Companies Using Ubuntu
Our database tracks 414,157 websites using Ubuntu as their server operating system, from small startups to Fortune 500 brands that use Ubuntu like Deloitte, Siemens, and Bank of America. Below you'll find a full list of companies using Ubuntu with market share, competitor data, and growth trends.
Ubuntu ranks #12 in the Operating Systems category, with 1.2 million domains detected historically running Ubuntu servers. The top companies using Ubuntu include global enterprises across consulting, manufacturing, and finance, alongside hundreds of thousands of websites using Ubuntu powered by Canonical's long-term support releases. Data updated monthly across 50M+ crawled domains.
Published Mar 22, 2026 · Updated Mar 22, 2026 · Data analysed on March 22, 2026.
Ubuntu Usage Statistics
Ubuntu server detection grew from 549 active domains in January 2011 to a peak of 346,616 active domains in April 2025. 2013 marked a turning point: Ubuntu became the default image on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and growth accelerated sharply. After reaching its peak, active domains declined to 263,882 by July 2025, likely reflecting shifts in server header exposure rather than actual adoption loss.
List of Companies Using Ubuntu
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| Company | Detection URL | Domain | Country | Industry | Employees | Type | Founded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ivsaapacore.aaps.deloitte.com | deloitte.com | United States | Business Consulting and Services | 10001+ | Privately Held | 1900 | https://linkedin.com/company/deloitte | |
| alumni.ia.pwc.com | pwc.com | United Kingdom | Professional Services | 10001+ | Privately Held | 1998 | https://linkedin.com/company/pwc | |
| cockpit-val.siemens.com | siemens.com | Germany | Automation Machinery Manufacturing | 10001+ | Public Company | 1847 | https://linkedin.com/company/siemens | |
| developer-staging.merchant-services.bankofamerica.com | bankofamerica.com | United States | Banking | 10001+ | Public Company | 1998 | https://linkedin.com/company/bank-of-america | |
| oracle.com | oracle.com | United States | IT Services and IT Consulting | 10001+ | Public Company | 1977 | https://linkedin.com/company/oracle | |
| my-einvoice.fedex.com | fedex.com | United States | Freight and Package Transportation | 10001+ | Public Company | 1973 | https://linkedin.com/company/fedex | |
| goplus.shell.com | shell.com | United Kingdom | Oil and Gas | 10001+ | Public Company | 1833 | https://linkedin.com/company/shell | |
| webarchiveweb.bac-lac.canada.ca | canada.ca | Canada | Government Administration | 10001+ | Government Agency | 1867 | https://linkedin.com/company/government-of-canada | |
| news.samsung.com | samsung.com | South Korea | Computers and Electronics Manufacturing | 10001+ | Public Company | 1938 | https://linkedin.com/company/samsung-electronics | |
| stgrestrictedshare2.ewips.target.com | target.com | United States | Retail | 10001+ | Public Company | 1962 | https://linkedin.com/company/target |
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| Company | Detection URL | Country | Industry | Employees | Type | Founded | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| search.navy.mil | navy.mil | United States | Armed Forces | 10001+ | Government Agency | 1775 | https://linkedin.com/company/us-navy | |
| var.forms.ge.com | ge.com | United States | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | 10001+ | Public Company | 1892 | https://linkedin.com/company/ge | |
| ite.knomary.pepsico.com | pepsico.com | United States | Food and Beverage Services | 10001+ | Public Company | 1965 | https://linkedin.com/company/pepsico | |
| ford.com | ford.com | United States | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | 10001+ | Public Company | 1903 | https://linkedin.com/company/ford-motor-company | |
| xone.vodafone.com | vodafone.com | United Kingdom | Telecommunications | 10001+ | Public Company | 1982 | https://linkedin.com/company/vodafone |
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Here are some of the most recognizable companies using Ubuntu and brands using Ubuntu in 2026:
- Deloitte – global consulting giant running Ubuntu on internal application infrastructure
- Siemens AG – industrial automation leader using Ubuntu for operational cockpit systems
- Bank of America – major U.S. bank deploying Ubuntu on developer staging environments
- Oracle Corporation – enterprise IT provider detected running Ubuntu across multiple subdomains
- FedEx Corporation – logistics giant using Ubuntu for e-invoicing and internal tools
- Shell Group – global energy company running Ubuntu on business portals
- Samsung – electronics manufacturer using Ubuntu for its news platform infrastructure
- Target Corp – U.S. retailer deploying Ubuntu on restricted internal applications
- United States Navy – military branch running Ubuntu on its search infrastructure
- General Electric – industrial conglomerate using Ubuntu for forms and IT support systems
Which Countries Use Ubuntu the Most?
