Provincial
1972-1986
1986-1987
People's Provincial
1987-1995
Provincial was renamed People's Provincial when the Provincial National Bus Company sector was privatised in 1987.
Provincial
1995-1997
People's Provincial was purchased by FirstBus in 1995, at which point, the company was renamed simply Provincial. In 1996, the recently acquired Portsmouth Transit operations were merged with Provincial, retaining the latters name.
First Provincial
1997-2003
In 1997, the First logo became more prominent. Later repaints featured the First logo and region name in corporate colours. In 1999, First Provincial merged with First Southampton to create First Hampshire. In 2003, First Hampshire merged with part of Southern National which created the present First Hampshire & Dorset. It was around this time region names stopped featuring on buses, thus marking the end of the Provincial name.
First Solent
2012-present
With the introduction of the new nationwide livery in 2012, regional fleetnames made a return.
