Hostinger has landed on the podium among Europe’s long-distance growth rockets. In the latest Financial Times and Statista report, “Long-Term Growth Champions: Europe 2026,” the company took 2nd place across all of Europe — effectively the highest position possible without being number one.

This isn’t a ranking of one-year “breakouts,” but an overview of companies that have managed to deliver consistent revenue and scale over an entire decade — something that’s much harder to achieve in the hosting and cloud industry than it might seem.

“We started in 2004 as an experiment that eventually grew into a trusted brand,” recalls Hostinger CEO Daugirdas Jankus, emphasizing that the key was focusing on real customer needs and quickly implementing new technologies that lower the barrier to getting online.

AI drives growth

In 2024, Hostinger recorded a 65% year-over-year revenue increase, reaching €182.4 million. The company has been featured for six consecutive years in the FT 1000 — the list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies.

Its success is fueled in part by the development of AI-powered tools that simplify the process of building and running online businesses:

  • Hostinger Reach – AI-powered email marketing,
  • Hostinger Horizons – a no-code platform for creating websites and applications,
  • Hostinger Website Builder – leveraging AI to generate websites, content, graphics, and SEO,
  • and Kodee – an intelligent AI assistant that automates over 350 tasks (from website migration to WooCommerce management).

In September 2025 alone, Kodee handled 855,000 conversations, 76% of them without human involvement — saving the company over €750,000 per month.

Hostinger Horizons: a new AI web app builder

This is a rare case where AI isn’t just a product feature but actually reshapes the company’s cost structure and frees people to focus on more complex support requests. And since Hostinger continues to position itself as “affordable but high-quality,” optimizations like these allow it to keep prices in check while still adding new features.

On top of that, there’s Hostinger Reach (AI for email marketing), Hostinger Horizons (no-code AI for websites and web apps), and the AI-powered Website Builder — all of which show that the company is aiming to play in a broader category than just “hosting,” positioning itself more as “the first step to the internet for SMBs.”

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Why are FT and Statista paying attention to this in the first place?

Because long-term growth in this industry is harder than a sprint. SaaS and hosting companies grow fast, but they often:

  • burn out on customer acquisition (as acquisition costs rise),
  • hit a ceiling in mature markets,
  • struggle to keep up with infrastructure demands,
  • or get squeezed out by hyperscalers.

Hostinger seems to have “scaled past” those challenges — expanding into emerging markets and doing so through automation (Kodee) and AI-driven products that reduce the need for support and onboarding.

That’s why its place in the ranking is more about operational maturity than marketing momentum. Today, Hostinger is not just a hosting provider but a well-oiled, automated machine for onboarding small businesses to the internet.

Its #2 spot in Europe in the FT/Statista report is well deserved — the company demonstrates growth, global reach, and real-world use of AI in its operations.

The biggest risk? Maintaining this pace while expanding its product portfolio — a stage where some companies start to lose focus.

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“We’re just getting started”

In its official statement, Hostinger strongly emphasizes that this achievement “belongs to the customers and the team” — and that they’re “just getting started.” Under normal circumstances, that might sound like a standard PR tagline, but in this case, it aligns with the company’s roadmap: in 2025, Hostinger launched two new AI products and announced plans to further expand access to technology “for everyone.” In other words, the goal isn’t just to defend its position, but to keep pushing forward in the “easy online start” segment.

As of today, it’s fair to say it outright: Hostinger has entered Europe’s top growth league, and there’s no reason to believe this is a one-year peak. The real test will come when competitors begin replicating their AI solutions at scale — that’s when it will become clear whether Hostinger’s true advantage lies in its technology or in its culture of rapid implementation.