FounderDuels

Netherlands Trading Society vs Royal African Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Royal African Company is the older of the two, founded in 1660 — 164 years before Netherlands Trading Society.

Founded
1824
1660
Status
Closed 1964
Closed 1752
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Not recorded
Industry
international trade
international trade
Founders
William I of the Netherlands
Not recorded
Legal form
joint-stock company
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Netherlands Trading Society and Royal African Company.