IPv4 Transfers June 2021

In June 2021, the five Regional Internet Registries recorded 985 transfers: 4,533,248 IPv4 addresses in 763 blocks, plus 106 IPv6 blocks and 116 AS numbers. 93 transfers moved resources between two registries. Dates are the dates the registry processed the transfer.

IPv4 addresses transferred
4.5M
763 IPv4 blocks
Registry transfers
985
106 IPv6 / 116 ASN
Inter-RIR transfers
93
454K IPv4 addresses (10%)
Mergers and acquisitions
227
758 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 2021
RegistryTransfersIPv4 receivedInter-RIR inInter-RIR out
RIPE NCC7152,410,752397,56817,664
APNIC511,126,65636,86413,568
ARIN200979,96818,944233,728
AFRINIC1111,264--
LACNIC84,6081,024189,440

Inter-RIR Transfers June 2021

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

IPv4 addresses transferred between Regional Internet Registries
From ↓ / To β†’RIPE NCCARINAPNICLACNICAFRINIC
RIPE NCC-
18K
42 transfers
000
ARIN
196K
17 transfers
-
37K
2 transfers
1,024
2 transfers
0
APNIC
12K
19 transfers
1,280
3 transfers
-00
LACNIC
189K
8 transfers
00-0
AFRINIC0000-

IPv4 Transfers by Block Size

Number of transferred IPv4 blocks per prefix length.

IPv4 transfers by prefix length, June 2021
Prefix lengthAddresses per blockBlocksShare of blocksIPv4 addresses
/121,048,57610.1%1,048,576
/14262,14420.3%524,288
/15131,07220.3%262,144
/1665,536131.7%851,968
/1732,768172.2%557,056
/1816,384152.0%245,760
/198,192476.2%385,024
/204,096466.0%188,416
/212,048547.1%110,592
/221,02424732.4%252,928
/235129712.7%49,664
/2425622229.1%56,832

IPv4 transferred across country borders in June 2021. Registry logs before mid-2025 do not carry a country for every transfer, so this ranking undercounts some regions.

Largest IPv4 Transfers June 2021