Which countries use Ubuntu the most? The United States dominates with 23,437 enriched companies (46.5% of our dataset), but Ubuntu's global footprint extends across dozens of countries. India (6,876) and Brazil (5,562) round out the top three, reflecting Ubuntu's strong adoption in emerging tech markets. Germany (5,210) and the United Kingdom (5,115) follow closely. English-speaking countries account for roughly 33,244 companies (66% of the top 11), based on our enriched company data at TechnologyChecker.io.
Ubuntu Market Share Among Operating Systems
What is Ubuntu's market share? Ubuntu ranks #12 in the Operating Systems category with 414,157 total detected domains, based on our monthly crawl of 50M+ domains and 40K+ tracked technologies at TechnologyChecker.io. Generic protocol-level detections like FreeBSD and IPv6 headers dominate the OS category, so Ubuntu's ranking reflects header exposure patterns more than actual market weakness.
Top Competitors by Market Share
Ubuntu Customers by Company Size & Age
Is Ubuntu only for large enterprises? No. With 68.09% of Ubuntu customers having 1-10 employees based on our analysis of 50,439 enriched companies, small businesses and solo developers form Ubuntu's core install base. Add the 11-50 range and 83.2% of all Ubuntu-detected companies have 50 or fewer employees. $0 licensing and default status on cloud VPS providers like DigitalOcean drive this pattern. Still, the 2,155 enterprises with 10,001+ employees (including Deloitte, Oracle, and Samsung) confirm Ubuntu scales to Fortune 500 infrastructure.
Company Size Distribution
Company Age (Founded Decade)
What Industries Use Ubuntu the Most?
IT Services and IT Consulting leads at 7.6%, followed by Software Development (7.12%) and Technology, Information and Internet (4.66%). Combined, tech-adjacent verticals account for over 19% of the install base. But no single industry exceeds 8%, confirming Ubuntu is genuinely horizontal. Retail (3.15%), Real Estate (3.11%), Financial Services (2.4%), and Construction (1.93%) all show meaningful adoption, based on our enriched company data at TechnologyChecker.io.
IT services companies using Ubuntu account for the platform's largest vertical at 7.6%, with Oracle running Ubuntu across multiple production subdomains. Software development firms on Ubuntu represent 7.12% of the install base, driven by Ubuntu's default-image status on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Financial services companies using Ubuntu like Bank of America deploy it on developer staging environments, while retail brands on Ubuntu such as Target Corp use it for restricted internal applications, based on our analysis of 50,439 enriched companies.
Ubuntu Alternatives & Competitors
Ubuntu's competitive position in the Operating Systems category is unique. The category's market share API tracks OS-level header signatures, where FreeBSD (4,732 domains) and Squid (2,672 domains) lead by API detection count. But Ubuntu's actual footprint of 414,157 domains dwarfs these figures. The discrepancy exists because Ubuntu's detection relies on different HTTP header patterns that the market share endpoint captures differently from direct technology detection, based on our data across 50M+ crawled domains.
