Cloud Hosting Company Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a cloud hosting company, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Cloud Hosting Company name ideas
Tap a name to read what its key word means and where it comes from. Always check trademarks and your state's business name rules before you register.
Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a cloud hosting company is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a cloud hosting company usually falls under NAICS 518210: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing infrastructure for hosting or data processing services. These establishments may provide specialized hosting activities, such as Web hosting, streaming services, or application hosting (except software publishing), or they may provide general time-share mainframe facilities to clients. Data processing establishments provide complete processing and specialized reports from data supplied by clients or provide automated data processing and data entry services.
Businesses classified here include
- Application hosting
- Automated data processing services
- Computer data storage services
- Computer input preparation services
- Computer time leasing
- Computer time rental
- Computer time sharing services
- Data capture imaging services
- Data entry services
- Data processing computer services
- Data processing services (except payroll services, financial transaction processing services)
- Disk and diskette conversion services
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 518210), U.S. Census Bureau.
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
States with the most data processing, hosting, and related services locations
- California 2,532 locations
- Texas 1,322 locations
- Florida 1,160 locations
- New York 977 locations
- Pennsylvania 912 locations
- Virginia 604 locations
- Illinois 598 locations
- Ohio 587 locations
- New Jersey 565 locations
- Colorado 547 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.