedule.
**Fontaine's Department Store
**Fontaine FieldA baseball field advertised in the BioShock 2 Strategy Guide.
**Fontaine Fire Fighters (semi-canon)Deco Devolution Artbook.
**Fontaine Fisheries
***Fontaine's Finest Sardines"Fontaine's Finest Sardines" label on Frag Grenades in BioShock.
***Plump Mussels
***Sterner Brand Sea MeatsFishing company under Fontaine Fisheries. Example location of advertisement: The Fishbowl Diner of Pauper's Drop.
**Fontaine FruitsFontaine Fruits Advertisement Present in the Multiplayer version of the Farmer's Market.
**Fontaine Hi Power Ammo
**Fontaine's Home for the Poor
**Fontaine's Machinery Co.
**Fontaine Packaging Corporation
**Fontaine Press
**Fontaine Sugar Co. Limited (founded 1950)Label on bags of sugar in the multiplayer version of the Kashmir Restaurant.
**Fontaine ToysSeen on a basketball in Ryan the Lion Preparatory Academy's Gymnasium in Burial at Sea - Episode 2.
**Illegal Plasmid production lab
**Little Sister's Orphanage
**Manta Ray Lounge
**Power to the People
**Smuggling ring
===Augustus Sinclair's Businesses===
*Sinclair Solutions
**Persephone Correctional Facility
**Sinclair Metals (multiplayer only)
**Sinclair Solutions CosmeticsSeen on make-up found in Cupid's Arrow.
**Sinclair Spirits
**Sinclair Toys
**The Sinclair Deluxe
===Sofia Lamb's Businesses===
*Dionysus Park
*Dr. Lamb's Therapy Office
*Lamb's Garden
===Orrin Oscar Lutwidge's Businesses===
==Businesses By Location==
===Welcome Center===
;Businesses operating in the Welcome Center
*Finley's Eat-In Take-Out
*Footlight Theater
*Kashmir Restaurant
**Silk Lounge (multiplayer only)
*Le Marquis D'Epoque
===Medical Pavilion===
;Businesses operating in the Medical Pavilion
*Affordable Endings Funeral Home
*Chomper's Dental
*Corrective GeneticsSeen on this directory structure in the Medical Pavilion.
*Dandy Dental
*Dr. Steinman's Aesthetic Ideals
*Enwell Life and Health Group
*Eternal Flame Crematorium
*Kure-All
*Painless Dental
*Surgical Savings
*Thrifty Care (multiplayer only)
*Twilight Fields Funeral Homes
===Neptune's Bounty===
;Businesses operating in Neptune's Bounty
*CabinsMentioned in Zigo d'Acosta's Audio Diary: Occupational Hazards.
*The Fighting McDonagh's Tavern
**Worley Winery (multiplayer only)
*Fontaine Fisheries
*Ice Princess
*Jet-Postal
*Monarch Fisheries (multiplayer only)Sign for Monarch Fisheries in BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
*Sinclair Metals (multiplayer only)
;Businesses operating out of Neptune's Bounty
*Lotz & Sons
*McCracken Crabs
*Sunshine of the Sea Brand
===Smuggler's Hideout===
;Businesses operating in the Smuggler's Hideout
*Smuggling (Fontaine)
===Arcadia===
;Businesses operating in Arcadia
*Arcadia
*The Arcadia Grain Company
*Cabins of ArcadiaKnown businesses or products whose name is not formally mentioned.
*Fruits of ArcadiaAdvertisement, found in BioShock 2. The ad might not refer to a specific business, but to the fruits produced overall.
*Langford Research Laboratories
*Rolling Hills
*Tea Garden
*Tree Farm
*Waterfall Grotto
===Farmer's Market===
;Businesses operating in the Farmer's Market
*Central Square Bistro (multiplayer only)
*Milton Fine Quality Cheese
*Paddon Meats
*Richard's Farm Fresh Quality Cheese
*Silverwing Apiary
*Worley Winery
;Businesses operating out of the Farmer's Market
*Artisan Distilled Water
*Blue Valley Pty Ltd
*Errant Brand
*Farmer Brand FertilizerBrand sacks can be found throughput Arcadia.
*Fat Tony's Quality Preserved MeatsBrand of sausage found near Paddon Meats.