| Technology | Domains | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
 | 4,732 | 0.07% |
 | 2,672 | 0.04% |
 | 2,542 | 0.04% |
 | 1,206 | 0.02% |
 | 1,192 | 0.02% |
Ubuntu Customer Migration
Based on our analysis of 50,439 enriched companies using Ubuntu, migration patterns center heavily on IPv6. Ubuntu gained 17,755 domains from IPv6-detected servers (8,990 in the last year), while losing 34,954 domains to IPv6 detection. This 1:2 loss ratio with IPv6 reflects a detection pattern shift rather than actual platform switching. Suhosin (1,673 gained) and Win32 Header (1,290 gained) represent genuine migrations from legacy or Windows-based server environments to Ubuntu.
| Competitor | Gained | Lost | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| +17.8k | -35.0k | -17,199 |
 | +1,673 | -24 | +1,649 |
| +1,290 | -99 | +1,191 |
 | +846 | -33 | +813 |
| +697 | -84 | +613 |
| +482 | -13 | +469 |
 | +326 | -15 | +311 |
| +292 | -42 | +250 |
Tech Stack of Ubuntu-Powered Websites
Based on our analysis of 50,439 enriched companies using Ubuntu, the dominant technology pairing is jQuery (75.52%), followed by Let's Encrypt (71.4%) for SSL certificates. Ubuntu servers split almost evenly between Nginx (59.89%) and Apache (58.66%) as web servers. The high Google Tag Manager (56.7%) and Google Analytics (54.71%) overlap confirms that most Ubuntu servers host production web applications, not just internal tools.
Web Servers & Infrastructure
Analytics & Marketing
JavaScript Frameworks & Libraries
Security & Email
CMS & Content Tools
Expert Analysis: Ubuntu Growth Trends & Key Signals for Sales Teams in 2026
With 10+ years in web crawling and technographic data analysis, I've examined 414,157 active Ubuntu-detected domains and enriched 50,439 of them with firmographic data (a 12.2% match rate) at TechnologyChecker.io. Ubuntu isn't just another Linux distribution in our data. It's the single most common server OS signature we detect across enterprise, government, and startup infrastructure. Here's what our March 2026 crawl reveals for sales teams targeting this install base.
Growth Trajectory
From 549 active domains in January 2011, Ubuntu grew to 346,616 active domains by April 2025. That's a 631x increase over 14 years. May 2013 was the inflection point: active domains jumped from 4,431 to 9,241 in a single month, coinciding with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS becoming the default image on AWS. Cloud changed everything. Ubuntu went from a developer favorite to the default production server OS.
After April 2025's peak, active domains dropped to 263,882 by July 2025. But this decline reflects server header hardening and container orchestration abstracting the OS layer, not actual adoption loss. Almost every detected Ubuntu server is actively responding to requests.
Sales Signal: The visible install base underestimates reality. Companies exposing Ubuntu headers are more likely running traditional, non-containerized infrastructure where direct server access matters. These are prime targets for infrastructure modernization pitches.
"Ubuntu's 346,616 peak detection count is just the tip of the iceberg. Canonical's own numbers put Ubuntu at 40%+ of all cloud workloads. The companies still exposing Ubuntu headers are often running bare-metal or VM-based deployments, which makes them prime targets for modernization." - Mehmet Suleyman, CEO at TechnologyChecker.io
Customer Profile
Our enriched data tells two stories at once. The top company list skews toward 10,001+ employee companies like Deloitte, PwC, Siemens, Bank of America, and Oracle. But the full size distribution reveals the opposite: 68.09% of Ubuntu-detected companies have 1-10 employees, and 83.2% have 50 or fewer. Ubuntu's $0 cost makes it the default choice for solo developers and small teams spinning up cloud VPS instances. The detection URLs from the enterprise side tell the real story. Deloitte's is on ivsaapacore.aaps.deloitte.com (an internal app server), Bank of America's on developer-staging.merchant-services.bankofamerica.com (a staging environment). These are departmental deployments, not company-wide Ubuntu mandates.
Age distribution tells the same story. 39.87% of enriched companies were founded in the 2010s and 21.52% in the 2020s. Over 61% of the install base consists of digital-native businesses that chose Ubuntu from day one because it was free and the default on every cloud platform.
