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United Kingdom

Europe GB
IPv4 addresses
153,421,815
CIDR ranges
41,896
Global rank · IPv4
#4 of 250
ASNs
3,188
Organizations
2,824
Regions / states
4

Top ASNs

ASNNameIPs
AS8075 Microsoft Corporation 29.83M
AS2856 British Telecommunications Limited 20.32M
AS5089 Virgin Media 11.05M
AS786 Jisc Services Limited 7.08M
AS5607 Sky UK Limited 6.72M
AS13285 TalkTalk 5.53M
AS5378 Vodafone Limited 4.10M
AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. 3.27M
AS6871 British Telecommunications Limited 2.56M
AS3257 GTT Communications Inc. 2.39M
AS1273 IDDQD-AS 1.47M
AS702 Verizon Business 1.32M
AS206067 Three 791.3K
AS5413 Wavenet Limited 736.3K
AS8426 Claranet Limited 623.9K
AS31655 Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd 609.5K
AS8851 GCI Network Solutions Limited 575.7K
AS42689 Glide Student & Residential Limited 544.0K
AS13037 Zen Internet Ltd 528.1K
AS20860 Iomart Cloud Services Limited 414.5K
AS15395 Rackspace Ltd. 394.8K
AS8220 COLT Technology Services Group Limited 394.5K
AS5400 British Telecommunications Limited 370.7K
AS8468 Cityfibre Limited 358.9K
AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC 342.0K

Regions / states / provinces

Network composition

How United Kingdom's allocated IPv4 space breaks down by operator type, regional registry, and block size.

By operator category
CategoryIPv4Share
ISP / Telecom 30.32M
36.1%
Enterprise 27.76M
33.1%
Hosting / Cloud 20.44M
24.3%
Mobile 4.92M
5.9%
Academic / Research 363.3K
0.4%
CDN 94.7K
0.1%
Government 73.5K
0.1%
By regional registry (RIR)
RegistryIPv4Share
RIPE NCC 102.26M
68.7%
ARIN 44.80M
30.1%
APNIC 1.35M
0.9%
AFRINIC 300.6K
0.2%
LACNIC 69.4K
0.0%
Prefix-size distribution (network ranges by block size)
/8–/15
191
/16–/19
1,728
/20–/22
6,602
/23
3,747
/24
8,664
/25–/28
8,051
/29–/32
11,574

Routing & security

Live BGP routing footprint for United Kingdom from our global collectors, with RPKI route-origin validation coverage.

Announced prefixes
85,791
Origin ASNs
3,366
RPKI-valid
57.7%
49,462 of 85,791 ROA-covered

RPKI-valid % = announced prefixes with a matching Route Origin Authorization. Live routing →

Web3 footprint

United Kingdom hosts 373 observed decentralized-network nodes across 7 networks. It’s a neutral signal — it does not affect the reputation score. See the full web3 node map.

Reverse-DNS, threat intelligence & internet health

How much of United Kingdom's address space resolves to a hostname, how much appears on public threat blocklists, how widely the population is online, and independent signals of censorship and outages.

Reverse-DNS coverage
36.9%
54.88M IPs with a PTR
Internet adoption
95.5%
of population · 2024
Censorship signal
2.3%
444 confirmed-blocked · 30d
Network outages
3
events · last 90d
Median speed
189 Mbps ↓
65 Mbps ↑ · 45ms
36.9% of allocated IPv4 has a PTR

Reverse-DNS + threat-blocklist footprint from our own scanning & 8 threat-intel feeds. Internet adoption from the World Bank; censorship measurements from OONI; outage detection from IODA / Georgia Tech; connection speed from Cloudflare Radar.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many IPv4 addresses are allocated to United Kingdom?

United Kingdom has 153,421,815 IPv4 addresses allocated across 41,896 network ranges. These allocations are managed by regional internet registries and assigned to organizations operating within the country.

What are the largest internet providers in United Kingdom?

The top organizations in United Kingdom by IP allocation include the major ISPs, hosting providers, and enterprises listed above. These 50 organizations collectively manage the majority of the country's IPv4 address space.

How many ASNs operate in United Kingdom?

United Kingdom has 50 or more registered Autonomous Systems. Each ASN represents an independently routed network, such as an ISP, cloud provider, or enterprise network.

What continent is United Kingdom in?

United Kingdom is located in Europe. IP address allocations in this region are managed by RIPE NCC.

Last updated: 2026-08-21 11:39:05 UTC
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