What company employs Sulley and Mike in Monsters, Inc.?

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The company that employs Sulley and Mike in Monsters, Inc. is Monsters, Inc., formally known as Monsters, Incorporated.

The company operates a massive factory in Monstropolis and sends trained scarers through closet doors into the human world. Their job is to frighten children and collect screams, which are converted into energy for the monster city. James P. Sullivan is the factory’s top scarer, while Mike Wazowski works as his assistant and floor manager.

The company is led by CEO Henry J. Waternoose III at the beginning of the film. Waternoose has inherited the business through his family, but secretly supports Randall Boggs’s dangerous plan to extract screams directly from children.

The name can be confusing because Monsters, Inc. is both the film’s title and the fictional company’s name. Laugh Floor is a separate comedy attraction at Walt Disney World, while Fear Factory and ScareCo are not the employer depicted in the film. By the ending, Sulley becomes CEO and the factory switches from scream power to laughter power.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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