Home›Chartered Trading Companies and Leagues›Chartered Trading Companies Founded from 1600 to 1799GroupChartered Trading Companies Founded from 1600 to 1799Chartered trading companies founded from 1600 to 1799, the age of the great East and West India companies of the Dutch, English and Danes and the joint-stock speculation that followed. An organization belongs here when its cited article gives a founding or establishment date inside this span. It excludes organizations founded earlier or later, which sit in the neighboring groups of the same kind, and it does not turn on how large or long-lived an organization became.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Chartered Trading Companies Founded from 1600 to 1799Chartered Trading Companies Founded from 1600 to 17998 entriesChartered Trading Companies Founded from 1600 to 1799Filter Results8 entriesOrganization TypeAllChartered joint-stock trading company (2)Chartered trading company (3)Chartered trading company under royal monopoly (1)Danish-Norwegian chartered trading company (1)Active PeriodAll1600 to 1874 (1)1602 to 1799 (1)1616 to 1650 (1)1660 to 1752 (1)1664 to 1794 (1)1670 to 2025 (1)1711 to 1853 (1)1731 to 1813 (1)HeadquartersAllAmsterdam, Dutch Republic (1)Gothenburg, Sweden (1)London, England (3)Lorient, France (1)EraAllThe Early Modern Period (8)Group TreeAllChartered Trading Companies Founded from 1600 to 1799 (8)State or Polity AffiliationAllDenmark (1)Dutch colonial empire (1)India (2)Indonesia (1)Japan (1)South Africa (1)Spanish Empire (1)Sweden (1)The British Empire (2)The Dominion of Canada (1)The Dutch Republic (2)The Kingdom of France (1)The Mughal Empire (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Danish East India CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues5 linksDutch East India CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues15 linksEast India CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues20 linksFrench East India CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues6 linksHudson's Bay CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues6 linksRoyal African CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues5 linksSouth Sea CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues7 linksSwedish East India CompanyChartered Trading Companies and Leagues6 linksSourcesEast India Company (Wikipedia)Has Member: East India Company, LeadQuote, Has Member: East India Company, LeadThe East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.View the SourceDutch East India Company (Wikipedia)Has Member: Dutch East India Company, LeadQuote, Has Member: Dutch East India Company, LeadEstablished on 20 March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies, it was granted a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia.View the SourceWikipedia: South Sea Companytier 2WikipediaHas Member: South Sea Company, LeadQuote, Has Member: South Sea Company, LeadThe South Sea Company was a British joint-stock company founded in January 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt.View the SourceWikipedia: Danish East India Companytier 2WikipediaHas Member: Danish East India Company, LeadQuote, Has Member: Danish East India Company, LeadThe first company operated between 1616 and 1650.View the SourceWikipedia: Hudson's Bay Companytier 2WikipediaHas Member: Hudson's Bay Company, Article textQuote, Has Member: Hudson's Bay Company, Article textIt was the oldest corporation in North America, founded in 1670 and liquidated in 2025.View the SourceWikipedia: French East India Companytier 2WikipediaHas Member: French East India Company, Article textQuote, Has Member: French East India Company, Article textLouis XIV's East India Company (French: Compagnie des Indes orientales French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi dez‿ɛ̃d ɔʁjɑ̃tal]) was a joint-stock company founded in the Kingdom of France in August 1664 to engage in trade in India and other Asian lands, complementing the French West India Company (French: Compagnie des Indes occidentales) created three months before.View the SourceWikipedia: Royal African Companytier 2WikipediaHas Member: Royal African Company, Article textQuote, Has Member: Royal African Company, Article textThe Royal African Company (RAC) was an English trading company established in 1660 by the House of Stuart and City of London merchants to trade along the West African coast.View the SourceWikipedia: Swedish East India Companytier 2WikipediaHas Member: Swedish East India Company, Article textQuote, Has Member: Swedish East India Company, Article textDuring its entire existence from 1731 to 1813, the SOIC made 131 voyages, using 37 different ships.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.