IPv4 Transfer Market Statistics

135,783 IPv4, IPv6 and ASN transfers from the official logs of all five Regional Internet Registries, 1.51B IPv4 addresses in total. Updated daily.

IPv4 addresses, last 12 months
108.1M
13,085 transfers
Inter-RIR, last 12 months
1,330
10% of all transfers
IPv4 addresses since 2009
1.51B
105,693 IPv4 blocks
IPv6 blocks / ASNs
11,895 / 18,195
latest 2026-10-10

In the last 12 months, 108,054,016 IPv4 addresses changed hands in 13,085 registry transfers, 1,330 of which moved address space between two Regional Internet Registries. The figures cover every transfer published in the RIRs' official transfer logs since 2009, including mergers and acquisitions.

Monthly Transfer Volume last 5 years, by receiving RIR

Inter-RIR Transfers

IPv4 addresses moved from one registry to another, all time. Net flows and yearly volume

IPv4 addresses transferred between Regional Internet Registries
From ↓ / To →RIPE NCCARINAPNICLACNICAFRINIC
RIPE NCC-
12.3M
736 transfers
3.8M
339 transfers
37K
49 transfers
0
ARIN
50.0M
2,390 transfers
-
23.5M
895 transfers
266K
50 transfers
0
APNIC
4.5M
977 transfers
2.5M
539 transfers
-
23K
26 transfers
0
LACNIC
1.7M
77 transfers
7.7M
480 transfers
191K
10 transfers
-0
AFRINIC0000-

Top Receiving Countries

  1. 1🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China2.6M
  2. 2🇺🇸 United States1.9M
  3. 3🇩🇪 Germany1.6M
  4. 4🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates1.1M
  5. 5🇱🇹 Lithuania1.1M
  6. 6🇬🇧 United Kingdom1.1M
  7. 7🇸🇬 Singapore952K
  8. 8🇨🇦 Canada678K
  9. 9🇸🇨 Seychelles676K
  10. 10🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands661K

Top Source Countries

  1. 1🇺🇸 United States9.8M
  2. 2🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.3M
  3. 3🇧🇷 Brazil725K
  4. 4🇮🇪 Ireland659K
  5. 5🇪🇸 Spain587K
  6. 6🇸🇪 Sweden354K
  7. 7🇨🇦 Canada337K
  8. 8🇨🇱 Chile329K
  9. 9🇫🇷 France273K
  10. 10🇨🇳 China250K

IPv4 transferred across country borders in the last 12 months.

Latest Transfers

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an IPv4 transfer?
Since the free pools of IPv4 addresses ran out, organisations that need more addresses buy them from organisations that no longer use them. The Regional Internet Registry (RIR) then moves the registration to the new holder and publishes the transfer in its transfer log.
What is an inter-RIR transfer?
A transfer where the address space moves from one registry's region to another, for example from ARIN (North America) to RIPE NCC (Europe). ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC and RIPE NCC allow inter-RIR transfers under compatible policies; both registries list such a transfer in their logs.
Are mergers and acquisitions included?
Yes. Registries also publish changes of holder caused by mergers and acquisitions. They are included in the totals and marked as “M&A” in the tables.
How often is this data updated?
Once a day, from the transfer logs the five RIRs publish. Transfer dates are the dates the registry processed the transfer.