Hosting deals
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HostList is opening a specialist M&A desk for founders selling hosting companies, operators buying recurring revenue, and people who can make a genuine introduction. Private interest stays out of the directory and out of HRI.
Explore an exit without putting your company on a public marketplace.
Tell us exactly what type of hosting operation fits your strategy.
Introduce an owner you genuinely know, with their privacy intact.
Early access is reviewed personally. Registration is not a valuation, offer or mandate.
Confidential by default
Private interest never appears on a host profile or public acquisition page.
Hosting-specific review
Customer migrations, billing platforms, infrastructure and renewal liabilities matter here.
Success aligned
Commercial terms are written before a mandate, with no payment merely to register.
One accountable deal path.
HostList manages the commercial process. Independent specialists handle regulated professional work, but sellers and buyers do not have to stitch the transaction together themselves.
We confirm who is involved, what may be sold, timing, scale and whether the opportunity is real.
We organise the facts buyers care about and build a confidential, anonymous first view of the business.
Potential buyers are selected by size, geography, products, infrastructure and transaction appetite.
Company identity and precise financial information stay private until the right checks and agreements are in place.
HostList coordinates questions, offers and the path to a clear letter of intent.
Independent legal, tax and accounting specialists handle their parts of due diligence and closing.
Public intelligence
Verified acquisition announcements and ownership changes can strengthen HostList research. Every public fact needs evidence.
Private deal information
Revenue, buyer criteria, sale intent and referrals stay in the M&A admin system with restricted access.
Hard firewall
A mandate, referral or success fee cannot affect HRI, ranking order, HostMatch or editorial acquisition coverage.
Hosting is built by acquisition.
Most of the biggest hosting brands changed hands at least once. These documented transactions are how today's brand families formed, and they are the market context behind every valuation conversation. HostList tracks the resulting families in the ownership registry and reports new deals in Hosting News.
The hosting.com parent adds another retail shared-hosting brand to a family of 25+ acquisitions.
A reported $350m deal that moved a developer cloud up into managed hosting.
The merger that created Newfold Digital, now the parent of Bluehost, HostGator and dozens more.
Consolidation at the top of managed WordPress: two rivals became one platform.
Three regional leaders combined into one of Europe’s largest hosting groups.
Managed hosting buys managed commerce: WooCommerce and Magento hosting under one roof.
A reported €1.69bn deal that brought 123 Reg, Heart Internet and Host Europe under GoDaddy.
A reported $4.3bn take-private, still the benchmark large-cap hosting transaction.
EIG’s biggest retail buy of the roll-up era that built today’s Newfold portfolio.
The acquisition that set the template: buy the brand, keep the storefront, share the platform.
Frequently asked
How much is a web hosting company worth?
Most small hosting businesses sell for 2.5x to 4x annual owner profit, while larger platforms trade on revenue multiples, commonly 2x to 4x annual recurring revenue depending on growth, churn and infrastructure. Strategic consolidators pay above these ranges when a customer book fits their stack. Every serious valuation starts from verified MRR, churn and margin, not from a formula.
Who buys web hosting companies?
Three buyer classes are active: consolidators such as World Host Group, team.blue, Miss Group and Newfold Digital that have each bought dozens of brands; private equity firms building recurring-revenue portfolios; and operators one size up buying customer books in their own niche or region. The documented deals on this page show how the biggest brand families formed.
How do I sell my web hosting business?
Prepare verified numbers first: MRR by product, churn, support load and infrastructure cost. Then approach qualified buyers privately rather than listing publicly, because public listings leak to staff and customers before a deal exists. HostList runs this as a six-step process from qualification to completion, with company identity protected until the right agreements are signed.
Can I sell only my customer book?
Yes. Customer-book transfers are the most common small hosting transaction: the buyer migrates accounts onto its own infrastructure and the seller exits without selling the company itself. Pricing is usually per customer or a multiple of the book’s monthly revenue, shaped by plan mix, contract terms and how cleanly the stack migrates.
Is HostList acting as the broker?
HostList is opening a specialist M&A desk to manage qualified hosting transactions. Legal, tax, accounting and escrow work is handled by independent specialists. Registering interest is not itself a broker mandate or engagement.
Will a possible sale appear on my HostList profile?
No. Seller interest, buyer criteria and referrals are private operational data. Public ownership and acquisition records are created only from verifiable public evidence after an announcement or completed transaction.
Does using HostList M&A affect HRI?
Never. M&A relationships, fees and transaction activity are outside the HRI calculation and cannot change directory rank, score or recommendation order.
What kind of hosting business can register?
Shared hosting, managed WordPress, reseller, VPS, cloud, dedicated infrastructure, domain and registrar businesses, MSPs, and agencies with transferable recurring hosting revenue are all relevant.
What does it cost to register?
Nothing. Commercial terms are agreed in writing before HostList accepts a sell-side mandate. A success fee is payable only under that agreement if a transaction closes.
Start with the right facts.
Choose seller, buyer or referrer. We ask only enough to decide whether a private conversation makes sense. Documents and exact financials do not belong in this first form.