Hosting.com has acquired Rocket.net, bringing the fast-growing managed WordPress hosting company under its corporate umbrella. The move gives hosting.com a proven SaaS platform and a strong brand in WordPress hosting, while Rocket.net gains the capital and global reach of a much larger player. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Rocket.net will continue to operate under its own name, but it is now part of hosting.com’s family of brands. As part of the deal, Rocket.net founder and CEO Ben Gabler has been appointed Chief Product Officer at hosting.com, where he will lead product and software engineering across the entire company.
Here at NERDS.xyz, we use Rocket.net ourselves, and we absolutely love it. The service has been rock solid for us, with top-tier performance and customer support that actually feels personal. That kind of reliability and responsiveness is rare in the hosting world.
Rocket.net has been on a rapid rise since its founding in 2020. In 2025, it ranked 167th on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in the United States. The company has also boasted a 98 percent customer satisfaction rate while powering some of the largest WordPress sites in the world.
For hosting.com, the acquisition strengthens its ability to serve a wider range of customers. The company, founded in 2019, already operates more than 20 data centers, powers over 3 million websites, and serves 600,000 customers worldwide with a team of 900 employees.
Jessica Frick, a veteran of Automattic and Pressable, will continue to run Rocket.net as General Manager, reporting to Gabler. “I’m beyond excited by our new partnership with hosting.com. It will immediately put the Rocket.net platform in front of hundreds of thousands of hosting.com customers,” she said.
The Rocket.net platform will now be rolled out across hosting.com’s global footprint, including the USA, UK, Germany, and Singapore, as well as new regions such as Mexico, the UAE, and Australia.
Both companies stress that their commitment to WordPress and open source will remain intact. Hosting.com already sponsors global WordCamps and encourages employees to contribute to the WordPress project, while Rocket.net has long positioned itself as a champion of the open web.
In plain terms, folks, Rocket.net is now owned by hosting.com. The brand lives on, but the acquisition means Rocket.net is no longer an independent company.
