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)

Austrian

British

The article Chartered Companies in the 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.

Dutch

English

French

German

Polish-Lithuanian

Portuguese

Russian

Scottish

Spanish