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List of flags of the Netherlands

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Date	Use	Description
1813–1815	Flag of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands	A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue.
1815–1839	Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1839–present	Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. See also Flag of the Netherlands.
	Hanging flag	Hanging variant of the national flag
	Orange streamer	Orange is the colour of the Royal Family

Date	Use	Description
1839–present	Flag of the Netherlands	A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue.
18 March 1976	Flag of Aruba	A medium blue field with and white fimbriated (bordered) red four-pointed star in its upper hoist corner and two narrow horizontal yellow stripes in its lower half.^[1]
2 July 1984	Flag of Curaçao	A blue field with a horizontal yellow stripe slightly below the midline and two white, five-pointed stars in the canton. The blue symbolises the sea and sky (the bottom and top blue sections, respectively), divided by a yellow stroke representing the bright sun which bathes the island.^[2] The two stars represent Curaçao and Klein Curaçao, with the five points on each star symbolise the five continents from which Curaçao's people descend.^[2]
13 June 1985	Flag of Sint Maarten	A white triangle situated at the hoist charged with the constituent country's coat of arms, along with two horizontal bands of red and blue. Adopted in 1985 shortly after the territory was granted a coat of arms, it has been the flag of Sint Maarten since 13 June of that year. Since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, it has been the sole flag used in the constituent country.

Date	Use	Description
19 February 1947^[3]	Flag of Drenthe	A white flag with two horizontal red stripes, between the two stripes there is a black tower and six red stars.
9 January 1986^[4]	Flag of Flevoland	The flag is tierced in fess azure, or and vert, a fleur-de-lis argent is placed in the canton.
9 July 1957	Flag of Friesland	A flag consists of four blue and three white diagonal stripes; the white stripes filling with a total of seven red pompeblêden.
15 April 1953	Flag of Gelderland	Horizontal tricolour flag in blue, yellow (gold) and black
17 February 1950	Flag of Groningen	A flag with a green cross fimbriated in white, and red in the first and fourth quarter, blue in the second and third quarter.
28 July 1953	Flag of Limburg	A flag with tricolor band in white, blue and yellow (proportion 2:1:2), and a red lion rampant towards hoist side.
21 January 1959	Flag of North Brabant	A flag consists of a chequy pattern alternatively in red and white
22 October 1958	Flag of North Holland	Horizontal tricolour flag in yellow, red and blue
21 July 1948	Flag of Overijssel	A yellow flag with two red bands in top and bottom, and a blue wavy band in the middle.
24 October 1985	Flag of South Holland	A yellow flag with a red lion rampant towards hoist side
15 January 1952	Flag of Utrecht	Horizontal bicolor flag in white and red, and a red square filling with white cross in the canton.
14 January 1949	Flag of Zeeland	A flag with wavy bands in blue and white, and the coat of arms of Zeeland in the center.

Date	Use	Description
11 December 1981	Flag of Bonaire	A large dark blue band in the lower right corner and a smaller yellow band in the upper left corner. The dark blue and yellow bands represent the sea and sun respectively while the dividing white strip represents the sky. The yellow band was formerly red as a reference to the Dutch flag, but was changed at some point to avoid having two separated sections of red (from the star). The coloured bands are separated by a white strip, inside of which is a black compass and a red six-pointed star.^[5]
6 December 1985	Flag of Saba	Two equal red triangles at the top and two equal blue triangles at the bottom, with a white diamond with yellow star in the middle.
29 July 2004	Flag of Sint Eustatius	A blue field, red fimbriations, and in the center, a white diamond with a silhouette of the island. The flag was designed by Zuwena Suares^[6] and adopted on 29 July 2004^[7] to be put into use on 16 November of that year (Statia Day). Since 2010, it has been the official flag of the special municipality of Sint Eustatius.^[7]

