Web Hosting companies provide space to upload a website along with domain name or the website name registered by the user. Most companies build their servers on data centers located around the world, others have their own infrastructure.
As more and more businesses look forward to have their own websites, hosting is gaining more importance. In spite of the economic downturn that influenced the world economy still hosting market could make up a good growth. As on September 01, 2009, there were around 54,821 hosting companies spread around 248 countries of the world. But still United States tops the list of hosting companies with 24,805 hosting companies. Till now people had first preference towards hosting companies in United States. It is a common belief that these companies have better infrastructure. But the reality is that these companies have easy access to the most advanced technologies and infrastructure, and now this is available in all countries around the globe.
A good example for this is India. Being a developing country, India has 1,150 hosting companies as on September 01, 2009. Slowly but steadily, the competition is building up from other parts of world too. Countries like Germany, Spain, Turkey, and Netherlands have more number of hosting companies. It is a fact that not many people of the world (other than in China) know Chinese, even then it is surprising to know that china has 508 hosting companies.
People who want to host their website expect a good service and after sales support that too at a better price. Everyone knows that infrastructure is going to be similar, so the hosting market is concentrated on after sales support and price tag the domain space carries with it.