December 10th, 2005

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Growth Of Irish Hosters Continues - ISPs Lose Clients

The Irish webhosting market is beginning to consolidate. The smaller hosters and the ISPs are gradually being edged out of the market by the pure play Hosting Service Providers (HSPs). This shift happened a few years ago in most other countries but due to Ireland having an almost Third World telecoms system, the shift has been delayed. With the growing broadband penetration, the numbers of domain registrations increase. This growth has led to the rise of the budget hosters in the Irish hosting market. Some of these hosters have come from nowhere in the space of a year to being Tier 2 players.

The bulk of the Irish market is concentrated on the Tier 2 hosting service providers. The top hosters there all have their own dedicated setup while a few have datacentres. The pattern over the last year has been that most of the business has been done by the hosters in Tier 2 and the ISPs and the lower tiers have lost domains and clients to these hosters. The Irish hosting market is consolidating though it is a long term shift.

Irish HosterStats Reports

2005
Market Shares As Of 01 December 2005 - Identified Domains = 108917

      Hosters Domains Market Share - Market Segments
Tier 1  22   24807  22.78%  Traditional Early Market Hosters (ISPs)
Tier 2  24   59578  54.70%  Hosting Service Providers > 500 domains
Tier 3  67   14066  12.91%  HSPs 101 - 500 domains
Tier 4  330  9852    9.05%  HSPs/Web Developers 7 - 100 domains
Tier 5  378  795     0.93%  Individuals/Firms/WebDevs  <7 domains
Tier 6  44   1075    0.99%  Educational And Government And Registry

2004
Market Shares As Of 01 December 2004 - Identified Domains= 85733

      Hosters Domains Market Share - Market Segments
Tier 1 24    25585  29.88%  Traditional Early Market Hosters (ISPs)
Tier 2 21    41448  48.41%  Hosting Service Providers > 500 domains
Tier 3 54    10701  12.50%  HSPs 101 - 500 domains
Tier 4 263   7437   8.69%   HSPs/Web Developers 7 - 100 domains
Tier 5 450   855    1.00%   Individuals/Firms/WebDevs < 7 domains
Tier 6 24     776    0.91%   Educational And Government Hosting

(2004 figures based on identified hosters as of 01/12/2004)

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Written by John McCormac on December 10th, 2005 with comments disabled.
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