IPv4 Transfers 2024

In 2024, the five Regional Internet Registries recorded 15,079 transfers that moved 167,120,204 IPv4 addresses in 11,494 blocks, 804 of them between two registries. Figures come from the RIRs' official transfer logs and include mergers and acquisitions.

IPv4 addresses transferred
167.1M
11,494 IPv4 blocks
Registry transfers
15,079
1,814 IPv6 / 1,771 ASN
Inter-RIR transfers
804
14.4M IPv4 addresses (9%)
Mergers and acquisitions
4,700
10,379 market transfers

Monthly Transfer Volume 2024 by receiving RIR

IPv4 transfers per month in 2024
MonthTransfersIPv4 addresses
December 20242,28488,428,876
November 20241,0214,501,632
October 20249914,431,360
September 20249233,139,072
August 20249927,739,392
July 20241,0696,901,760
June 20249645,418,752
May 20241,1525,336,064
April 20241,2704,675,328
March 20241,79112,010,240
February 20241,69319,581,056
January 20249294,956,672

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, 2024
RegistryTransfersIPv4 receivedInter-RIR inInter-RIR out
ARIN4,579136,940,2884,745,7288,069,120
RIPE NCC9,35326,400,0769,384,7044,380,928
APNIC9083,419,904264,1921,943,296
LACNIC219252,41624,32025,600
AFRINIC20107,520--

Inter-RIR Transfers 2024

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

IPv4 addresses transferred between Regional Internet Registries
From ↓ / To →RIPE NCCARINAPNICLACNICAFRINIC
RIPE NCC-
4.3M
166 transfers
70K
28 transfers
5,632
7 transfers
0
ARIN
7.9M
193 transfers
-
193K
26 transfers
4,352
4 transfers
0
APNIC
1.5M
270 transfers
424K
90 transfers
-
14K
14 transfers
0
LACNIC
8,192
2 transfers
16K
3 transfers
1,024
1 transfers
-0
AFRINIC0000-

IPv4 Transfers by Block Size

Number of transferred IPv4 blocks per prefix length.

IPv4 transfers by prefix length, 2024
Prefix lengthAddresses per blockBlocksShare of blocksIPv4 addresses
/98,388,60820.0%16,777,216
/104,194,30410.0%4,194,304
/112,097,15240.0%8,388,608
/121,048,576230.2%24,117,248
/13524,288350.3%18,350,080
/14262,144640.6%16,777,216
/15131,0721251.1%16,384,000
/1665,5365725.0%37,486,592
/1732,7681861.6%6,094,848
/1816,3842882.5%4,718,592
/198,1925384.7%4,407,296
/204,0967586.6%3,104,768
/212,0487906.9%1,617,920
/221,0242,97625.9%3,047,424
/235121,33311.6%682,496
/242563,79433.0%971,264
/2512820.0%256
/266410.0%64
/29810.0%8
/30410.0%4

Top Receiving Countries

  1. 1🇺🇸 United States1.1M
  2. 2🇨🇦 Canada944K
  3. 3🇸🇬 Singapore550K
  4. 4🇨🇳 China76K
  5. 5🇩🇪 Germany63K
  6. 6🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China39K
  7. 7🇵🇭 Philippines19K
  8. 8🇦🇺 Australia18K
  9. 9🇵🇷 Puerto Rico15K

Top Source Countries

  1. 1🇯🇵 Japan1.4M
  2. 2🇺🇸 United States1.2M
  3. 3🇦🇺 Australia917K
  4. 4🇨🇦 Canada645K
  5. 5🇳🇿 New Zealand283K
  6. 6🇮🇳 India120K
  7. 7🇸🇬 Singapore74K
  8. 8🇵🇰 Pakistan58K
  9. 9🇧🇩 Bangladesh46K

IPv4 transferred across country borders in 2024. Registry logs before mid-2025 do not carry a country for every transfer, so this ranking undercounts some regions.

Largest IPv4 Transfers 2024