Date	Use	Description
5 February 1975	Flag of the national capital, Amsterdam	Coat of arms of Amsterdam presented horizontally on field
1545–1549, 1647–? (2 September 1938), 1 January 1994–present	Flag of Maastricht, the capital of the province of Limburg	A white five-pointed star in the red field, towards hoist
10 February 1949	Flag of Rotterdam, the second city of The Netherlands	A white stripe in the green field
unknown date	Flag of Arnhem, the capital city of the largest province of Gelderland	A bi-color field with white in the top and blue in the bottom, and a double-headed eagle towards hoist
14 October 1927	Flag of Eindhoven, the largest city of the province of North Brabant	A flag with two vertical stripes in red and white in the hoist side, and five horizontal strips alternatively in red and white
10 December 1981	Flag of Lelystad, the capital of the province of Flevoland	A yellow field with a blue hexagon filling with a white fleur-de-lis towards hoist and surrounding by four Ls
29 March 2019^[8]	Flag of Leeuwarden, the capital of the province of Friesland	A blue flag with a yellow lion rampant in the middle and two vertical stripes alternatively in red and white in the hoist side
1456	Flag of Sneek, the second city of the province of Friesland	A flag with hoist half in black and fly half in yellow
5 July 1990	Flag of the City of Utrecht, the capital of the province of Utrecht	A bi-color flag in white and red field and partly per bend
28 March 1949	Flag of The Hague, the capital of the province of South Holland	A flag with yellow at the top and green at the bottom
23 September 1999	Flag of 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of the province of North Brabant	A flag with five stripes alternatively in red and white, and a black square with a yellow tree in the canton
28 May 1962	Flag of Zwolle, the capital of the province of Overijssel	A blue field with a white cross
1 September 1953	Flag of Enschede, the largest city of the Twente region and the province of Overijssel	A white field with a red stripe
4 March 1958	Flag of Hilversum, the largest city of the Gooi area	Coat of arms of Hilversum in banner form
1879	Flag of City of Groningen, the capital of the province of Groningen	A white field with a green stripe
unknown date	Flag of Haarlem, the capital of the province of North Holland	A red field with the coat of arms of Haarlem towards hoist
18th century	Flag of Middelburg, the capital of the province of Zeeland	Coat of arms of Middelburg in banner form
21 May 1959	Flag of Assen, the capital of the province of Drenthe	A bi-color flag with blue in the top and white in the bottom
7 February 1966	Flag of Heerlen, a city in the south of the province of Limburg	A blue field with a golden eagle in the middle
11 April 1949	Flag of Leiden, a city in South Holland with the oldest Dutch university Leiden University and birthplace of Rembrandt	A red field with a white stripe in the middle, and a white disc towards hoist with red border and two crossed red keys
30 May 1996	Flag of Delft, home of the Delft University of Technology and Johannes Vermeer	Coat of arms of Delft presented horizontally on field
26 June 1980	Flag of Weert, a town in the centre of the province of Limburg	A white field with a blue horizontal stripe in the middle, and a yellow vertical stripe in the hoist side surmounted with three red horns
28 April 1959	Flag of Amersfoort, a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, and is situated at the eastern edge of the Randstad.	Three bands of white and red, the heights of which are in the ratio 21:20:21, with on each of the bands a square from one to the other, at the height of each band and in the middle square a red cross with arms at the width of 1/5 of the height of the middle lane.^[9]