Sales Signal: Enterprise detections are departmental entry points. These companies already have internal approval for Ubuntu. Pitch expansion: "Your dev team already runs Ubuntu on staging. Here's how to standardize across production, saving licensing costs from Windows Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux."
Industry and Geographic Concentration
IT Services and IT Consulting leads at 7.6%, with Software Development close behind at 7.12%. No single industry exceeds 8%, confirming Ubuntu is horizontal infrastructure. Geographically, the United States accounts for 23,437 companies (46.5%) of the enriched dataset, followed by India (6,876) and Brazil (5,562). The Government of Canada and U.S. Navy highlight strong public-sector adoption, driven by open-source mandates and $0 licensing costs. Government adoption tends to be sticky once approved through procurement.
Sales Signal: Government and financial services where Ubuntu is already approved signal broader open-source commitment. Adjacent open-source solutions face lower procurement friction there. Target government IT with messaging around compliance and LTS support.
Migration Patterns
The dominant migration corridor is IPv6. Ubuntu gained 17,755 domains from IPv6-detected servers but lost 34,954. This 1:2 ratio reflects detection-layer noise (IPv6 is a protocol, not an OS), not real migration. The genuine signals: Ubuntu gained 1,290 domains from Win32 Header (Windows Server) and 1,673 from Suhosin (legacy PHP/Linux stacks). FreeBSD contributed 697 gained domains.
On the loss side (excluding IPv6), numbers are tiny. Only 99 domains moved from Ubuntu to Win32, 84 to FreeBSD. Ubuntu's retention is extremely strong. Companies rarely migrate away.
Sales Signal: The Win32-to-Ubuntu corridor (1,290 total, 152 in the last year) is the most actionable signal. Companies mid-migration from Windows Server to Ubuntu need migration tools, training, and support.
"1,290 companies migrated from Windows Server to Ubuntu, and only 99 went the other direction. That 13:1 ratio tells you the migration is one-way. Once a company tastes $0 OS licensing, they don't go back." - Mehmet Suleyman, CEO at TechnologyChecker.io
Technology Ecosystem
jQuery at 75.52% is the most common co-occurring technology, followed by Let's Encrypt at 71.4%. The Let's Encrypt dominance confirms Ubuntu servers overwhelmingly use free SSL. Web servers split evenly: Nginx at 59.89% and Apache at 58.66%. DigitalOcean at 19.22% confirms Ubuntu's dominance on VPS hosting. Cloudflare Hosting and React at 25.26% round out the stack, showing Ubuntu powers both traditional infrastructure and modern frontend delivery.
The Microsoft Exchange Online (24.92%) and Office 365 Mail (23.79%) overlap is surprising for a Linux OS. It indicates even companies running Ubuntu on web servers use Microsoft for email, creating hybrid infrastructure patterns.
Sales Signal: 24.92% Microsoft Exchange overlap. These aren't pure open-source shops. They'll buy commercial tools if the value is clear. Don't assume Ubuntu equals anti-commercial-software.
Key Takeaways
- Ubuntu is the default server OS for web infrastructure. 414,157 detected domains with 1.2 million historically detected. The actual install base is far larger.
- Enterprise adoption is departmental. Deloitte, Bank of America, Oracle, and FedEx run Ubuntu on specific subdomains, not company-wide.
- The 2010s cohort dominates. 39.87% of enriched companies were founded 2010-2019.
- Migration from Windows is one-way. 1,290 domains moved Win32 to Ubuntu versus 99 in reverse. A 13:1 ratio.
- Hybrid infrastructure is common. 24.92% run Microsoft Exchange alongside Ubuntu.
Sales Applications
Outreach template: "Hi [Name], I noticed [Company] runs Ubuntu on several subdomains alongside Windows Server instances. Our data shows 1,290 companies completed a similar Windows-to-Ubuntu migration recently. Are you planning to extend Ubuntu across more infrastructure?"
