Squarespace
Squarespace, Inc. is an American website building and hosting company based in New York City. It provides software as a service for website building and hosting, and allows users to use pre-built website templates and drag-and-drop elements to create and modify webpages.
Headquarters in Manhattan | |
| Type of business | Public company |
|---|---|
Type of site | SaaS-based hosting platform |
| Traded as | NYSE: SQSP |
| Headquarters | 225 Varick Street New York City, New York, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Anthony Casalena |
| CEO | Anthony Casalena |
| Industry | Internet |
| Products | Website builder and hosting service |
| Revenue | US$867 million (2022) |
| Employees | 1,800 (2022) |
| URL | squarespace |
| Registration | Required; subscription needed for certain features. |
| Launched | January 2004 |
In 2003, Anthony Casalena founded Squarespace as a blog hosting service while attending the University of Maryland, College Park. He was its only employee until 2006 when it reached $1 million in revenue. The company grew from 30 employees in 2010 to 550 by 2015. By 2014, it raised a total of $78.5 million in venture capital; added e-commerce tools, domain name services, and analytics; and replaced its coding backend with drag-and-drop features. It began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 19, 2021. According to W3Techs, Squarespace is used by 1.9% of the top 10 million websites.