THE OLDEST WEB HOSTING COMPANIES
Longevity is the hardest trust signal to fake. A host that has survived since the dawn of the commercial web has weathered the dot-com crash, the shared-to-cloud migration, and two decades of consolidation. This report ranks the oldest hosting companies still operating, with HRI and rating alongside so you can see whether age and quality aged together.
Nazwa.pl is the oldest, operating since 1990. Every host on this list was founded before the year 2000, and the ten oldest still average an HRI of 83, evidence that in hosting, survival and quality tend to travel together.
Companies are ordered by founding year, oldest first, from public records cross-checked where possible. The list is floored at 1990, the start of commercial web hosting, to exclude data noise, and limited to active hosts. Founding year is a best-effort figure where a company publishes none. No paid placements. Read the full formula on the HRI methodology page, see the live rankings, browse the directory, or read more data reports.
Among hosts still operating and tracked by HostList, Nazwa.pl is the oldest, founded in 1990, about 36 years ago.
Not automatically, but longevity is a genuine trust signal: a host that has run for decades has proven it can survive downturns, migrations, and acquisitions. Check the HRI column to see whether age is matched by current quality.
From public company records and each host's own history, cross-checked where possible. The list starts at 1990, the beginning of commercial web hosting, to keep out unreliable pre-web dates. Where a company publishes no founding year, a best-effort figure is used.