Among the yakata-go holders, specially privileged were the so called Kanto-hachi-yakata, also called Kanto-hachike (eight families of the Kanto region,) indicating Yuki clan, Oyama clan, Chiba clan, Satake clan, Nasu clan, Hatta clan (or Oda clan,) Utsunomiya clan and Naganuma clan (or Minagawa clan,) details of which are to be referred to the Kanto-hachi-yakata.
特に屋形号を許された結城氏・小山氏・千葉氏・佐竹氏・那須氏・八田氏（小田氏）・宇都宮氏・長沼氏（皆川氏）は関東八屋形（関東八家とも）といって優遇された(詳細は関東八屋形を見よ)。