TL;DR – Gandi reported crossing €70M in revenue in 2025 and growth at roughly 20% CAGR. That alone isn’t unique. What is worth noting is how it’s growing: slowly, internationally, and by moving away from cheap domains toward corporate-grade infrastructure services. 

What happened

Gandi is part of the former Total Webhosting Solutions group, now operating under the name Your.Online.

On January 27, 2026, Gandi’s CEO, Arnaud Franquinet, published an update summarizing the group’s 2025 performance. Gandi exceeded €70M in revenue, sustained a ~20% compound annual growth rate since early 2023, and expanded across all business lines.

The company now manages roughly 2.3 million domains globally, with more than half of revenue generated outside France. Retail, resellers, and corporate services all showed growth, and hosting and security products are no longer marginal side businesses.

Why timing matters more than growth rate

Shared hosting margins are under pressure and domains are increasingly commoditized. Large players are pushing volume, bundles, and aggressive upsells to compensate for shrinking ARPU. Smaller players are either being acquired or quietly stagnating.

Against that backdrop, Gandi’s strategy looks deliberately conservative.

Instead of chasing scale at all costs, Gandi appears to be optimizing for customer lifetime value and trust-driven services. The messaging focus is not on “cheap” but on “reliable.” Not on mass-market WordPress, but on DNS quality, SSL, email, abuse management, and corporate domain services.

That’s maybe exciting, but it’s economically rational.

Where the growth is coming from

Retail and reseller activity is still healthy. Gandi reports strong monthly growth in new customer acquisition and hundreds of thousands of new domain registrations in 2025. Hosting bundles, particularly the “Essential” pack, are finally showing traction.

More importantly, corporate services are scaling. Enterprise customer numbers are up, and Gandi expects corporate revenue to cross €20M in 2026. That’s the line worth focusing on. 

Corporate domains, managed DNS, SSL, and compliance services are sometimes called “boring” products. But they are also predictable, and far less price-sensitive than retail domains.

What Gandi is really doing

Gandi is repositioning itself as a trusted infrastructure provider, not a volume registrar. Trustpilot scores, ISO certifications, DNS performance, and abuse handling are important metrics. They are sales tools when dealing with enterprises, governments, and regulated businesses.

This also explains what Gandi is not doing. There’s no AI hype, no “platform” language and no attempt to race into hyperscale hosting.

The bigger pattern

Gandi fits a broader European trend.

Mid-sized providers seem to be quietly abandoning the fantasy of hyperscale. Instead, they’re building businesses around higher trust, and higher lifetime value. Corporate services, DNS quality, and compliance are becoming competitive advantages, not cost centers.

What you might take from this

If you’re still relying on cheap domains or shared hosting volume to carry your business, the Gandi story might make you uncomfortable.

If you’re investing in DNS, security, abuse management, and corporate services, it will most likely validate your direction.

And if your strategy depends on noise, hype, or “the next big thing,” this is a reminder that “boring” infrastructure, executed well, still wins.