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|group1 = [[United Kingdom|British]]

|list1 = {{nowrap begin}} [[African Company of Merchants]]{{·w}} [[Muscovy Company]]{{·w}} [[Spanish Company]]{{·w}} [[Eastland Company]]{{·w}} [[Turkey Company]]{{·w}} [[Morocco Company]]{{·w}} [[British East India Company|East India Company]]{{·w}} [[Levant Company]]{{·w}} [[Virginia Company]]{{·w}} [[French Company]]{{·w}} [[Massachusetts Bay Company]]{{·w}} [[Providence Island Company]]{{·w}} [[Royal West Indian Company]]{{·w}} [[Hudson's Bay Company]]{{·w}} [[Royal African Company]]{{·w}} [[Greenland Company]]{{·w}} [[South Sea Company]]{{·w}} [[Sierra Leone Company]]{{·w}} [[British North Borneo Company|North Borneo Company]]{{·w}} [[Royal Niger Company]]{{·w}} [[British South Africa Company|South Africa Company]] {{nowrap end}}

|group2 = [[France|French]]

|list2 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Company of One Hundred Associates]]{{·w}} [[Compagnie de l'Occident]]{{·w}} [[Compagnie du Mississippi]]{{·w}} [[Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique]]{{·w}} [[Compagnie des Indes Occidentales]] {{nowrap end}}

|group3 = [[Germany|German]]

|list3 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Brandenburg African Company]]{{·w}} [[German West African Company|West African Company]]{{·w}} [[German New Guinea Company|New Guinea Company]]{{·w}} [[German East Africa Company|East Africa Company]] {{nowrap end}}

|group4 = [[Portugal|Portuguese]]

|list4 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Company of Guinea|Companhia da Guiné]]{{·w}} [[Mozambique Company|Companhia de Moçambique]]{{·w}} [[Niassa Company|Companhia do Niassa]] {{nowrap end}}

|group5 = [[Low Countries]]

|list5 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Dutch East India Company]]{{·w}} [[Nordic Company]]{{·w}} [[New Netherland Company]]{{·w}} [[Dutch West India Company]]{{·w}} [[Ostend Company]] {{nowrap end}}

|group6 = [[Scandinavia]]n

|list6 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Danish East India Company]]{{·w}} [[Danish West India Company]]{{·w}} [[Royal Greenland]]{{·w}} [[New Sweden Company]]{{·w}} [[Swedish Africa Company]]{{·w}} [[Swedish East India Company]]{{·w}} [[Swedish West India Company]]{{·w}} [[Swedish Levant Company]] {{nowrap end}}