Cybersecurity company Huntress has surpassed $250 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) globally, with growth across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) significantly outpacing the rest of the business. Regional ARR has grown 366% since the company’s Series D funding round in June 2024, according to figures shared with IT Security Guru.
Huntress, which builds security tools for small and mid-sized businesses and the managed service providers (MSPs) that support them, said EMEA now accounts for 13% of its global ARR, up from 7% two years ago, a 6 percentage point increase in the region’s share of the company’s overall business. The company attributes the growth to expanded channel partnerships with distributors including QBS Software, Ingram Micro and MSP Nordics, alongside a deepened integration with Microsoft’s security ecosystem.
The regional momentum has been matched by hiring. Huntress’ EMEA headcount has grown 378% since June 2024, rising from 18 to 86 employees as of July 2026, a faster pace than the company’s global workforce growth of 191% over the same period.
Globally, Huntress now protects more than 270,000 businesses, 14 million identities, and 5.5 million endpoints across over 100 countries. The company reported 65% year-over-year revenue growth, net revenue retention above 130%, and a 99% customer satisfaction score.
The milestone lands as Huntress warns that AI is making cybercrime more organised and more accessible to lower-skilled attackers, raising the stakes for smaller businesses that often lack dedicated security teams. The company points to research estimating that cybercrime costs could reach $12.2 trillion annually by 2031.
“There are more than 270 million businesses worldwide that need protecting, and cybercriminals are working their hardest every day to wreck them,” said Kyle Hanslovan, Huntress co-founder and CEO. “This growth is not the finish line. It gives us the fuel to make bigger bets to protect more of what people have spent their lives building.”
In a reflection published on the company’s blog to mark the milestone, Hanslovan described Huntress’ mission as closing the cybersecurity “poverty line” – the gap left by enterprise-grade vendors for businesses too small, too under-resourced, or too dependent on limited headcount to defend themselves against modern threats.
“We believed every business could thrive, while recognising that adversaries wanted the opposite,” he wrote. “It was an unfair fight that we could level.”
On the product side, Huntress has launched three new offerings in under two years: Managed SIEM, Managed Identity Security Posture Management and Managed Endpoint Security Posture Management, and appointed Daniel Westendorf as its first Chief Innovation Officer to accelerate AI-driven product development. The company’s Security Awareness Training programme has now reached more than 1.1 million learners, with over 50 new trainings added so far this year covering emerging attacker tradecraft.
Huntress’ growth has also drawn industry recognition, including top honours at the SC Awards in both the US and UK, alongside placements on the Fortune Cyber 60 and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies lists.
