Certification Services in Germany (DE)

This analysis relates to those sites found in the survey where the common name in the certificate matched the hostname, and the certificate's digital signature was not detected as being self-signed.

Market Share of Certification Authorities in Germany (DE)

The following graph shows the share of sites currently certified by each certificate authority. Brands belonging to the major companies have been grouped together.

The worldwide version of this data is available on a separate page. This data is also available divided into:

Certificate market share

Certificate market share

The following table and graph show the change over time of the number of sites certified by the main CA companies. The different brands of the major players are grouped together (so RSA Data Security & Thawte are included in Verisign; Equifax and UserTrust are included in GeoTrust).

Certificate authority groups over time

Certificate authority group share

Authority Current
%		 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jan Jan Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
VeriSign 76.74 7288 8402 24630 25011 25361 25762 26593 27142 27521 27747 28086 28317 28767 29157 29490
Comodo 14.62 2069 2921 3488 3519 3564 3670 3785 3873 4878 4942 5106 5258 5415 5526 5616
Other 8.42 6880 12839 1964 2047 2105 2196 2306 2458 2580 2656 2743 2835 2924 3039 3237
Entrust.net 0.09 13 22 31 31 32 37 36 38 37 39 37 40 39 32 34
Network Solutions 0.07 0 6 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 21 21 23 24 25
AmbironTrustWave 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 24 25 25 25 24

The following graph and table show the complete results by certificate authority. These results are broken out into the individual companies and brands, as given by the organisation field on the certificate.

