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 Sweden (SE)
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:
- Extended Validation certificates.
- Organisation validated certificates.
- Domain only validated certificates.
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
| Authority | Current % |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Jan | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | ||
| VeriSign | 63.75 | 1913 | 3173 | 3982 | 4051 | 4142 | 4201 | 4246 | 4333 | 4380 | 4407 | 4451 | 4486 | 4513 | 4571 | 4616 |
| Comodo | 20.45 | 482 | 556 | 1145 | 1195 | 1200 | 1278 | 1310 | 1341 | 1370 | 1388 | 1401 | 1428 | 1456 | 1476 | 1481 |
| Other | 13.48 | 793 | 140 | 431 | 480 | 543 | 572 | 612 | 655 | 700 | 718 | 775 | 841 | 881 | 916 | 976 |
| GlobalSign | 1.06 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 28 | 40 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 61 | 68 | 77 |
| Entrust.net | 0.65 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 45 | 49 | 47 |
| Network Solutions | 0.61 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 44 |
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
| Authority | Group | Current % |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Jan | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | |||
| Equifax Secure Inc. | VeriSign | 16.81 | 555 | 747 | 909 | 937 | 965 | 997 | 1027 | 1061 | 1080 | 1089 | 1120 | 1160 | 1163 | 1192 | 1217 |
| UTN-USERFirst-Hardware | Comodo | 14.13 | 0 | 207 | 688 | 728 | 758 | 836 | 877 | 907 | 931 | 950 | 958 | 979 | 1001 | 1020 | 1023 |
| Thawte Consulting cc | VeriSign | 13.42 | 618 | 757 | 937 | 955 | 978 | 988 | 982 | 992 | 986 | 982 | 989 | 966 | 976 | 977 | 972 |
| VeriSign, Inc. | VeriSign | 12.33 | 100 | 245 | 581 | 605 | 642 | 662 | 682 | 707 | 747 | 759 | 771 | 802 | 831 | 869 | 893 |
| Equifax | VeriSign | 10.65 | 106 | 290 | 587 | 601 | 623 | 631 | 651 | 683 | 703 | 712 | 719 | 736 | 749 | 756 | 771 |
| VeriSign Trust Network | VeriSign | 8.87 | 587 | 665 | 702 | 703 | 707 | 710 | 705 | 702 | 689 | 691 | 690 | 678 | 660 | 649 | 642 |
| Cybertrust | 6.19 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 185 | 218 | 236 | 269 | 279 | 305 | 317 | 342 | 376 | 394 | 418 | 448 | |
| DigiCert Inc | 4.43 | 16 | 36 | 146 | 156 | 187 | 196 | 202 | 223 | 246 | 242 | 267 | 288 | 294 | 302 | 321 | |
| Comodo CA Limited | Comodo | 4.34 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 124 | 143 | 185 | 205 | 222 | 249 | 250 | 260 | 273 | 292 | 302 | 314 |
| StartCom Ltd. | 1.22 | 22 | 45 | 52 | 58 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 58 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 68 | 79 | 86 | 88 | |
| AddTrust Sweden AB | Comodo | 1.02 | 8 | 35 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 62 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 74 |
| Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. | VeriSign | 0.88 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 64 |
| Entrust.net | Entrust.net | 0.62 | 17 | 18 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 45 |
| Network Solutions L.L.C. | Network Solutions | 0.61 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 44 |
| Comodo Limited | Comodo | 0.61 | 413 | 201 | 215 | 206 | 171 | 143 | 131 | 114 | 89 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 62 | 55 | 44 |
| RSA Data Security, Inc. | VeriSign | 0.58 | 555 | 387 | 186 | 170 | 148 | 136 | 120 | 106 | 92 | 89 | 81 | 66 | 55 | 49 | 42 |
| IPS Certification Authority s.l. | 0.48 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 35 | |
| GlobalSign nv-sa | GlobalSign | 0.46 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 33 |
| Alpha | GlobalSign | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 28 |
| Sonera | 0.37 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 27 | |
| GlobalSign | GlobalSign | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| SecureTrust Corporation | AmbironTrustWave | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 |
| Akamai Technologies Inc | 0.21 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | |
| UTN - DATACorp SGC | Comodo | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| GoDaddy.com, Inc. | Go Daddy | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| AddTrust AB | Comodo | 0.17 | 45 | 111 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 37 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 |
| thawte, Inc. | VeriSign | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| TC TrustCenter GmbH | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks GmbH | 0.04 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| TDC | 0.03 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| The USERTRUST Network | VeriSign | 0.03 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Entrust, Inc. | Entrust.net | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| GeoTrust Inc | VeriSign | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Root CA | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| GlobalSign Inc | 0.01 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| CAcert Inc. | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cybertrust Inc | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Secure Business Services, Inc. | Comodo | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unizeto Sp. z o.o. | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ChainedSSL | VeriSign | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akamai | 0.00 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GTE Corporation | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trusted Secure Certificate Authority | Comodo | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| XRamp Security Services Inc | AmbironTrustWave | 0.00 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| FreeSSL | VeriSign | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starfield Technologies, Inc. | Go Daddy | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