List_of_Dutch_flags

List of flags of the Netherlands

National flag

Constituent countries

Provinces and public bodies

Provinces

Historical flags

Public bodies

Municipal flags

Flags of Dutch regions without administrative status

Public bodies

Royal family

Royal standard

Other members of the royal family

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Date	Use	Description
	Flag of the Ommelanden	The flag is very similar to the Frisian flag, but shows red heart shapes instead of pompeblêden. Both flags are regularly mixed up and are so similar due to the common past of Ommelanden and Friesland. However, the Ommelanden flag is older.
	Flag of Eastergoa	The flag design consists of five horizontal bands in the colors red and white.
September 2021	Flag of Salland	The flag has a modern design and consists of five colours: light blue, green, yellow, dark blue and white. The light blue band at the top represents the sky, while the yellow and green at the bottom symbolize the fields and meadows. The green triangular area at the top right represents the Sallandse ridge. The color areas are mutually separated by white lines. The horizontal white line represents the horizon. On the right side of the flag is a vertical wavy blue band that represents both the letter S of Salland and the rivers that cross Salland.
1981	Flag of Twente	The flag depicts a prancing white steed on a red background. The flag (designed by J.J. van Deinse) represents the so-called Saksenros (German: Sachsenross), and shows great similarity with the flag of Lower Saxony and the flag of North Rhine-Westphalia, two federal states in Germany, the flag of the British County of Kent and many other English and German towns and cities with an Anglo-Saxon origin.
	Flag of Westergoa	The flag design consists of a blue background which is split by a white diagonal band.
2008	Flag of West Frisia	The flag has the color azure and on the flag are two facing lions of gold and five gold blocks.
3 March 1987	Flag of Het Westland	The flag has different stripes with the colors light green and white. The lanes are serrated, so that they resemble the shape of the greenhouses, which are common in Westland (the glass city). The green stands for the plants that are frequently grown there, and the white for the greenhouses themselves. The bottom of the coat of arms of the municipality of Westland shows the same pattern with white and green.
5 January 2009	Flag of Zeelandic Flanders	The proportions of the stripes are 1:1:1:6:1:1:1 and the border between the colored stripes and the yellow stripe is wavy. The top red stripes are from the flag of Sluis, while the bottom blue stripes are from the flag of Terneuzen. The stripes represent the North Sea, the Zwin and Westerschelde. The yellow stripe in the middle of the flag is charged with a black lion, recalling the flags of Flanders and Hulst, albeit without the red tongue and claws. The special design of the lion is not directly copied from existing weapons, but was specially designed so that it looks like a "young, robust and dynamic lion". The colors of the flag also recall the region's ties to both the Netherlands and Belgium.
	Flag of Zevenwouden	The flag consists of fifteen equal blocks in white and green. Together they form a checkered pattern.
2018	Flag of the Achterhoek	The flag consists of a cream-coloured diagonally slightly curved cross that is bordered with a dark green border, and outside it two medium green and two light green triangles. The flag is inspired by the Achterhoek bocage landscape. The different shades of green represent the meadows and forests in the Achterhoek; the slightly curved white cross represents the winding roads of the Achterhoek with rows of trees along them.
2020	Flag of the Land van Maas en Waal	Horizontal tricolor flag of sky blue, blue and green. In the center he carries a yellow field shield.^[10]
	Flag of the Veluwe	The flag is yellow in color and has never been officially recognized. A blue horizontal band is included at the top and bottom. In the middle of the flag is a black silhouette of a jumping (red) deer. This is a common part in the Veluwe woods. The flag elements all originate from the flags of several municipalities that are (partly) located in the Veluwe.
2021	Flag of De Liemers	The flag of De Liemers looks modern, is dark red in color and shows a red twisted Y-shape with white outline. This Y-shape is based on the regional borders and the connection to the rivers IJssel and Rhine. It is, as it were, a simplified form of this geographical whole. The red color has several meanings. For example, it stands for the designation 'to stand out', which is often attributed to this bright color. It also stands for enthusiasm, strength, love, passion and warmth. The Liemer flag is slightly similar to the Achterhoek regional flag. The white lines and the curved shape are reminiscent of it.
2022	Flag of Batavia	The flag has a green background with three narrow vertical bands in red and blue on the mast side. These jobs are derived from the coat of arms of the noble family de Cocq van Haeften. They played an important role in the region during the Middle Ages. This coat of arms has also often been used as a source of inspiration for coats of arms of various (abolished) villages and towns in Batavia. The stripes symbolize all these places. The green background refers to the landscape of the region: lots of forest, heathland and other nature. Two wavy horizontal bands have been placed on this, which refer to the rivers Waal and Rhine. In the center of the flag are three silhouettes of apples. These refer to the three Batavia regions that make up the area: De Tielerwaard, Lower Batavia and Upper Batavia.
14 October 1987	Flag of Noord-Limburg	The flag basically consists of two white bands and a narrower blue band. The blue stripe is split by a green shape that resembles both the capital letter G and the small letter E. It is unclear exactly how the flag came about.
	Flag of Stellingwarfs	White field with two red horizontal bands touching the upper and lower ends, and two grays of the same color in the middle, one facing and the other guarding.^[11]

