IPv4 Transfers 2011

In 2011, the five Regional Internet Registries recorded 135 transfers that moved 3,738,624 IPv4 addresses in 135 blocks, 0 of them between two registries. Figures come from the RIRs' official transfer logs and include mergers and acquisitions.

IPv4 addresses transferred
3.7M
135 IPv4 blocks
Registry transfers
135
0 IPv6 / 0 ASN
Inter-RIR transfers
0
0 IPv4 addresses (0%)
Mergers and acquisitions
0
135 market transfers

Monthly Transfer Volume 2011 by receiving RIR

IPv4 transfers per month in 2011
MonthTransfersIPv4 addresses
December 2011131,139,200
November 201166,912
October 201171,265,664
September 201125192,512
August 201124406,528
July 201121,280
June 201135436,480
May 2011917,920
April 20115199,168
March 20111256
February 2011366,048
January 201156,656

Transfer Volume by RIR

Transfers counted at the receiving registry. Inter-RIR columns show IPv4 that entered or left the region.

Transfers per Regional Internet Registry, 2011
RegistryTransfersIPv4 receivedInter-RIR inInter-RIR out
ARIN531,931,776--
APNIC821,806,848--

IPv4 Transfers by Block Size

Number of transferred IPv4 blocks per prefix length.

IPv4 transfers by prefix length, 2011
Prefix lengthAddresses per blockBlocksShare of blocksIPv4 addresses
/121,048,57621.5%2,097,152
/15131,07210.7%131,072
/1665,5361712.6%1,114,112
/1732,76843.0%131,072
/1816,38432.2%49,152
/198,192128.9%98,304
/204,0961410.4%57,344
/212,0481611.9%32,768
/221,024128.9%12,288
/2351264.4%3,072
/242564835.6%12,288

IPv4 transferred across country borders in 2011. Registry logs before mid-2025 do not carry a country for every transfer, so this ranking undercounts some regions.

Largest IPv4 Transfers 2011