Holdings
These companies are neither defunct nor stubs, and they are not in the register either: they own hosting brands and sell no hosting under their own name. They keep a record because ownership is useful to know about, and the ownership field records the same relation from the other side, on the record of each brand. A company that sells hosting as well as owning others is not here. It is in the register, with its parentage recorded like anybody else’s — GoDaddy and Ionos both own more brands than most readers would guess, and both sell hosting themselves.
34 records, kept out of the register and out of its count.
A
A1 Telekom Austria GroupAn Austrian telecoms group and the owner of Exoscale.
AlphabetGoogle's holding company, which sells no hosting under its own name.
AnacondaA Python tooling company and the owner of PythonAnywhere.
AutomatticThe company behind WordPress.com, Pressable and WooCommerce, which sells no hosting under its own name.
B
Block, Inc.The payments company formerly called Square, and the owner of Weebly.
C
CinvenA European private-equity firm that owns the group behind a host recorded here, and sells no hosting itself.
Clearlake CapitalA US investment firm that is one of the two owners of the group behind Bluehost and HostGator, and sells no hosting itself.
CloudOne DigitalThe holding company that acquired Liquid Web.
Cube Infrastructure ManagersAn infrastructure investment manager and the owner of GleSYS.
CVC Capital PartnersA private-equity firm that holds majority stakes in a registrar and in the group behind cPanel and Plesk, and sells no hosting itself.
D
Deno Land Inc.The company behind the Deno runtime, which also operates Deno Deploy.
E
Endurance International GroupThe group that assembled Bluehost, HostGator and iPage before becoming Newfold Digital.
G
GMO PepaboA Japanese internet company whose hosting reaches customers as Lolipop and other brands.
GoRails, LLCA Ruby on Rails education company and the owner of Hatchbox.
group.oneA Swedish hosting group whose brands reach customers under their own names across Europe.
H
HgA European technology investor and the largest shareholder in a hosting group recorded here, which sells no hosting itself.
I
iliad GroupThe French telecoms group behind Free, and the owner of Scaleway.
IONOS Group SEThe listed holding company beneath which the IONOS brands sit, including Fasthosts and STRATO.
K
KKRA US investment firm that holds the majority of a server provider recorded here, and sells no hosting itself.
N
Newfold DigitalThe holding company for Bluehost, HostGator and Network Solutions.
Nexigen DigitalAn Australian group holding hosting brands, VentraIP among them.
O
Oakley CapitalA British private-equity firm that owns a hosting group recorded here, and sells no hosting itself.
P
PermiraA private-equity firm that owns a hosting company recorded here, and sells no hosting itself.
S
SalesforceA software company that owns Heroku and sells no hosting under its own name.
Silver LakeA US technology investment firm that majority-owns a managed WordPress host recorded here, and sells no hosting itself.
Siris CapitalA US private-equity firm that is one of the two owners of the group behind Bluehost and HostGator, and sells no hosting itself.
T
team.blueA European group assembled by acquisition, holding hosting and domain brands across a dozen countries.
U
United InternetThe German group behind Ionos, 1&1, Fasthosts, Arsys, home.pl and Strato.
W
WebProsThe Swiss-based owner of cPanel, Plesk and WHMCS, which sells hosting only to partners who resell it under their own name.
weDevsA WordPress plugin company from Dhaka and the owner of FlyWP.
World Host GroupThe buy-and-build hosting group that renamed itself Hosting.com in 2025.
WPDeveloperA WordPress plugin company and the owner of xCloud.
Y
Your.OnlineA Dutch group holding hosting, domain and trust brands across Europe, each kept under its own name.
Z
- Zitcom Group
A Danish group that held hosting brands rather than selling hosting itself, now part of team.blue.