Targeting strategy: Filter for companies showing both Ubuntu and Win32 Header detections on TechnologyChecker.io. Narrow by 1,001-10,000 employees for the segment with budget but lacking dedicated Linux engineering teams.
Competitive angle: Ubuntu's $0 cost is its strength and limitation. Companies at scale eventually need paid support, managed infrastructure, or migration tooling. Position around what free Ubuntu doesn't include: SLA-backed support and compliance certifications.
Explore the full Ubuntu install base at TechnologyChecker.io. Our dataset covers 414,157 active domains with 50,439 enriched companies including industry, size, location, and tech stack data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who uses Ubuntu?
Ubuntu is used by 414,157 companies worldwide, including Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, PwC, Siemens AG, based on our analysis of 50M+ crawled domains at TechnologyChecker.io. It's particularly popular in the IT Services and IT Consulting industry (7.6% of customers).
How many customers does Ubuntu have?
Ubuntu has 414,157 active customers detected through our monthly crawl of 50M+ domains. We enriched 50,439 of these with LinkedIn company data on TechnologyChecker.io to generate detailed insights. An additional 1,245,105 sites that previously used Ubuntu are also tracked.
What is Ubuntu's market share?
Ubuntu's market share in the Operating Systems category is tracked through related detection technologies. With 414,157 detected customers, it is a major player in the category — based on our analysis of 50M+ domains and 40K+ technologies at TechnologyChecker.io.
What are the best alternatives to Ubuntu?
The top alternatives to Ubuntu include FreeBSD (0.07% market share), Squid (0.04% market share), Win32 Header (0.04% market share), Gentoo Linux (0.02% market share) — based on our market share data across 50M+ crawled domains.
Which countries use Ubuntu the most?
United States leads with 23,437 Ubuntu customers, followed by India (6,876), Brazil (5,562), Germany (5,210), United Kingdom (5,115), based on our enriched company data at TechnologyChecker.io.
What size companies use Ubuntu?
The most common company size is 1-10 employees, representing 68.09% of Ubuntu customers, based on our analysis of 50,439 enriched companies. This is followed by 11-50 employees (15.1%) and 51-200 employees (8.17%).
How old are companies that use Ubuntu?
The majority of Ubuntu customers were founded in the 2010s (39.87%), followed by the 2020s (21.52%), based on our analysis of 50,439 enriched companies. This suggests Ubuntu is most popular among relatively young companies.
What is the ideal customer profile for Ubuntu?
The ideal Ubuntu customer is: Company Size: 10,001+ employees, Location: US, UK, or Germany, City: New York, London, Austin, Founded: 2010-2019, Company Age: ~7-16 years old — based on our analysis of 50,439 enriched companies at TechnologyChecker.io.
Is Ubuntu still the most popular Linux server distribution?
Ubuntu remains the most widely deployed Linux distribution for web servers, based on TechnologyChecker.io's detection of 414,157 active domains. Canonical reports over 40% of cloud workloads run on Ubuntu. Our data backs this up: Ubuntu's detected footprint exceeds FreeBSD, Debian, CentOS, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux combined in the Operating Systems category.
Why do large enterprises use Ubuntu instead of Red Hat?
Companies like Deloitte, Oracle, and Bank of America run Ubuntu on specific subdomains and staging environments. Zero licensing cost makes it attractive for development, testing, and non-critical workloads. Red Hat wins on paid support and compliance certifications, so many large companies run both depending on the workload.
What web servers do Ubuntu users typically run?
Based on our tech stack analysis of 50,439 enriched companies, Nginx (59.89%) and Apache (58.66%) are nearly tied as the most common web servers on Ubuntu. Many deployments run both simultaneously, with Nginx as a reverse proxy in front of Apache. Apache 2.4 specifically appears on 51.77% of Ubuntu-detected domains.
Is Ubuntu suitable for production web hosting?
Yes. Over 54% of Ubuntu-detected domains run Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, confirming they host production websites serving real traffic. Ubuntu LTS releases get five years of security updates. Canonical's Ubuntu Pro extends that to ten. FedEx, Target, and Ford all run production workloads on Ubuntu.
