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The European hosting market, by country

Who effectively owns each market, what hosting really costs there, what businesses run, email posture and the words buyers actually type — one page per market, aggregate-level and reproducible through the connector. Snapshot 2026-07-19.

Hosting concentration is national, not continental: measured Europe-wide the market looks fragmented, yet several countries run on four or five effective providers. These pages give each market its own read — and each targets the words local buyers actually type, because we measure that too.

Norway — .no Who owns Norwegian hosting? Four to five owners effectively control the most concentrated market we measure — and the steepest storefront re-prices 19× at the first renewal. HHI 2,310 · ~4.3 effective providers · 384,612 live businesses · entry from €2.54/mo · buyers search webhotell Denmark — .dk The top three owners hold nearly three-quarters of Danish hosting — and fewer than half the storefronts we track disclose a renewal price before you commit. HHI 2,074 · ~4.8 effective providers · 486,547 live businesses · entry from €3.10/mo · buyers search webhotel Sweden — .se Sweden sits one point below the official concentration threshold — consolidation on a knife-edge, with two of three tracked storefronts acquiring on teaser pricing. HHI 1,499 · ~6.7 effective providers · 646,061 live businesses · entry from €2.63/mo · buyers search webbhotell Netherlands — .nl Europe's most open hosting market: two dozen providers fight for 2.3 million Dutch businesses — yet the steepest measured renewal cliff still hits 30×. HHI 424 · ~23.6 effective providers · 2,278,704 live businesses · entry from €1.99/mo · buyers search webhosting Germany — .de Europe's largest hosting market — 4.6 million business domains — where scale wars push the average customer's entry price below €1/month. HHI 972 · ~10.3 effective providers · 4,630,347 live businesses · entry from €0.84/mo · buyers search webhosting

Every figure is queryable on the free tier via market_concentration, market_digitization, technology_adoption, market_pricing and email_security. Named provider shares, per-operator price ladders and the quarterly named operator ranking live in the product.