According to the remaining "Gobancho (literally, descriptions of ban, squad)" where the organization of Hokoshu in the eighth shogun Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA era was described, Hokoshu consisted of five squads, with each squad including 50 to 100 persons and 300 to 400 persons in total, and when wakato (young samurai) and chu-gen (lower-class retainers) were also counted, it is considered that Hokoshu had the military power of 5,000 to 10,000 persons.
8代将軍足利義政時代の奉公衆の編成を記す『御番帳』が現存しており、それによると奉公衆は五番編成で、各番の兵力は50人から100人、総勢で300から400人ほどの人数で、各番が抱える若党や中間なども含めると平均して5000から10,000人規模の軍事力であったと考えられている。