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 Organisation Certificates in United Kingdom (UK)
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.
Organisation Certificates in United Kingdom (UK) — current 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).
Organisation Certificates in United Kingdom (UK) — share over time
| Authority | Current % |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Jan | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | ||
| VeriSign | 47.33 | 14619 | 16120 | 17669 | 17701 | 17730 | 17754 | 17786 | 17796 | 17887 | 17892 | 17868 | 17868 | 17862 | 17830 | 17751 |
| Comodo | 39.43 | 5758 | 7268 | 11895 | 12242 | 12304 | 12602 | 12813 | 12980 | 13247 | 13391 | 13678 | 13944 | 14253 | 14495 | 14789 |
| Other | 9.96 | 1268 | 724 | 1930 | 2026 | 2181 | 2343 | 2433 | 2630 | 2808 | 2944 | 3135 | 3321 | 3455 | 3625 | 3735 |
| Entrust.net | 1.17 | 178 | 224 | 339 | 347 | 367 | 374 | 383 | 375 | 361 | 369 | 372 | 386 | 386 | 404 | 438 |
| GlobalSign | 1.10 | 0 | 333 | 349 | 351 | 376 | 413 | 444 | 504 | 364 | 375 | 385 | 397 | 400 | 407 | 411 |
| Network Solutions | 1.02 | 45 | 155 | 298 | 300 | 307 | 309 | 326 | 333 | 338 | 342 | 349 | 352 | 366 | 371 | 382 |
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.
Organisation Certificates in United Kingdom (UK) — 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 | |||
| UTN-USERFirst-Hardware | Comodo | 34.76 | 0 | 3405 | 9444 | 9898 | 10124 | 10596 | 10911 | 11094 | 11426 | 11625 | 11900 | 12178 | 12509 | 12717 | 13037 |
| Thawte Consulting cc | VeriSign | 19.48 | 6730 | 6799 | 7283 | 7283 | 7290 | 7309 | 7300 | 7303 | 7324 | 7337 | 7336 | 7332 | 7364 | 7355 | 7308 |
| VeriSign Trust Network | VeriSign | 13.46 | 4422 | 4903 | 5300 | 5298 | 5309 | 5281 | 5299 | 5276 | 5286 | 5253 | 5216 | 5177 | 5134 | 5102 | 5049 |
| VeriSign, Inc. | VeriSign | 9.16 | 728 | 1502 | 2598 | 2677 | 2764 | 2851 | 2927 | 3013 | 3109 | 3174 | 3227 | 3307 | 3350 | 3381 | 3436 |
| Cybertrust | 3.58 | 0 | 1 | 604 | 659 | 728 | 791 | 837 | 889 | 974 | 1032 | 1101 | 1159 | 1237 | 1298 | 1343 | |
| Equifax | VeriSign | 2.93 | 656 | 674 | 960 | 979 | 997 | 1005 | 1007 | 1013 | 1029 | 1038 | 1057 | 1074 | 1077 | 1085 | 1098 |
| DigiCert Inc | 2.60 | 127 | 218 | 555 | 579 | 623 | 659 | 670 | 719 | 764 | 770 | 862 | 919 | 938 | 969 | 977 | |
| Comodo CA Limited | Comodo | 2.09 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 348 | 374 | 409 | 465 | 504 | 538 | 569 | 601 | 649 | 691 | 762 | 783 |
| Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. | VeriSign | 1.80 | 866 | 916 | 805 | 786 | 753 | 741 | 739 | 737 | 737 | 727 | 714 | 702 | 685 | 688 | 675 |
| Digi-Sign Limited | Comodo | 1.37 | 22 | 303 | 486 | 495 | 492 | 492 | 486 | 524 | 519 | 499 | 533 | 530 | 515 | 512 | 515 |
| Entrust.net | Entrust.net | 1.13 | 178 | 224 | 339 | 347 | 367 | 374 | 383 | 375 | 361 | 369 | 372 | 386 | 386 | 404 | 422 |
| Network Solutions L.L.C. | Network Solutions | 1.02 | 45 | 155 | 298 | 300 | 307 | 309 | 326 | 333 | 338 | 342 | 349 | 352 | 366 | 371 | 382 |
| IPS Certification Authority s.l. | 1.00 | 91 | 160 | 284 | 290 | 306 | 321 | 324 | 345 | 335 | 343 | 339 | 348 | 349 | 363 | 375 | |
| SecureTrust Corporation | AmbironTrustWave | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 189 | 212 | 224 | 233 | 248 | 252 | 260 | 263 | 268 | 260 | 257 | 264 |
| StartCom Ltd. | 0.65 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 46 | 84 | 111 | 135 | 152 | 180 | 203 | 225 | 244 | |
| GlobalSign | GlobalSign | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 54 | 69 | 81 | 93 | 106 | 118 | 133 | 158 | 180 | 190 | 204 | 220 |
| GlobalSign nv-sa | GlobalSign | 0.51 | 259 | 333 | 306 | 297 | 307 | 332 | 351 | 398 | 246 | 242 | 227 | 217 | 210 | 203 | 191 |
| GoDaddy.com, Inc. | Go Daddy | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 82 | 90 | 103 | 115 | 119 | 136 | 146 | 165 | 173 |
| RSA Data Security, Inc. | VeriSign | 0.37 | 1873 | 1157 | 630 | 584 | 525 | 478 | 436 | 384 | 337 | 303 | 266 | 226 | 204 | 171 | 140 |
| AddTrust AB | Comodo | 0.36 | 568 | 1578 | 729 | 642 | 516 | 377 | 294 | 268 | 248 | 243 | 238 | 228 | 199 | 178 | 136 |
| Comodo Limited | Comodo | 0.32 | 5026 | 1949 | 803 | 731 | 659 | 584 | 515 | 445 | 370 | 304 | 252 | 197 | 164 | 140 | 119 |
| UTN - DATACorp SGC | Comodo | 0.29 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 84 | 90 | 96 | 109 |