*First Class Brand
*Good News Brand
*Grace Brand
*Jumbo Brand
*Lady Venus Brand
*Monarch Fisheries (multiplayer only)
*'Morning Brand
*Plant Chow
*Pomegranate
*Porky Brand Fruit
===Fort Frolic===
;Businesses operating in Fort Frolic
*Apothecary
*Bella Mia's High Fashion
*Cohen's Collection
*Defense PavilionPublic Address Announcement in Burial at Sea.
*Eve's Garden
*Fleet Hall
*Gardner Delux Modern
*Le Marquis D'Epoque
*Pharaoh's Fortune
*Rapture Records
*Robertson's Tobaccoria
*The Seahorse
*Sinclair Spirits
*Sir Prize
*Sophia Salon High Fashion
===Hephaestus===
;Businesses operating in Hephaestus
*Hephaestus Power Facility
*Ryan Industries
===Olympus Heights===
;Businesses operating in Olympus Heights
*Adonis Luxury Resort
*Athena's Glory
*Central Square Bistro
*Fat Cat Lounge
*Heller News
*Lisa's Candies
*Mercury Suites
===Apollo Square===
;Businesses operating in Apollo Square
*Artemis Suites
*Dr. Suchong's Free Clinic
*Fontaine's Home for the Poor
*Hestia Chambers
*Little Sister's Orphanage
*Suchong Laboratories
===Point Prometheus===
;Businesses operating in Point Prometheus
*Central Square Bistro (multiplayer only)
*Failsafe Armored Escorts
*Gift Shop
*Little Wonders Educational Facility
*Memorial Museum
*Mendel Memorial Research Library
*Optimized Eugenics
===Adonis Luxury Resort===
;Businesses operating in the Adonis Luxury Resort
*Adonis Pool & Spa
*Demeter's Banquet Hall
*Kure-All
*Plasmid Therapies
*Thrifty Care
===Atlantic Express Depot===
;Businesses operating in the Atlantic Express Depot
*Atlantic Express
*Jet-Postal
*Railway Cafe
===Ryan Amusements===
;Businesses operating in Ryan Amusements
*El Dorado Lounge
*Gift Shop
*Hall of the Future
*Journey to the Surface
===Pauper's Drop===
Businesses operating in Pauper's Drop
;
*Books
*Fishbowl Diner
*Flanagan Investigations
*Fontaine Clinics
*King Pawn
*Luxury Rooms
*Marlene's Flower Emporium
*Reliable Pharmacy
**Dr. Hollcrofts
*The Hamilton
*The Limbo Room
*The Sinclair Deluxe
*Sinclair Toys
===Siren Alley===
;Businesses operating in Siren Alley
*Gravenstein's Green Groceries
*Joe's Green Groceries
**Plasmid Lab
*Jones Hardware (multiplayer only)
*Little Sister's Orphanage
*Mermaid Lounge
*Oceanview Pharmacy
*The Pink Pearl
*Poisoned Apple
*Shep's ShopMart
*Smuggling
*Wales & Wales Architects
===Dionysus Park===
;Businesses operating in Dionysus Park
*The Bacchanal PressMentioned in the Lutwidge Manhunt mini-viral marketing campaign for There's Something in the Sea.
*The Chase Carousel
*Cohen's Collection
*A Farmer's MarketMentioned by public address announcements in Burial at Sea - Episode 1.
*Imago Fine Arts
*J. Fischer Gallery
*Lamb's Garden
*The Piano Bar
*Triton Cinema
===Fontaine Futuristics===
;Businesses operating in Fontaine Futuristics
*Fontaine Futuristics
*Frank Fontaine’s Plasmid Spectacular Theatre
*Ryan Industries
===Persephone===
;Businesses operating in the Persephone Penal Colony (Outer and Inner)
*Fail-Safe IndustriesThe logo can be found on several signs, posters and plaques in Persephone.
*Jet-Postal
*Persephone Detention Facility
*Sinclair Solutions
===Minerva's Den===
;Businesses operating in Minerva's Den
*Air-Tite Archives
*Jet-Postal
*McClendon Robotics
*Rapture Central Computing
===Market Street===
;Businesses operating in Market Street
*Andalusian Arms
*DeWitt Investigations
*Jet-Postal
*Little Wonders Educational Facility
*Sinclair Spirits
*Souvenirs
*The Satyr Lounge
*907 Market Street
;Businesses operating out of Market Street
*Rapture Tribune
===High Street===
;Businesses operating in High Street
*The Gallery of the Artist's Struggle
*Cohen's
*Jet-Postal
*Le Marquis D'Epoque
*Le Temps Perdu
*Maison Vosges
*Rapture Records
*Robertson's Tobaccoria
*The Golden Rule
*The Watched Clock
===Fontaine's Department Store===
;Businesses operating in Fontaine's Department Store
*Bathyspheres DeLuxe
*Bistro
*Cupid's Arrow
*Fontaine Futuristics
*Jet-Postal
*Manta Ray Lounge
*Jack Frost's Village
*Ryan the Lion Preparatory Academy
*The Daily Bread
*Silver Fin Restaurant
**Suchong Laboratories
==Businesses Mentioned in Various Places==
*A Mart
*Anderson and Associates Consulting Engineers
*Annie's Tree Farm & Greenhouse
*Anton
*Austen Bathysphere Company
*Aveline's
*Aventine Hotel
*Below Tree Typewriters
*Big DipperSeen on Cityscape background.
*Bolton Photography
*Boutique Renata
*Cabaret
*Cadillac Hotel
*Capt. Nemo restaurant-bakery-patisserie
*Champion Pianos
*Cinema RéalSeen in one of the Challenge Rooms maps.
*Clifton
*Coffee Bar
*Couture Magazine
*De la Plante ToolsAdvertisement for the Wrench.
*Demitasse
*D. Francon Antiques
*Do Tell! Newspaper
*Elizabeth Music Hall
*Excelsior Elevator Repair
*Fanomatic
*Fat Cat Lounge
*Fin De Siècle Boutiques
*Finley's Pub
*Fogel & SonsMachinery produced by Fogel & Sons can be seen outside The Limbo Room on Skid Row in Pauper's Drop. Established in 1948.
*Fredericks
*Gagnant Bicycles
*Gaynor Produce Corporation
*Genetic HorizonsFresh Hair advertisement.
*Glaustein Thermoses
*Greenfields Inflatable Children's Toys
*Haas Classy Clothes
*Habana Especial
*Happy Noodle Asian Food
*Hat Shoppe
*Health Medical Corp
*Heller News
*Herald Alarm SystemsHerald Alarm Systems Advertisement
*Hotel Monseñor
*Hudson Power Ltd.Seen on fuse panels and wall sconces. Examples: BioShock 2, BioShock 2 Multiplayer, and Minerva's Den.
*Jack Bros. Ply LtdSign for Sunset Meats in BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
*Jemco Foods DevisionThe producer of Beef•e-brand Potted Meat, seen on the advertisement.
*Joe & Eric
*John and Welch Holding Co.
*Karla Electron Tubes
*Kitty's Place
*Laurel Boutique
*Lentz Bijoux & Bibelots
*Liberty Cartridge Co.Manufacturer of Buck (BioShock, Bald Eagle) and Shell (BioShock 2, Black Falcon) shotgun ammo, seen on the ammo boxes.
*Lost & Found Vintage Clothing
*Lusts Magazine
*Magnate Magazine
*Manor Reserve
*Mendelsen & Waits Technological AdvancementsBioShock 2 Help Quote: "Desalinization, now in your own home! Conventient, affordable. Be an individual!" - Mendelsen & Waits Technological Advancements catalog copy.
*Mermaid's Landing Aquarium
*Monadnock travel services-baby sitters
*Mo's Diner
*Nate's guns-ammo-targets
*Neckties by Wilson Freeman
*Nevr-Wet Waterproofing
*New Worlde Smoker
*Nini Lyon's Doll Babies
*Oxy-Fill
*Palmetto
*Paradiso Cafe
*Pham PneumoMinerva's Den, Pneumatic system equipment in Air-Tite Archives.
*Pringle's Garage and GasAdvertised on calendars in BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
*Pin Money Women's Apparel
*Quality Health Inc.Seen on the EVE Hypo advertisement.
*Radio Action
*Rapture Daily Post Newspaper
*Rapture FilmsMaker of some Need To Know 'productions'.
*Rapture Grown CocaBioShock: Rapture, Chapter 7.
*Rapture Publication
*Rapture Standard Newspaper
*Rapture Transit AuthoritySeen on the Rapture Metro timetable.
*Rapture Tribune Newspaper
*Rapture Woman Magazine
*Rational sewing machines and service
*Roark Architect & Construction
*Rork Key Co.
*Ryan's Raiders Football Franchise
*Safe Batteries
*Salty's Sin-o-Scope PicturesSeen on posters for various erotic films, such as Appetite for Sin!.
*Schneicher OpticsSeen on the Research Camera's lens.
*Science and You Magazine
*Seabed Brewing CompanyProducer of Poseidon Pilsner, seen on advertisement.
*Sea Bulls Football Franchise
*Sinama TimeSeen on posters for various erotic films, such as Gender-Bender.
*Soho
*Songbird
*Sonorous Inc.
*Spenser Investigations
*Steinkamp Recordings
*Stingers Football Franchise
*Surgical Savings
*Tasty Plate
*Tate WineriesBioShock 2 Help Quote: "You want the best? You drink Tate. Could it be any simpler?" - Dan Tate, proprietor, Tate Wineries.
*Tea Time Cafe
*Thrifty Care
*ThenterNeon signs on the outside of buildings in BioShock.
*The 13th Muse Pub
*The AegeanSeen on a building from the windows between Cohen's and The Golden Rule on High Street in Burial at Sea - Episode 1.
*The Black Label Lounge
*The Daily Post Newspaper
*The Odeon
*Thomas TobaccanistsSeen in a BioShock 2 skybox.
*Tom & Dave
*Top Coat
*Value KingSeen on advert posters like Meal-Time Frozen Dinners.
*Vine Ripe Fresh Fruits
*Vitastat
*Weissman & Co.Label on bags of flour in BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
==Brand Names==
===Brands of Drinks===
*123 Beer
*Arcadia Merlot
*Cabernet
*Chechnya Vodka
*Danny McCoy's BrandSeen on a crate in the Information kiosk of Bathyspheres DeLuxe, text reads: SINCE 1835 Danny McCoy's BRAND FINE IRISH WHISKEY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
*Fine Gin
*Fine Sherry
*Fountainhead Cabernet SavignonBottles in the multiplayer version of the Fighting McDonagh's Tavern.
*Hills Ale
*Hop-Up Soda
*Jean de Pickart Champagne
*Lacas Scotch
*McHale Gin
*King Absinthe
*Moonbeam Absinthe
*Old Harbinger Beer
*Old Tar Coffee
*Old Tom Whiskey
*Pink Elephant Fine Bourbon Whiskey
*Poseidon Pilsner
*Rapture Coffee
*Rapture Special Dry Gin
*Red Ribbon Brandy
*Ryan Club Beer Ale
*Ryan Red
*Sparkling White
*Splendid Champagne Brandy Liqueur
*Stephenson Stout
*Tan Suan CoLa
*Tate Merlot
*Tawny Port
*Tennessee 111 Horse Ale
*Villavicencio Vermouth
*Wissmuller Beer
*Yuck Lager Beer
*Zimmermann Chardonnay
===Brands of Food===
*Aloof Cat Food
*Arcadia Corn
*Aunt Pearl'sSeen on canned vegetables and fruit in Burial at Sea - Episode 2, example location: The Manta Ray Lounge.
*Beef•e Potted Meat
*Best Friend Pet Food
*Blue Orchid Brand RiceLabel on bags of rice in BioShock and BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
*Cafe Macunamia
*Calci-O
*C.J. Greens
*Capotelli's AsparagusLabel on the box of the Grenade Launcher.
*Cellar Farm's
*Chad's Chewy ConfectionsBrand of candy. Seen among the candies laid out as a trail in the Customer Service during Burial at Sea - Episode 1.
*Cheeky Brand Pep Bar
*Eagle Brand Whole Wheat Flour
*Fontaine Atlantic Sardines
*Fussy Cat Cat Food
*Gaynor Peaches
*Good-Eats
*Jackson's Chewy CaramelsSeen in Ryan the Lion Preparatory Academy during Burial at Sea - Episode 2.
*Katya's
*Lisa's Candies
*Lotz Friendly FishBoxes in Fontaine Fisheries multiplayer level.