Date	Use	Description
1985–present	Princes of the Netherlands (Sons of Beatrix) Constantijn and formerly Johan-Friso	As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white tower) in the lower hoist as difference.
1988–present	Princes of the Netherlands (Sons of Margriet) Maurits, Bernhard, Pieter-Christiaan and Floris	As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white six pointed star) in the lower hoist as difference.
1960–present	Princesses of the Netherlands (Daughters of Juliana) Irene, Margriet and Christina	As princesses of the Netherlands use a swallow tailed flag, with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a heraldic rose) in the lower hoist as difference.
2002–present	Máxima of Orange-Nassau	As queen Máxima uses a swallow tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag changed and her parental arms (a yellow tower) in the lower hoist.
2003–present	Laurentien of Orange-Nassau	As princess Laurentien uses a swallow-tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag counterchanged and her parental arms (a yellow heraldic lozenge) in the lower hoist.

Date	Use	Description
2011-present	Flag of the Dutch Government (used for all agencies except ministries and the armed forces)	Light blue field with a white one-third width post next to the post and containing at the top the emblem of the Dutch Government and its agencies.
1986-present	Standard of the governor of Aruba	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of the flag of Aruba in the centre.
2010-present	Standard of the governor of Curaçao	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of the flag of Curaçao in the centre.
2010-present	Standard of the governor of Sint Maarten	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of Sint Maarten in the centre.

Date	Use	Description
1974-present	Flag of a Minister, except the Minister of Defence	Seven horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue in the ratio 1:1:1:6:1:1:1 with a crowned lion with a sword and a bundle of arrows in the middle.
2023-present	Flag of the Minister of Defence	Seven horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue in the ratio 1:1:1:6:1:1:1 with two crossed yellow swords topped by a yellow crown.
1957–present	Flag of the Secretary of Defence	Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue.
2005–present	Flag of the Chief of Defence of the Dutch Armed Forces	Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue. In the middle a green circle with three swords representing the armed forces, with the exception of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
1982–present	Flag of the Inspector General of the Dutch Armed Forces	Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue. In the middle the coat of arms of the Inspector General of the Armed Forces.
1948–2011	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force	Blue flag, divided in three by an orange point coming from the breech side. Originally loaded with the decorations of the Military William Order, but since 1965 with the logo of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Until 2011	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army	Blue flag, loaded in the middle with the coat of arms of the Royal Netherlands Army.
	Civilian Jack of the Netherlands (unofficial; most common variant)	Eight segments in the colors of the Dutch flag.
1931–present	The "Geus", the naval jack of the Netherlands	Twelve segments in the colors of the kingdom flag; in the ratio 2:3.
before 1933–present	Flag of the officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy Reserve	The Dutch flag, of which the center of the white band is semi-circularly widened to halfway between the red and the blue band, on which broadening with black thread is embroidered an unready anchor, covered by a crown.
2002–present	Flag of the Netherlands Coast Guard	The Award Flag of the Dutch Coastguard consists of three stripes, the heights of which are in proportion as 54:10:13, with the colors orange, white and blue. The emblem of the Dutch Coastguard is depicted on the orange stripe, near the breeches.
until 2011	Flag of the Royal Marechaussee	A long, very narrow, split ship's vane in the colors of the kingdom flag.
	Marechausseegeus	Triangular flag, the mast side of which has the white color and the tip is nassau blue. The white area is loaded with an orange Dutch lion, the blue area with the logo of the Marechaussee (the grenade with closed flame).^[12]
1934-present	Commissioning pennant	Nassau blue flag, loaded in the center with the Marechaussee grenade with closed flame in white.
2011–present	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy	Blue field with a white one-third width post next to the post and containing at the top the emblem of the Royal Netherlands Navy in orange.
2011–present	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army	Green field with a white one-third width post next to the post and containing at the top the emblem of the Royal Netherlands Army in orange.
2011–present	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force	Navy blue field with a white one-third width post next to the post and containing at the top the emblem of the Royal Netherlands Air Force in orange.
2011–present	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee	Navy blue field with a white one-third width post next to the post and containing at the top the emblem of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee in orange.

