IPv4 Transfers 2025

In 2025, the five Regional Internet Registries recorded 14,733 transfers that moved 152,693,024 IPv4 addresses in 10,391 blocks, 1,425 of them between two registries. Figures come from the RIRs' official transfer logs and include mergers and acquisitions.

IPv4 addresses transferred
152.7M
10,391 IPv4 blocks
Registry transfers
14,733
999 IPv6 / 3,343 ASN
Inter-RIR transfers
1,425
20.9M IPv4 addresses (14%)
Mergers and acquisitions
3,633
11,100 market transfers

Monthly Transfer Volume 2025 by receiving RIR

IPv4 transfers per month in 2025
MonthTransfersIPv4 addresses
December 20251,88518,425,088
November 20259508,965,632
October 20251,0235,285,888
September 202595631,745,824
August 20252,4252,342,528
July 20251,0242,505,472
June 20259989,989,248
May 20259817,415,552
April 202599313,237,504
March 202595234,357,248
February 20251,28413,178,880
January 20251,2625,244,160

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, 2025
RegistryTransfersIPv4 receivedInter-RIR inInter-RIR out
ARIN4,483121,706,7528,886,27211,424,256
RIPE NCC7,38627,192,09610,713,3441,435,392
APNIC2,5252,800,3841,188,096923,648
LACNIC304588,800155,1367,159,552
AFRINIC35404,992--

Inter-RIR Transfers 2025

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-
1.1M
80 transfers
316K
36 transfers
5,376
8 transfers
0
ARIN
10.4M
394 transfers
-
868K
44 transfers
150K
7 transfers
0
APNIC
269K
186 transfers
655K
221 transfers
-
256
1 transfers
0
LACNIC
38K
8 transfers
7.1M
439 transfers
4,096
1 transfers
-0
AFRINIC0000-

IPv4 Transfers by Block Size

Number of transferred IPv4 blocks per prefix length.

IPv4 transfers by prefix length, 2025
Prefix lengthAddresses per blockBlocksShare of blocksIPv4 addresses
/816,777,21620.0%33,554,432
/104,194,30420.0%8,388,608
/112,097,15230.0%6,291,456
/121,048,57660.1%6,291,456
/13524,288190.2%9,961,472
/14262,144520.5%13,631,488
/15131,072991.0%12,976,128
/1665,5365785.6%37,879,808
/1732,7681691.6%5,537,792
/1816,3842772.7%4,538,368
/198,1925795.6%4,743,168
/204,0967867.6%3,219,456
/212,0487917.6%1,619,968
/221,0242,47523.8%2,534,400
/235121,40713.5%720,384
/242563,14130.2%804,096
/2512840.0%512
/273210.0%32

Top Receiving Countries

  1. 1🇺🇸 United States9.5M
  2. 2🇩🇪 Germany1.0M
  3. 3🇬🇧 United Kingdom841K
  4. 4🇸🇬 Singapore656K
  5. 5🇨🇦 Canada619K
  6. 6🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates359K
  7. 7🇸🇪 Sweden293K
  8. 8🇸🇨 Seychelles284K
  9. 9🇵🇦 Panama263K

Top Source Countries

  1. 1🇧🇷 Brazil7.2M
  2. 2🇺🇸 United States4.6M
  3. 3🇨🇦 Canada919K
  4. 4🇬🇧 United Kingdom747K
  5. 5🇩🇪 Germany588K
  6. 6🇯🇵 Japan377K
  7. 7🇪🇸 Spain345K
  8. 8🇦🇺 Australia295K
  9. 9🇮🇪 Ireland268K
  10. 10🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China236K

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

Largest IPv4 Transfers 2025