Certificate authority brands over time

Certificate authority brand share

Authority Current
%		 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jan Jan Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Equifax Secure Inc. 22.35 2843 8481 9624 9424 9188 8983 8815 8645 8541 8457 8453 8378 8509 8534 8587
Equifax 19.65 410 187 2991 3502 3960 4472 5278 5747 6117 6418 6640 6798 7079 7352 7549
Thawte Consulting cc 14.54 4795 4931 4965 5000 5062 5097 5200 5287 5351 5347 5396 5464 5488 5541 5588
UTN-USERFirst-Hardware 12.59 0 0 1526 1759 1998 2255 2549 2721 3618 3782 4006 4256 4509 4691 4837
VeriSign Trust Network 8.15 1692 2359 2948 2968 3018 3033 3053 3112 3125 3116 3142 3163 3160 3150 3132
TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks GmbH 7.71 1994 2458 2763 2767 2776 2813 2843 2904 2914 2901 2914 2938 2932 2952 2962
T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH 4.31 0 0 1212 1399 1507 1515 1533 1568 1593 1603 1631 1632 1638 1661 1657
VeriSign, Inc. 2.19 0 55 166 185 201 243 307 380 430 502 551 621 693 769 841
Comodo Limited 1.29 2064 2684 1373 1270 1156 1064 961 882 942 843 768 662 575 523 495
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. 1.20 263 537 507 503 501 502 498 493 489 475 478 475 471 457 461
RSA Data Security, Inc. 0.86 538 520 574 588 582 558 531 512 498 475 459 428 383 357 330
StartCom Ltd. 0.65 0 48 188 190 198 225 225 247 256 252 237 241 247 249 249
WebSpace-Forum, Thomas Wendt 0.64 0 0 48 61 79 98 127 148 173 180 207 227 236 244 247
AddTrust AB 0.55 0 222 587 488 407 348 269 261 302 298 302 295 275 244 210
GlobalSign nv-sa 0.46 78 109 130 125 130 138 143 149 151 152 163 170 170 178 177
Universitaet Karlsruhe 0.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 140
DigiCert Inc 0.33 5 15 62 62 63 67 66 73 98 99 101 109 116 115 125
IPS Certification Authority s.l. 0.15 18 21 30 31 31 31 45 54 54 53 56 58 59 63 57
Comodo CA Limited 0.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 11 14 22 32 43 54 58
Deutsche Post World Net 0.10 0 0 0 0 3 7 10 14 17 21 24 27 28 37 39
Entrust.net 0.09 13 22 31 31 32 37 36 38 37 39 37 40 39 32 33
The USERTRUST Network 0.09 457 286 86 68 67 56 63 57 52 51 48 47 45 39 33
CAcert Inc. 0.09 0 0 17 19 20 22 26 30 32 36 34 34 34 34 33
Cybertrust Inc 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 13 14 17 28 30 31
Network Solutions L.L.C. 0.07 0 6 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 21 21 23 24 25
Akamai Technologies Inc 0.06 0 0 3 3 3 3 5 7 8 9 9 10 10 17 22
Universitaet Muenster 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 18 18 19 18 18 19
Universitaet zu Koeln 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 14 16 19 19 19 19
Technische Universitaet Chemnitz 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 14 14 16
DFN-Verein 0.04 0 0 0 1 4 6 8 9 12 13 13 16 18 18 17
Uni-Konstanz 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 7 10 12 15 15
Root CA 0.03 0 15 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 10 11
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 9 11
Regionales Hochschulrechenzentrum Kaiserslautern 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 10 10 10 11 11
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 8 13
UTN - DATACorp SGC 0.03 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 7 8 10
Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 11 11
Technische Universitaet Dresden 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 6 10
Universitaet Wuerzburg 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 8 8 8 8 11 13
Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 9 12
XRamp Security Services Inc 0.03 14 18 22 22 23 23 23 23 20 19 16 14 13 13 12
SecureTrust Corporation 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 8 8 11 12 12 12
Technische Universitaet Berlin 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11
RWTH Aachen 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 7 9 10 12
Universitaet Passau 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 11 12 12 12 13 13 13
Universitaet Giessen 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 13 13 12 13 12 13
Universitaet Kiel 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6
Universitaet Marburg 0.02 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 7
Leibniz Universitaet Hannover 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 6
Nestle 0.02 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 8
Universitaet Stuttgart 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 5 6 6 6 8
Universitaet Freiburg 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 6 7
Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 7 8
Fachhochschule Landshut 0.02 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
DFN-CERT Services GmbH 0.02 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 5 7 7 9 9 7 7 7
GlobalSign 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 8
Universitaet Leipzig 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 3 5 5 6 6
Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8
Technische Universitaet Muenchen 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 7
Hochschule Esslingen 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Universitaet Tuebingen 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 6
Fachhochschule Giessen-Friedberg 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
Universitaet Jena 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 6 7 7
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2
Universitaet Greifswald 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A-Trust Ges. f. Sicherheitssysteme im elektr. Datenverkehr GmbH 0.01 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
thawte, Inc. 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 4 5
Accenture 0.01 1 6 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5
Hochschule Anhalt (FH) 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Leibniz-Rechenzentrum 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ChainedSSL 0.01 0 24 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 4 5
Fachhochschule Jena 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3
Hochschule fuer Technik Stuttgart 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fachhochschule Hannover 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4
Hochschule fuer Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg 0.01 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Hochschule fuer angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule Hof 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gesellschaftsforschung 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
HS-Harz 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
GlobalSign Inc 0.01 0 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 2 2 2
Trusted Secure Certificate Authority 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4
Vodafone Group 0.01 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Universitaet Dortmund 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Universitaet Hamburg 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
Technische Universitaet Clausthal 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4
Universitaet Osnabrueck 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Fachhochschule Dortmund 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Universitaet Siegen 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Universitaet Mannheim 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH 0.01 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Universitaet Erfurt 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung gGmbH 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Otto-Friedrich-Universitaet Bamberg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung GmbH 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hochschule fuer angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule Coburg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Jabber Software Foundation 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Wuerttemberg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Universitaet Potsdam 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
T-Systems SfR 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Deutscher Wetterdienst 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Fachhochschule Ingolstadt 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Universitaet zu Luebeck 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fachhochschule Stralsund 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Universitaet Bremen 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Hochschule Darmstadt 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
United SSL Deutschland GmbH 0.00 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cable & Wireless plc 0.00 0 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
Sun Microsystems Inc 0.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
AddTrust Sweden AB 0.00 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Akamai 0.00 0 6 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Digi-Sign Limited 0.00 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Freie Universitaet Berlin 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Hochschule Niederrhein 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GoDaddy.com, Inc. 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
FreeSSL 0.00 56 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Starfield Technologies, Inc. 0.00 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.00 964 1166 213 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bundesinstitut fuer Risikobewertung 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Entrust, Inc. 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Postecom S.p.A. 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TC TrustCenter GmbH 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Microsoft Secure Server Authority 0.00 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
unknown 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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