Who owns Fasthosts?
Fasthosts is owned by IONOS (Germany, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: IOS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: IONOS Group SE: House of Brands. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- IONOS Group SE reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Montabaur
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Website & store builders
- Parent ticker
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange: IOS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Fasthosts
Fasthosts is described by IONOS Group as its hosting and reseller brand in the United Kingdom. The brand page lists domain names, shared web hosting, website builders, email hosting, dedicated servers and VPS among its services, and says it sells both directly to customers and through a reseller network to ISPs and multimedia agencies. The company claims over two decades of experience and offers support around the clock.
Ownership timeline of Fasthosts
Where Fasthosts sits in IONOS
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by IONOS
IONOS controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in website & store builders, and who owns them
IONOS has more brands in website & store builders on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 20.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gravatar | Automattic | 🇺🇸 United States |
| GoDaddy | GoDaddy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hopp | Wix | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Opera Ads | Kunlun Tech | 🇨🇳 China |
| Shopify | Shopify | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| WooCommerce | Automattic | 🇺🇸 United States |
| WordPress.com | Automattic | 🇺🇸 United States |
| GoDaddy Airo | GoDaddy | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: IONOS
IONOS is a publicly listed company headquartered in Montabaur, Germany. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as Frankfurt Stock Exchange: IOS.
IONOS Group SE is a web hosting, domain and cloud company registered in Montabaur, Germany, whose own investor pages show it shares trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker IOS. The same pages show United Internet holding 63.8% of the shares as of 30 June 2026. The group describes its business as Web Presence & Productivity plus Cloud Solutions, sold through the IONOS brand and a set of local brands across 17 markets in Europe and North America. A tenth brand on its brands page, InterNetX, is not listed here because the page states no country of origin for it.
🇬🇧 Fasthosts and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Fasthosts among them.
- BMC — Springer Nature 🇩🇪
- Badoo — Bumble 🇺🇸
- Depop — eBay 🇺🇸
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Britannica 🇺🇸
- Farfetch — Coupang 🇺🇸
- Football Manager — Sega Sammy 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Fasthosts?
The parent company of Fasthosts is IONOS, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is Fasthosts British or German?
Fasthosts originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by IONOS, which is headquartered in Germany. So Fasthosts is a British-origin brand under German ownership.
Is Fasthosts still owned by IONOS?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Fasthosts is still owned by IONOS. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] IONOS Group SE: House of Brands — IONOS Group SE, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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