Blacknight

What Blacknight does

Blacknight (legal entity: Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd) is a privately held Irish web hosting company and ICANN-accredited domain registrar headquartered in Carlow, Ireland. The company operates its own infrastructure — including state-of-the-art datacentres in Carlow and Dublin, with direct peering at multiple internet exchanges — and is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for information security management, with all servers located in Ireland under EU data protection law.

The company's offering spans domain registration (hundreds of TLDs including .ie, .eu, .com, .io, and .ai as an accredited registrar), a full hosting stack from shared web hosting and managed WordPress hosting to cloud VPS and dedicated servers, colocation services, Titan-branded business email and Microsoft 365 resale, broadband (home, business, reseller, and Dedicated Internet Access), SSL certificates and backups (Acronis/ESET), and DIY website building tools (siteBuilder with AI assistance and shopBuilder for eCommerce). Specialty services include Registry Lock, brand protection, DPML, and dedicated high-frequency trading application hosting.

Blacknight serves more than 90,000 customers across Ireland and overseas, with primary customer segments being Irish SMEs, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs, growing enterprises, and residential/business broadband subscribers. Its go-to-market is hybrid: self-service e-commerce for domains and basic hosting, supplemented by phone-based inside sales in Ireland and the UK for enterprise/managed services. Revenue is almost entirely subscription-recurring (monthly and annual contracts). The company, founded around 2003 and previously acquired by Your.Online in June 2026 as its first Irish portfolio company, continues to operate independently under founders Michele Neylon (CEO) and Paul Kelly (CTO) with approximately 60 employees.

Name

Blacknight

Legal name

Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd

Website

https://blacknight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blacknight is an ICANN-accredited Irish domain registrar and hosting provider based in Carlow, operating its own datacentres in Carlow and Dublin. It serves more than 90,000 SME, entrepreneurial, and broadband customers across Ireland and overseas with subscription domains, hosting, email, broadband, and cloud services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlow

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Domain Registration: Domain name registration services supporting hundreds of TLDs including .ie, .eu, .com, .io, .ai and many country-code domains. Revenue generated through annual registration fees with multi-year registration options available.
2. Web Hosting Services: Web hosting including shared hosting, WordPress hosting, and various hosting tiers. Pricing from €4.99/month for basic web hosting with managed options available.
3. Cloud VPS Hosting: Scalable cloud VPS solutions with pricing from €22.46/month, providing flexible compute resources for demanding workloads.
4. Dedicated Servers: Both managed and unmanaged dedicated server solutions with fixed price contracts from €149.99/month for Irish and international clients.
5. Email Services: Professional email hosting including business email from €1.50/month and Microsoft 365 licensing from €7.32/month.
6. Broadband Services: Fibre broadband for home and business, wireless broadband, and Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) solutions starting from €41.99/month.
7. SSL Certificates & Security: Digital security certificates including SSL certs, site backup services, and ESET Security products.
8. Website Building Tools: AI-powered siteBuilder from €5/month and shopBuilder for eCommerce from €8.25/month for DIY website creation.
9. Colocation Services: Colocation services for customers wanting to house their own equipment in Blacknight's datacentres in Carlow and Dublin.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Blacknight is an Irish ICANN-accredited domain registrar and web hosting provider that sells domain name registration across hundreds of TLDs and a full stack of hosting services — shared web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, scalable Cloud VPS, dedicated servers, and colocation in its Carlow and Dublin datacentres. It complements hosting with business email (Titan Email, Microsoft 365), AI-assisted siteBuilder and shopBuilder tools, broadband connectivity, SSL certificates, and automated siteBackup, targeting SMEs, entrepreneurs, and Irish residential and enterprise customers.

Product overview

Blacknight is an Irish web hosting company and domain registrar offering a comprehensive suite of internet services. The product portfolio centers on domain registration (hundreds of TLDs including .ie, .com, .eu, .io, .ai) as the foundational offering, with hosting services ranging from entry-level shared web hosting to enterprise dedicated servers and colocation. The core hosting products include Web Hosting, WordPress Hosting, Cloud VPS Hosting, and Dedicated Servers. Additional services include siteBuilder (AI-assisted website builder), shopBuilder (eCommerce platform), Business Email with Titan Email, and Microsoft Office 365 resale. Security offerings encompass SSL Certificates and siteBackup. Blacknight also provides broadband internet services (Home, Business, Reseller, Flexi, DIA) and specialized hosting for high-frequency trading applications. The company operates data centers in Carlow and Dublin, Ireland, and maintains ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blacknight Space Labs: A hybrid accelerator program launched in Phoenix in May 2026, designed to fund and support startups in space infrastructure, data, logistics, and services, with up to $100,000 investment per startup.

Products and services

• Domain Registration

Quantifiable outcome

• Certified to ISO/IEC 27001, the strictest international standard available in information security management
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• MyHostminorOthers · 22 March 2023Blacknight acquired hosting peer MyHost. The acquisition expanded Blacknight's customer base and market presence in the Irish hosting market.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationBlacknight offers Microsoft 365 products including licensing and support for business email and productivity tools. Microsoft 365 is available from €7.32/month through Blacknight's platform.
• cPanelcoreTechnology or IntegrationBlacknight offers cPanel hosting solutions for server management and website administration.
• PleskcoreTechnology or IntegrationBlacknight offers Plesk control panel solutions for website and server management.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• IONOS: IONOS is Europe's largest hosting and domain registrar, offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, cloud, and email — directly comparable to Blacknight's full hosting stack with similar SME target market and European data-residency positioning.
• SiteGround: SiteGround is a European-headquartered hosting provider specializing in managed WordPress, shared, and cloud hosting for SMEs and website owners — directly comparable to Blacknight's product portfolio, SME focus, and customer segment.
• Hetzner: Hetzner is a German hosting and dedicated server provider operating its own datacentres across Europe, offering VPS, dedicated servers, and cloud services — directly comparable to Blacknight on owned-infrastructure model, European data-residency angle, and VPS/dedicated server offerings.
• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a major European cloud and hosting provider with owned datacentres, offering VPS, dedicated servers, domain registration, and hosted exchange — directly comparable to Blacknight's sovereign-infrastructure positioning and broad hosting/email stack.
• Register365: Register365 is an Irish domain registrar and hosting company offering .ie domain registration, web hosting, email, and SSL — the closest direct local peer to Blacknight with overlapping Irish SME customer base and same regulatory environment (.IE accreditation).
• LetsHost: LetsHost is an Irish hosting provider (now part of TeamBlue/Combell Group) offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and domains — directly comparable to Blacknight on Irish market focus, hosting product set, and SME target customers.
• Namecheap: Namecheap is a domain registrar and hosting provider offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and email — directly comparable to Blacknight's domain-plus-hosting bundle, SME/individual target market, and promotional pricing model.
• Fasthosts: Fasthosts is a UK-based hosting provider offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, domains, and email — directly comparable to Blacknight on UK/Ireland geographic focus, SME customer segment, and product portfolio breadth.
• 123-reg: 123-reg is one of the UK's largest domain registrars and hosting providers, offering shared hosting, VPS, WordPress, email, and SSL — directly comparable to Blacknight on domain-led hosting model, UK/Ireland focus, and SME target customers.

Broad incumbents

• GoDaddy: GoDaddy is the world's largest domain registrar and a major hosting provider, offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, email, and website builders — a broad incumbent that competes with Blacknight across virtually all product categories but at vastly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/blacknight
• Facebookfacebook.com/blacknight
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blacknight-internet-solutions-lt

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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