Do government organizations use Ubuntu?
Our data includes the Government of Canada (web archive infrastructure) and the United States Navy (search.navy.mil). Government agencies adopt Ubuntu to cut vendor lock-in and eliminate per-seat OS licensing. Once approved through procurement, these deployments tend to be long-lived.
What cloud providers are most commonly used with Ubuntu?
DigitalOcean appears on 19.22% of Ubuntu-detected domains, making it the most visible cloud hosting provider in our overlap data. Amazon Web Services (35.12% overlap via Amazon detection) and Microsoft Azure DNS (18.47%) are also heavily represented. Ubuntu is the default OS image on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, driving its dominance in cloud deployments.
Are companies migrating from Windows Server to Ubuntu?
Yes. 1,290 domains moved from Win32 Header (Windows Server) to Ubuntu. Only 99 went the other direction. That's 13:1 in Ubuntu's favor. 152 Windows-to-Ubuntu migrations happened in the last year alone, confirming the trend continues into 2026.
What SSL certificates do Ubuntu servers typically use?
Let's Encrypt dominates with 71.4% overlap among Ubuntu-detected domains, based on our analysis at TechnologyChecker.io. This makes free SSL the overwhelming choice for Ubuntu server operators, consistent with the cost-conscious profile of the Ubuntu install base. HSTS (37.46%) and DNSSEC (33.43%) adoption rates suggest strong security awareness.
How old are the companies that use Ubuntu servers?
39.87% of Ubuntu companies were founded in the 2010s. Another 21.52% in the 2020s. Over 61% of the enriched install base are companies less than 16 years old. Digital-native companies chose Ubuntu from day one because it was free and the default on every cloud hosting provider.
Does Ubuntu work well with modern JavaScript frameworks?
Strong overlap with modern frontend tools: React on 25.26% of Ubuntu domains, Vue on 12.55%, Webpack on 13.95%. jQuery still leads at 75.52%, but modern frameworks are well-represented. Ubuntu works well as backend infrastructure for contemporary web applications built on any frontend stack.
What is the difference between Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop for web hosting?
Ubuntu Server ships without a graphical interface and includes server-optimized packages like Nginx, Apache, and MySQL out of the box. Our detection data tracks the server variant since it's exposed via HTTP response headers. The 414,157 active domains we detect all run Ubuntu Server or Ubuntu-based cloud images rather than the desktop edition.
Is Ubuntu free for commercial use?
Yes, completely free for commercial use under an open-source license. 71.4% of Ubuntu users pair it with free Let's Encrypt SSL. 19.22% host on cost-effective DigitalOcean. Canonical offers paid Ubuntu Pro subscriptions starting at $25/year for companies that need extended security support and compliance certifications.
How does Ubuntu compare to Debian for server deployments?
Ubuntu is built on Debian but adds faster release cycles, commercial support from Canonical, and better cloud integration. Our data detects 414,157 active Ubuntu domains versus 87 for Debian. The gap reflects Ubuntu's default status on major cloud providers. Debian users tend to value stability over convenience, while Ubuntu prioritizes ease of deployment and ecosystem breadth.
Can Ubuntu handle enterprise-scale workloads?
Our detection data includes 15 companies with 10,001+ employees running Ubuntu: Oracle, Samsung, Siemens, General Electric, and more. Ubuntu LTS releases get ten years of security updates through Ubuntu Pro. Canonical has certified hardware partnerships with Dell, HP, and Lenovo for enterprise deployments.
What email systems do Ubuntu server companies typically use?
Despite running open-source servers, many Ubuntu companies use commercial email. Microsoft Exchange Online (24.92% overlap) and Office 365 Mail (23.79%) lead. Google Apps for Business follows at 29.66%. This hybrid pattern shows Ubuntu companies choose the best tool for each job regardless of licensing model.
Based on 50,439 company data
These insights include all TechnologCchecker.io detections of Ubuntu (free & paid plans).