Market research for investors, advisers and corporate development

An independent view of the hosting market.

Market structure, ownership, consolidation, pricing and integration posture in European hosting, measured the same way for every operator and stated with the population behind each number. HostingBrain describes what the market looks like. It does not tell you what to buy.

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One set of definitions for every operator in the market.

Company materials describe customers, market share and integration with definitions that are consistent inside one company and hard to compare across several. HostingBrain measures every operator the same way: observed domain books, current owners, platform evidence, published prices and the boundary of each finding.

Market structure

Compare countries, owners and operators on the same definitions.

Consolidation

See which brands each group owns, and how far each acquired brand has moved onto its owner's platform.

Pricing

Entry and renewal prices captured from public storefronts, each with its date.

Evidence

Denominators, source paths, coverage and caveats stay attached when a figure is cited internally.

Questions the research answers

Which markets remain fragmented after folding local brands into their current owners? Owner-folded concentration by market and layer. Brand-level tables can misstate concentration in both directions.
How large is an operator on an active-domains basis, not a nameserver or registry basis? Full book vs active-domains floor, with parked, inactive and dead-page share separated out.
Which acquired brands still operate on standalone infrastructure? Brand-level integration evidence across origin networks, DNS, mail and platform hubs. An acquisition closes once; integration happens layer by layer.
How do entry offers, renewal prices and promotions compare across an operator's markets? Pricing ladders and renewal cliffs, captured from public storefronts with dated evidence.
Which findings are observed, which are inferred, and where is coverage insufficient? Every answer states its layer, confidence and caveats, so the reader knows what a figure shows and what it does not.

Deliverables

  • Operator dossier with market position, ownership, book quality, pricing and technology posture
  • Custom peer set at the right actor and geographic level
  • Owner-folded market structure by layer
  • Acquisition and integration evidence by brand
  • Pricing and renewal benchmark pack
  • Exports with evidence attached, and defined internal citation rights

Research, not advice.

HostingBrain reports what the public evidence shows, where it conflicts and where it is insufficient. It is market research on hosting and domain infrastructure: it is not investment, financial, legal or tax advice, and it does not recommend a course of action. The decision, and the diligence behind it, stay with you and your advisers.

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