List of Royal Warrent Holders / Purveyors to the Court

Royal Warrant signs for the Queen Mum, Prince Charles & The Queen
Photo Credit: Colin Smith / Royal Appointment Signs, Ballater. (1994)

If you're like me, you often want to put a touch of authenticity in your writing and make it vivid with lots of description and images. I think getting a sense of what products the royal use helps with that. So when researching things, I often try to look at Royal Warrant Holders.

A Royal Warrant (or the title "Purveyor to the Court") is given to a business to recognize them as someone who provides goods or services to the Royal Household. The business is then allowed to display the Royal coat of arms (or crown) and advertise that they have Royal Customers.

UK

Photo Credit: By Oxiq [CC0], from Wikimedia Commons

Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) & Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) gives out Royal Warrants to businesses that have supplied them (or their household/office) with goods or services for at least 5 out of the last 7 years.

The Warrant holders are then allowed to say "By Appointment to" and display the Royal coat of arms on their products, stationery, advertisements, etc.

Full list of Royal Warrant Holders: 
https://www.royalwarrant.org

Belgium

"Warrant Holder of the Court of Belgium" (Gebrevetteerd Hofleverancier van België/Fournisseur breveté de la Cour de Belgique) is a title given out by King Philippe & Queen Mathilde to businesses that have supplied them (or their household/office) with goods or services for at least 5 years.

List of Royal Warrant holders: (Updated every November)
http://www.dghb.be/en

Royal Warrant holder Rules: 
http://www.dghb.be/en/rules.php

Photo Credit: By Oxiq [CC0], from Wikimedia Commons

Denmark

Royal Warrants are given out by the Queen to businesses that have serviced the Royal House for 10-15 years and are well-established, economically solid and of good public reputation. 

The Royal Warrant is granted to a single person in a company, opposed to the company as a whole. The businesses are granted the title "Purveyor to Her Majesty The Queen." (Untill 2008, there was also the title "Purveyor to the Royal Danish Court," which was given to larger companies supplying the Royal Household. ) 

New Royal Warrants are granted on the Queen's Birthday. 

List of Royal Warrant Holders: 
http://www.hoflev.dk/en/index.asp?

Netherland Purveyor to the Court Sign
Photo Credit: Suedwester93
[Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

Netherlands 

The title "Purveyor to the Court" (Hofleverancier) is given out to businesses that have been in business for 100 years and have a good track record, And it is 0nly to small or medium-sized companies. 

The companies are not required to supply the court to receive this title.

List of Royal Warrant Holders:
https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/documenten/publicaties/2018/05/08/predicaat-hofleverancier-overzicht-organisaties-2018

Spain

The Spain Royal Family no longer gives out the title "Purveyor of the Royal House" (Proveedor de la Casa Real). 

Sweden 

Photo Credit: Holger.Ellgaard
[CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Common

Royal Warrants are given out by the King and Queen for regular service to the Royal Court. The warrant is usually given to the managing director of the company, not the company itself. 

List of Royal Warrant Holders:
http://www.hovlev.se

Royal Warrant F.A.Q.:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150614174639/http://hovlev.se/faq_e.html

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