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|list1 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Company of Merchant Adventurers of London]]{{·w}} [[Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands]]{{·w}} [[London and Bristol Company]]{{·w}} [[African Company of Merchants]]{{·w}} [[Muscovy Company]]{{·w}} [[Spanish Company]]{{·w}} [[Eastland Company]]{{·w}} [[Morocco Company]]{{·w}} [[East India Company]]{{·w}} [[Levant Company]]{{·w}} [[Virginia Company]]{{·w}} [[French Company]]{{·w}} [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|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}} [[New Zealand Company]]{{·w}} [[Eastern Archipelago Company]]{{·w}} [[Royal British Bank]]{{·w}} [[North Borneo Chartered Company|North Borneo Company]]{{·w}} [[Royal Niger Company]]{{·w}} [[British South Africa Company|South Africa Company]]{{·w}} [[South Australian Company]] {{nowrap end}}

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

|list3 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Brandenburger Gold Coast|Brandenburg African Company]]{{·w}} [[Emden 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}}

|list4 = {{nowrap begin}} [[Company of Guinea|Companhia da Guiné]]{{·w}} [[Mozambique Company|Companhia de Moçambique]]{{·w}} [[Nyassa Company|Companhia do Nyassa]]{{·w}} [[Portuguese East India Company]]{{·w}} [[Casa da Índia|House of India]]{{nowrap end}}

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

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