IPv4 Transfers June 2020

In June 2020, the five Regional Internet Registries recorded 666 transfers: 3,718,400 IPv4 addresses in 497 blocks, plus 69 IPv6 blocks and 100 AS numbers. 15 transfers moved resources between two registries. Dates are the dates the registry processed the transfer.

IPv4 addresses transferred

3.7M

497 IPv4 blocks

Registry transfers

666

69 IPv6 / 100 ASN

Inter-RIR transfers

370K IPv4 addresses (10%)

Mergers and acquisitions

154

512 market transfers

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, June 2020
Registry	Transfers	IPv4 received	Inter-RIR in	Inter-RIR out
ARIN	167	1,381,888	3,072	300,800
AFRINIC	2	1,048,576	-	-
RIPE NCC	457	749,568	105,216	68,608
APNIC	39	536,320	262,144	1,024
LACNIC	1	2,048	-	-

Inter-RIR Transfers June 2020

IPv4 addresses moved from one registry to another. All inter-RIR transfers

IPv4 addresses transferred between Regional Internet Registries
From ↓ / To →	RIPE NCC	ARIN	APNIC	LACNIC	AFRINIC
RIPE NCC	-	3,072 4 transfers	66K 1 transfers	0	0
ARIN	104K 6 transfers	-	197K 3 transfers	0	0
APNIC	1,024 1 transfers	0	-	0	0
LACNIC	0	0	0	-	0
AFRINIC	0	0	0	0	-

IPv4 Transfers by Block Size

Number of transferred IPv4 blocks per prefix length.

IPv4 transfers by prefix length, June 2020
Prefix length	Addresses per block	Blocks	Share of blocks	IPv4 addresses
/12	1,048,576	1	0.2%	1,048,576
/16	65,536	23	4.6%	1,507,328
/17	32,768	9	1.8%	294,912
/18	16,384	9	1.8%	147,456
/19	8,192	26	5.2%	212,992
/20	4,096	50	10.1%	204,800
/21	2,048	35	7.0%	71,680
/22	1,024	170	34.2%	174,080
/23	512	47	9.5%	24,064
/24	256	127	25.6%	32,512

Top Receiving Countries

Top Source Countries

IPv4 transferred across country borders in June 2020. Registry logs before mid-2025 do not carry a country for every transfer, so this ranking undercounts some regions.

Largest IPv4 Transfers June 2020

41.160.0.0/12M&A · 2020-06-23
Liquid Telecommunications South Africa (Pty) Ltd
🇿🇦 ZA AFRINIC
→
Liquid Telecommunications Operations Limited
🇲🇺 MU AFRINIC
123.60.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-30
China Internet Network Information Center/SeehuLine
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
→
China Internet Network Information Center/HWCSNET
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
120.46.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-30
China Internet Network Information Center/CITICNET-CN
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
→
China Internet Network Information Center/HWCSNET
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
147.207.0.0/16M&A · 2020-06-30
Lamb-Weston
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Lamb Weston Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
146.9.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-30
Wayne State University
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon Technologies Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
156.64.0.0/16M&A · 2020-06-29
Graham & James Information Systems Division
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Squire Patton Boggs
🇺🇸 US ARIN
152.137.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-26
Dominion Energy Questar Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon Technologies Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
65.21.0.0/16inter-RIRTransfer · 2020-06-24
Critical Path, LLC
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Hetzner Online GmbH
RIPE NCC
128.181.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-19
Tektronix, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon Technologies Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
134.62.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-19
Tektronix, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon Technologies Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
134.63.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-19
Tektronix, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon Technologies Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
134.64.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-19
Tektronix, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon Technologies Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
96.0.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-19
The Endurance International Group, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon.com, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
72.41.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-19
The Endurance International Group, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon.com, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
160.108.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-18
Lockheed Martin Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
🇺🇸 US ARIN
142.86.0.0/16inter-RIRTransfer · 2020-06-17
Glencore Canada Corporation
🇨🇦 CA ARIN
→
Tencent Cloud Computing (Bejing) Co., Ltd
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
142.70.0.0/16inter-RIRTransfer · 2020-06-17
Glencore Canada Corporation
🇨🇦 CA ARIN
→
Tencent Cloud Computing (Bejing) Co., Ltd
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
167.151.0.0/16M&A · 2020-06-10
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
147.223.0.0/16M&A · 2020-06-10
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
144.94.0.0/16M&A · 2020-06-10
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
161.120.0.0/16inter-RIRTransfer · 2020-06-09
Saint Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Tencent Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
90.149.0.0/16inter-RIRTransfer · 2020-06-09
NextGenTel AS
RIPE NCC
→
Japan Network Information Center/so-net
🇯🇵 JP APNIC
152.137.0.0/16M&A · 2020-06-05
Questar Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Dominion Energy Questar Corporation
🇺🇸 US ARIN
139.56.0.0/16Transfer · 2020-06-01
Broadvision Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
→
Amazon.com, Inc.
🇺🇸 US ARIN
123.249.0.0/17Transfer · 2020-06-30
China Internet Network Information Center/Wotone
🇨🇳 CN APNIC
→
China Internet Network Information Center/HWCSNET
🇨🇳 CN APNIC