Date	Use	Description
800-888	Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne	A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
1482–1579	Flag of Spanish Netherlands	A white flag with the cross of Burgundy.
1572–1795	The Prince's Flag	A horizontal triband of orange, white and blue.
1652–1796	States Flag	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue. The blue is a lighter shade than that of the current national flag
1796–1806	Flag of the Batavian Republic	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton.
1813–1815	Flag of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue.
1815–1839	Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1839–present	Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Date	Use	Description
1637?-1644?	Flag of Dutch Brazil	Horizontal stripes in red, white and blue, with a crown and a gold monogram in the center
1637?-1644?	Flag of Dutch Brazil
1961–1962	Proposed flag of Dutch Guyana (Suriname)	Horizontal stripes in red, white and blue, with a coat of arms in the center
1959–1975	Flag of Dutch Guyana (Suriname)	A white flag with white, black, brown, red and yellow five-pointed stars, connected by a black ellipse
1961–1962	Flag of Netherlands New Guinea	Thirteen blue and white alternating horizontal stripes with a red bar on the hoist side with a white five pointed star centered on it
1959–1986	Flag of the Netherlands Antilles	white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
1986–2010	Flag of the Netherlands Antilles after the secession of Aruba	white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a pentagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The five stars represented the five main islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1908–2013	Royal Standard of the Monarch	A square orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross with the small coat of arms of the Kingdom, surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of William. Each quarter shows a bugle-horn which originates in arms of the Principality of Orange.
	1815–1908	Royal Standard of the Monarch	The colours of the flag of the Netherlands with the royal coat of arms (without the mantle).

Date	Use	Description
1898–1908	Standard of a Prince	A flag with the colours of the historical Royal Standard with the Royal coat of arms in an orange rectangle at the central band.
1898–1908	Standard of a Princess	A swallow tailed flag with the colours of the historical Royal Standard with the Royal coat of arms in an orange rectangle at the central band.
1980–2004	Standard of Juliana of Orange-Nassau	As princess, Juliana used a swallow tailed orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross. In the centre of the flag is a small arms of the Netherlands without the insignia of the Order of Willem within an orange circle. in the upper hoist her maternal arms (the horn of Orange) and her paternal arms (a black bull with white horns, a red tongue and a golden crown, from the arms of Mecklenburg) in the lower hoist.
1908–1934	Standard of Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont	She used a square and swallow tailed orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross. In the centre of the flag is a small arms of the Netherlands without the insignia of the Order of Willem within an orange circle. Each quarter shows a bugle-horn which originates in arms of the principality of Orange.
1908–1910	Standard of Marie of Orange-Nassau	An oblong flag of orange color, the height of which is 5/6 of the length, triangularly cut over 1/3 of the length of the flag; divided into four sections by a standing four-armed cross of Nassau blue, the width of 1/5 of the height of the flag; the center of the cross located at 5/12 of the length of the flag, counted from the pants side; in the center of the cross a medallion of orange color, at the diameter of 3/14 of the length of the flag, placed below it the coat of arms, as mentioned in article 1 of this decree, covered by the royal crown; in each of the orange boxes, located on the trouser side of the flag, a horn, as defined in Article 1.
1980–2002	Standard of the Prince Consort	A quadrangle in Nassau blue bearing an orange cross. First and third quarters adorned by the Dutch Lion of the coat of arms of The Netherlands. Second and fourth quarters adorned by the white castle tower from the coat of arms of the House of Amsberg. Centered upon the cross is the coat of arms of The Netherlands, topped by a royal crown.
1948–1980	Standard of the Prince Consort	A quadrangle bearing an orange cross. First and third quarters in Nassau blue, adorned by the Dutch Lion from the national coat of arms. Second and fourth quarters are white, adorned by the five-leafed rose with golden sepals from the coat of arms of the House of Lippe. Centered upon the cross is the coat of arms of The Netherlands, topped by a royal crown.
1908–1934	Standard of the Prince Consort	A quadrangle bearing an orange cross. First and third quarters in Nassau blue, adorned by the Dutch Lion from the national coat of arms. Second and fourth quarters are Azure, adorned by a griffin passant Or langed Gules of the House of Mecklenburg. Centered upon the cross is the coat of arms of The Netherlands, topped by a royal crown.

