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Certificate Authority Market Share Report
March 1st, 2018

Report Description
This report, much like our original certs and CAs report, focuses on issuers of SSL enabling certificates found on web servers. Unlike our original report, however, this report has a couple of key differences to it:

  • Reports on top 100 CAs. The original report only paid attention to the major CAs at the time the report was produced. This report lists the top 100 CAs for the month. You will find here many self-signing organizations such as universities, telecommunications firms, etc.
  • Uses issuer name as identifier. Our original report only counted a certificate towards an organization if we were able to prove, by virtue of verifying the key, that the organization in question actually signed the certificate. This had a notable problem with it - we don't always have the public key of the CA. In at least one case, a CA doesn't make their public key available unless you sign a license agreement.

    This report doesn't have that problem, since it only uses the issuer Organization Name to uniquely identify the issuing CA.

CA February 2018
Count
February 2018
%
January 2018
Count
January 2018
%
Growth
%
GoDaddy.com, Inc.805,22219.18803,84218.772.18
COMODO CA Limited713,40517.00748,87017.49-2.83
DigiCert598,68114.26514,16812.0118.77
GeoTrust Inc.350,3988.35427,5129.98-16.40
GlobalSign nv-sa321,6857.66324,4387.581.14
Let's Encrypt294,3247.01290,9126.793.20
Gandi100,8802.40100,9992.361.88
Symantec Corporation80,3271.91123,3492.88-33.57
cPanel, Inc.79,1091.8881,4651.90-0.95
Unknown76,9781.8377,0131.801.96
Amazon65,7151.5766,1521.551.33
thawte, Inc.63,3011.5172,2971.69-10.69
Starfield Technologies, Inc.58,2551.3957,4231.343.48
Microsoft Corporation43,4811.0444,0381.030.71
Google Inc38,2710.9137,9870.892.76
Internet230,4680.7330,8590.720.71
TERENA28,2110.6728,4760.671.05
Entrust, Inc.24,5650.5925,1880.59-0.52
Parallels20,3990.4921,2290.50-1.99
Unizeto Technologies S.A.19,3900.4619,4420.451.73
Trustwave Holdings, Inc.18,8820.4519,5680.46-1.57
Network Solutions L.L.C.17,8790.4318,1660.420.39
none17,8470.4318,1350.420.38
SomeOrganization17,6220.4217,7220.411.43
ispgateway17,5640.4217,5820.411.90
Apache HTTP Server14,3130.347290.021902.69
SecureCore12,5160.3012,3050.293.75
Odin11,0330.2611,1590.260.85
QuoVadis Limited10,3600.2510,3020.242.58
Plesk9,8990.249,2100.229.63
NN.RU8,8830.218,8830.212.00
Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd.8,7550.218,7070.202.56
home.pl S.A.8,7430.218,3110.197.30
SSL.com7,9050.197,9780.191.07
StartCom Ltd.7,1920.177,7310.18-5.11
Hostpoint AG6,7090.166,6870.162.34
Internet Widgits Pty Ltd6,5310.166,6150.150.71
GeoTrust, Inc.6,1350.156,5330.15-4.21
Google Trust Services5,3370.135,3000.122.71
io.ua4,8100.114,8040.112.13
nazwa.pl sp. z o.o.4,5260.114,5910.110.56
HydrantID (Avalanche Cloud Corporation)4,4710.114,5920.11-0.69
CloudFlare, Inc.3,7590.093,7590.092.00
Corporation Service Company3,6180.093,5270.084.63
SECOM Trust Systems CO.,LTD.3,3100.083,3940.08-0.52
Pizza-Taxi.de GmbH / CA3,2300.083,2290.082.03
Actalis S.p.A./033585209673,2220.083,1810.073.32
Trust Provider B.V.3,1550.083,0680.074.89
Comodo Limited3,1550.083,4400.08-6.45
KDDI Web Communications Inc.3,1380.073,1380.072.00
TrustAsia Technologies, Inc.3,0660.079250.02238.10
WebSupport, s.r.o.2,7670.072,7530.062.52
National Institute of Informatics2,3080.052,3210.051.43
Hosting Ukraine LLC2,2830.052,3110.050.77
Government of Korea2,1160.052,2040.05-2.07
Default Company Ltd2,0910.052,0630.053.39
Webhosting2,0210.051,9630.055.02
DOMENY.PL sp. z o.o1,9270.051,9410.051.27
Nijimo, Inc.1,8930.051,5900.0421.44
WoSign CA Limited1,8860.041,9330.05-0.48
TAIWAN-CA1,7700.041,7630.042.41
Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.1,6890.041,5210.0413.27
Verisign1,6640.041,7570.04-3.40
Thawte, Inc.1,6640.041,7810.04-4.70
T-Systems International GmbH1,6570.041,7010.04-0.64
Verein zur Foerderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes e. V.1,5760.041,4100.0314.01
Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa - RNP1,5040.041,4860.033.24
SwissSign AG1,4000.031,3620.034.85
DreamHost1,3190.0311,4730.27-88.27
KEYNECTIS1,2480.031,3750.03-7.42
NetLock Kft.1,2400.031,2630.030.14
EUNETIC GmbH1,2270.031,2630.03-0.91
Test Self SSL Company1,2060.031,2140.031.33
UIC1,1770.031,1770.032.00
AC Camerfirma S.A.1,1770.031,1610.033.41
WEDOS Internet, a.s.1,1660.031,1630.032.27
Equifax (Geotrust)1,1270.031,3050.03-11.91
AlphaSSL1,0800.031,4000.03-21.31
Dreamcommerce S.A.1,0740.031,1250.03-2.62
U.S. Government1,0230.021,0590.02-1.47
SH9370.029700.02-1.47
XX8860.029710.02-6.93
AffirmTrust8280.027930.026.50
Globe Hosting, Inc.7660.028340.02-6.31
Buypass AS-9831633277640.027590.022.67
Internet Invest6770.026840.020.96
Intermediate Certificate6680.026500.024.83
TBS INTERNET6660.026800.02-0.10
www.sprinthost.ru6340.026360.011.68
CAcert Inc.6270.016360.010.56
KAGOYA-JAPAN5620.0100.00N/A
Beijing Knownsec Information Technology Co., Ltd5610.015360.016.76
Zimbra Collaboration Server5520.015680.01-0.87
PCextreme BV4970.014880.013.88
FNMT-RCM4870.015270.01-5.74
CertCenter AG4840.014460.0110.69
Root CA4780.015030.01-3.07
OVH4610.014590.012.45
Comvive Servidores SL4490.0100.00N/A
ICP-Brasil4410.014620.01-2.63

Note: Readers are cautioned that the Growth percentages are based on a CA's market share penetration rather than the absolute number of certificates we detected. Thus, it is possible for the number of certificates to increase, while the growth is actually a negative value.



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