Date	Resource	From	To	Type
2020-06-23	41.160.0.0/12	Liquid Telecommunications South Africa (Pty) Ltd 🇿🇦 ZA AFRINIC	Liquid Telecommunications Operations Limited 🇲🇺 MU AFRINIC	M&A
2020-06-30	123.60.0.0/16	China Internet Network Information Center/SeehuLine 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	China Internet Network Information Center/HWCSNET 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	Transfer
2020-06-30	120.46.0.0/16	China Internet Network Information Center/CITICNET-CN 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	China Internet Network Information Center/HWCSNET 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	Transfer
2020-06-30	147.207.0.0/16	Lamb-Weston 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Lamb Weston Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	M&A
2020-06-30	146.9.0.0/16	Wayne State University 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon Technologies Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-29	156.64.0.0/16	Graham & James Information Systems Division 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Squire Patton Boggs 🇺🇸 US ARIN	M&A
2020-06-26	152.137.0.0/16	Dominion Energy Questar Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon Technologies Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-24	65.21.0.0/16inter-RIR	Critical Path, LLC 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Hetzner Online GmbH RIPE NCC	Transfer
2020-06-19	128.181.0.0/16	Tektronix, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon Technologies Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-19	134.62.0.0/16	Tektronix, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon Technologies Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-19	134.63.0.0/16	Tektronix, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon Technologies Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-19	134.64.0.0/16	Tektronix, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon Technologies Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-19	96.0.0.0/16	The Endurance International Group, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon.com, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-19	72.41.0.0/16	The Endurance International Group, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon.com, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-18	160.108.0.0/16	Lockheed Martin Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	National Aeronautics and Space Administration 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-17	142.86.0.0/16inter-RIR	Glencore Canada Corporation 🇨🇦 CA ARIN	Tencent Cloud Computing (Bejing) Co., Ltd 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	Transfer
2020-06-17	142.70.0.0/16inter-RIR	Glencore Canada Corporation 🇨🇦 CA ARIN	Tencent Cloud Computing (Bejing) Co., Ltd 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	Transfer
2020-06-10	167.151.0.0/16	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Occidental Petroleum Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	M&A
2020-06-10	147.223.0.0/16	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Occidental Petroleum Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	M&A
2020-06-10	144.94.0.0/16	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Occidental Petroleum Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	M&A
2020-06-09	161.120.0.0/16inter-RIR	Saint Gobain Abrasives, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Tencent Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	Transfer
2020-06-09	90.149.0.0/16inter-RIR	NextGenTel AS RIPE NCC	Japan Network Information Center/so-net 🇯🇵 JP APNIC	Transfer
2020-06-05	152.137.0.0/16	Questar Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Dominion Energy Questar Corporation 🇺🇸 US ARIN	M&A
2020-06-01	139.56.0.0/16	Broadvision Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Amazon.com, Inc. 🇺🇸 US ARIN	Transfer
2020-06-30	123.249.0.0/17	China Internet Network Information Center/Wotone 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	China Internet Network Information Center/HWCSNET 🇨🇳 CN APNIC	Transfer