Date	Use	Description
1920–1966	Governor's standard of Dutch Guyana	National tricolour, with in the red stripe three white balls.
1966–1975	Standard of the governor of Suriname	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Suriname in the centre.
1966–1986	Standard of the governor of the Netherlands Antilles	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Netherlands Antilles in the centre.
1986–2010	Standard of the governor of the Netherlands Antilles	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Netherlands Antilles in the centre.

Date	Use	Description
1974-2005	Flag of the Chef Defensiestaf	Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue. In the middle a green circle with four swords representing the four armed forces.
2001-2010	Flag of the Ministry of Defence	Dark purple flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete.
2001-2010	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy	Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
2001-2010	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army	Dark green flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Army.
2001-2010	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force	Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
2001-2010	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee	Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
	Pilot flag	A flag of three equally wide bands of red, white and blue with a ratio of 3:2, bordered on all sides in white with a width equal to the width of the band.

Flag	Date	Company	Description
current
	?–present	Boskalis	Flag divided diagonally into two halves, yellow on the top and navy blue on the bottom. This part contains the company name in blank.
	1921–present	Spliethoff^nl	Flag divided diagonally into four parts, with the upper part being orange, the flight sky blue, the lower part white and the mast red. In the center loads the initial of the company name in black.^[13]
	1898–present	Wagenborg^nl	Flag divided diagonally into four parts, the top and bottom being red, and the other two white. In the center is a black chimney with two white stripes.^[14]
former
	1993-2018	Dockwise	White field with the company's emblem in the center.
	1970-1997	Nedlloyd	White and blue quartered flag; a gourd cross, formed by two intertwined ropes, and fimbriated in white.
	1907-1965	Batavian Oil Company^nl	Two equal red triangles at the top and two equal blue triangles at the bottom, with a white diamond with the royal crown in the middle.
	1888-1966	Royal Packet Navigation Company	Bright red field flag with a white horizontal lozenge, over the full length and height of the flag, charged with the royal crown.
	1885-1974	Holland Steamship Company	White field with the national flag of the Netherlands in the quarter and the initials "HSM" in red on the fly.
	1883-1970	Royal Rotterdam Lloyd	A red, rectangular flag with a white cross. In the center is a blue square with the white letters 'RL' and a crown above it.
	1870-1970	Netherland Line	White field with a blue sautor on which is placed a small red rhombus containing the letter N in white
	1856-1981	Royal Netherlands Steamship Company	Blue field flag with a white horizontal lozenge, over the full length and height of the flag, charged with the royal crown.
	1621-1792	Dutch West India Company	National flag with company initials, GWC, in black on white center stripe.
	1630s-1799	Dutch East India Company	National flag with the company's initials, VOC, in black on the white central stripe.
	1602-1630s	Dutch East India Company	Prince's flag (Dutch: Prinsenvlag) with company initials, VOC, in black on white central stripe