These families dominated the major positions including that of regent, rensho (assistant to regent) and Rokuhara Tandai (an administrative and judicial agency in Rokuhara, Kyoto), and also provided many of the Hyojoshu (members of Council of State) and the Shugo (provincial constables).
一門で執権、連署、六波羅探題などの要職を独占し、評定衆や諸国の守護の多くも北条一族から送り出した。