NPC corporations

With the large number of NPC corporations in the game, it is difficult to know what benefits standings with each corporation provides. Some NPC corporations are simply better than others, and blindly grinding standings will not maximize your benefit.

Epic Arcs

Each faction has one corporation whose standings will allow you to run their faction epic arc. These are probably the best corporations to start improving standings with, since the epic arcs will help improve your entire faction standings.

Faction	Corporation
Amarr	Ministry of Internal Order
Caldari	Expert Distribution
Gallente	Impetus
Minmatar	Brutor Tribe

Trade Hubs

If you have high standings with the corporation that owns a major trade hub, you will pay lower fees in that trade hub.

Trade Hub	Faction	Corporation
Amarr VIII (Oris) - Emperor Family Academy	Amarr	Emperor Family
Tash-Murkon Prime II - Moon 1 - Kaalakiota Corporation Factory	Amarr	Emperor Family
Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant	Caldari	Caldari Navy
Motsu VII - Moon 6 - Caldari Navy Logistic Support	Caldari	Caldari Navy
Dodixie IX - Moon 20 - Federation Navy Assembly Plant	Gallente	Federation Navy
Oursulaert III - Federation Navy Testing Facilities	Gallente	Federation Navy
Rens VI - Moon 8 - Brutor Tribe Treasury	Minmatar	Brutor Tribe
Hek VIII - Moon 12 - Boundless Creation Factory	Minmatar	Boundless Creation

Research

Doing research with a corporation requires 5.0 or higher standing. These corporations are the ones that offer research agents.

Faction	Corporation
Amarr	Carthum Conglomerate
Amarr	Viziam
Caldari	Lai Dai Corporation
Caldari	Ishukone Corporation
Caldari	Kaalakiota Corporation
Gallente	CreoDron
Gallente	Duvolle Laboratories
Gallente	Roden Shipyards
Minmatar	Boundless Creation
Minmatar	Core Complexion Inc

Loyalty Point Stores

Some corporations have extremely valuable items in their loyalty point stores that are unavailable through other corporations. Other corporations may offer discounted rates in their loyalty stores.