*Lucy's Berries
*Meal-Time Frozen Dinners
*Mikey's Saltwater Taffy
*Octo Vitamin Brand Pep Bar
*Plump Mussels
*Pop "n" Gum
*Rapture Evaporated Milk
*Rapture RiceLabel on bags of rice in the Kashmir Restaurant in BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
*Rapture's Best Popcorn
*Royalty
*Salty's Potato Chips
*Sterner Brand Sea Meats
*Sunbeam-Gum
*Sunset Meats
*Thanks Mom Creme-Filled Chocolate Cakes
*Topaz Brand
*United SeafloorCalci-O Advertisement.
===Other===
*Ampheta Time!
*Bald Eagle Shot ShellsThe brand of Buck shotgun ammo in BioShock, produced by Liberty Cartridge Co.
*Black Falcon Shot ShellsThe brand of Shell shotgun ammo in BioShock 2, produced by Liberty Cartridge Co.
*Blasich SmokablesAdvertisement in BioShock 2, example location: the Gift Shop in Ryan Amusements.
*Camellia Cigars
*Doc Hollcroft's Cure-All
*Fine ShoesSeen on Shoebox containers in BioShock and BioShock 2. Example locations: The 1st and 3rd floor apartments of Artemis Suites or the toilet of the Luxury Rooms in Pauper's Drop.
*Flower Brand CigarsBanner for the brand found in Robertson's Tobaccoria during BioShock.
*Fontaine-VacSeen on the Air Grabber in Burial at Sea.
*Gozox SoapSeen in a display in Fontaine's Department Store in Burial at Sea - Episode 1.
*Happy Handmaid
*IngramThe Number Lock's in BioShock 2 are produced by this company.
*Nico-Time
*Oxford Club
*PainDrain Aspirin
*Pinky Clean Laundry SoapSeen in a display in Fontaine's Department Store in Burial at Sea.
*Pipe Weather
*Plasmi-Quik
*Rapture DisinfectantSeen in a display in Fontaine's Department Store in Burial at Sea.
*Rodeo Cleansing CreamSeen in a display in Fontaine's Department Store in Burial at Sea.
*SHUT brand padlockSeen on the padlocks in BioShock, example locations: The Footlight Theater and Wharfmaster's Office.
*Sterner ClassicsClock maker. Seen on the Transit Authority clocks found by Atlantic Express stations in BioShock 2.
*Three Stars
*White Ash MaduroTins seen in ex. Le Marquis D'Epoque and Robertson's Tobaccoria on High Street during Burial at Sea - Episode 1.
*William Strong Vitamins
*WindsySeen in a display in Fontaine's Department Store in Burial at Sea.
==Semi-Canon Businesses==
These are businesses that might be seen or mentioned in various official materials but are not known to be seen in-game. For example, some are from the back of the PlayStation 3 version of BioShock's instruction manual, the BioShock: Breaking the Mold artbook, trailers, demos, or pre-launch images. Others are from the Challenge Rooms DLC, whose status is either semi or non-canon.
*Anchor Cigarettes
*Apollo Argonauts Baseball Franchise
*Bart and Smithers Baking Co.
*Champ Brand
*Dupuis Produce Company
*Fontaine Fire Fighters
*Kirkland'sKirkland's Advertisement
*KNO Radio (BioShock X06 trailer)
*Lambert Marketing Co.
*Poppadopolis Police Department
*Rapture Firing Range
*Rapture's Grand Carnival
*Rapture Zoo
*Snappy Chappy Brand
*Sea B GonePoster seen in the BioShock 2 Signature Series Guide, page 64. Poster reads: "Squid sandwich satisfaction mired in olfactory fishiness? Sea B Gone Put less fish in your dish."
*Top Card
*Wild Nights Brand
*Wellsworth
*Wissmuller Beer
===Concept Art Businesses===
These are businesses seen only in the concept art of various items and locations of Rapture, which were not seen in the final version of the game.
*Athena Steam WorksConcept art for BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
*Emporium
*The Gallery GardensUnused advertisement for Dionysus Park.
*Lloyd's NewsSeen in concept art for the cancelled BioShock film.
*Motel 42(page 90)
*Ocean CloudConcept art for BioShock 2.
*Rapture Savings BankConcept art for Burial at Sea.
*Rapture Tone Records (page 91)
*Scallop Spirits
*Smoking LoungeConcept art for BioShock 2 Multiplayer.
*Sonia Fine Modern WardrobeConcept art for BioShock.
*The Caduceus Drugstore
*Tonic Bender (page 90)
==See Also==
*Vending Machines
==References==
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