Web Hosting Market

The UK web hosting market is a very competitive area but continues to be nicely profitable for the outfits that have reached a critical mass, many years ago I worked in this space so I know first hand the challenges associated with Software as a Service or Saas types of business models.  Everything is about the retention of customers and the acquisition of new ones such that the portfolio grows.  If they can sell you additional services in a value-added way then that is a great way to develop their income streams.

There are dedicated web hosting providers and hybrids who typically are domain registration services who then upsell their customers to web hosting packages.

A good example is Easyspace Ltd who have been trading for 22 years and are now registered in London.   As the importance of e-commerce grows for the UK economy it is likely that the web hosting market will grow inline.

Many players are indirectly involved in this niche such as site services that offer site builders and partner with an existing player.  The market has evolved as technology has

It is interesting to dig into our database and pull out the stats for companies for this sector, you can find some data on 63110, once our advanced search feature is running fully, you'll be able to select and export this data for your own uses such as marketing.

UK Webhosting market

The UK web hosting market is like any other out there. This is a fast growing service that creates web hosting for individuals and organizations. A web hosting service or a web service provider is an internet hosting service that provides individuals or organizations with access to the world wide web. These providers make their websites accessible through the web. Web hosts are companies that own servers and lease it out to clients, people they provide hosting services to. They provide space on their servers as well as internet connectivity. A web hosting service can provide data to a wide variety of clients.

With the dawn of the century, the awakening of the digitization era, internet access has become the spotlight and many have taken this opportunity into creating a business. The web hosting market is a result of that business. The creation of the world wide web has resulted in the formation of business opportunities far beyond what anyone realised. Internet providers have however taken a hold of the opportunities this brings. The web hosting market in 2017 alone reached an estimated value of USD 32.14 Bn and is estimated to soar higher at 15.9% CAGR between the year 2018 and 2023.

With this fast growing change, business and enterprises are giving up the conventional forms of representation and advertisement. This is fast also becoming a thing, to adopt this new form of digital representation for their businesses.

The sudden change to digitization has caused the erratic movement from traditional to the current form of representation we have. Businesses are giving up the old ways to attain this new virtual identity. The number of people who spend their time surfing the web makes it an easy place to advertise your business. Once the advertisement takes place, a virtual home that lets them see what you're about is also necessary. The importance of these things and the more the internet becomes a necessary part of our lives, the more the web hosting market grows.

Getting a domain is now important for businesses, thus this creates more opportunities for web hosting service providers. Several advances in technology has also made for a significant boost in the web hosting market.

UK Webhosting Market

The UK web hosting market is also one of the fastest web hosting markets today. The best web hosting services that are present in the UK typically offer a variety of options. Example of these options are fast internet speed, a more secure connection for both globally and locally.

Here are some of the best web hosting services as of September 2020. These hosting services combine GDPR compliance along with other range of excellent features and great support to help you build your website. This can be done in any region and at great price too. Here are some of the top web hosting sites in the UK according to performance.

This list is drawn from our research data

SiteGround

They are a renown web hosting service that provides a variety of offerings. SiteGround was created in 2004 and have been expanding ever since then. They have data centers in 6 locations across 4 regions. London being one of these locations, their service gives their users speed as well as quality connection.

SiteGround is the fastest connection on our list. They provide an average response time of 148.7ms in speed. It has been known to ping an incredible speed of 4ms in London. For London users or UK In general, you're getting the best speed with this service.

All plans come with free cloudflare CDN integration that serves users from the closest location. They also run on speed enhancing SDD.

They are officially the best on our list for faster service and they also have a premium plan that claims to boost load up to 4x.

Hostinger UK

They are another international hosting service with reach as far as 6 continents. This also includes the UK and the Netherlands.

A very good thing about this hosting service is that it is unbelievably cheap but delivers amazing service. They take the second spot on this list based on efficiency and performance they deliver to their users.

They provide an average response time and speed of 54ms for users in London and the UK in general with their single plan for as low £0.80monthly.

For users outside the UK, it scores an average speed of 165ms. However, great speed and low prices are not their only advantage. They're experienced and have served over 29 million clients.

This is a very good decision when looking for a web hosting service in and out of the UK

They have a user friendly hPanel and protect their users by a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

Although it lacks CDN compared to SiteGround, it is however an excellent choice for anyone on a budget but still doesn't want to feel it too much.

Kinsta

This is a managed wordpress host that is powered by Google cloud's premium network. In other words, their users have access to Google's security measures to protect them. They are also provided with the high levels of speed and performance.

They average a response time of 179.5ms and leverage off about 20 Google cloud server locations. Amazing right? They also have premium speed of about 10ms for UK users. Kinsta also offers its users with a free CDN service as well.

A2 Hosting UK

This is another globally known hosting service that serves users from Europe to Asia and even the USA. They offer a wide range of hosting services. Even though the closest data center to the UK is in Amsterdam, it still pinged an incredible speed of 19ms. It also comes with speed enhancing SDD storage as well as Cloudflare CDN and Hackscan protection.

ScalaHosting

ScalaHosting is an experienced web hosting service on this list. They have been around for more than a decade and deliver quality service to their users.

They have a 43+ms speed for London users and offer Cloudflare CDN for free as well.

Other hosting services that offer equally amazing include.

GreenGeeks

BlueHost & many more.

Bio - Adrian is an experienced accountant with around 20 years experience in the UK technology sector, he often contributes to this blog, to his reddit account and is an active investor in UK startups.