| QuoVadis Limited | 0.21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 41 | 47 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 77 | |
| Trusted Secure Certificate Authority | Comodo | 0.17 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 51 | 56 | 56 | 62 | 64 | 63 |
| Cybertrust Inc | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 37 | 41 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 39 | 46 | 46 | |
| Equifax Secure Inc. | VeriSign | 0.12 | 0 | 169 | 93 | 94 | 92 | 89 | 78 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 45 |
| Akamai Technologies Inc | 0.11 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 42 | |
| XRamp Security Services Inc | AmbironTrustWave | 0.08 | 84 | 162 | 75 | 61 | 51 | 47 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 31 |
| T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH | 0.06 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 22 | |
| Trustis Limited | 0.05 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | |
| Trustwave Holdings, Inc. | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 18 | |
| Secure Business Services, Inc. | Comodo | 0.05 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
| Ford Motor Company - Enterprise Issuing CA01 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | |
| Entrust, Inc. | Entrust.net | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Accenture | 0.03 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | |
| Vodafone Group | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Starfield Technologies, Inc. | Go Daddy | 0.03 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Microsoft Secure Server Authority | 0.03 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | |
| AddTrust Sweden AB | Comodo | 0.02 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Marks and Spencer Group plc | 0.02 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| GlobalSign Inc | 0.02 | 50 | 56 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| SAIC | 0.01 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| CAcert Inc. | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| UTN-USERFirst-Client Authentication and Email | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks GmbH | 0.01 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| America Online Inc. | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Sun Microsystems Inc | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| MasterCard Worldwide | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| UTN-USERFirst-Object | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Coventry City Council | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jabber Software Foundation | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bechtel Corporation | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| B.A.T. | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GTE Corporation | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unicert Brasil Certificadora | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cisco Systems | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IPS Seguridad CA | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Audkenni hf. | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cap | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| SunGard Availability Services | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nestle | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| TBS INTERNET | Comodo | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| GlobalTrust | Comodo | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Register.com | Comodo | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cable & Wireless plc | 0.00 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Akamai | 0.00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Webtizen Inc. | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| NetLock Halozatbiztonsagi Kft. | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freeparking Domain Registrars Inc. | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Etisalat | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| WebSpace-Forum, Thomas Wendt | Comodo | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MessageLabs | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |