List of chartered companies
A chartered company is an association with investors or shareholders that is incorporated and granted rights by royal charter for the purpose of trade, exploration, or colonization, or a combination of these.
Notable chartered companies (with years of formation)
British
The article Chartered Companies in the Encyclopædia [Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition], by William Bartleet Duffield, contains a detailed narrative description of the development of some of the companies in England and, later, Britain.Russian
- 1799–1867 Russian-American Company