Europe DRaaS Market

The Europe Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) market is projected to expand from USD 3.37 billion in 2025 to USD 9.54 billion by 2032, at a CAGR of 16.0%. European DRaaS is a complex industry, shaped by regulatory enforcement, cyber risks, and Europe's reliance on hybrid IT environments. At every level, the regulations require enterprises to maintain transparent governance, documented controls, and strict compliance with data residency requirements. Additionally, as organizations move from fragmented, on-premises recovery systems to subscription-based DRaaS, cost discipline is becoming increasingly important to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). In Europe, organizations are predominantly hybrid, combining cloud and on-premises infrastructure. The hybrid nature and regulatory differences across countries drive increased demand for DRaaS solutions that support both local hosting and cross-border operations. Cybersecurity has been a driving force behind the adoption of DRaaS in Europe. With ransomware attacks and supply chain issues on the rise, organizations have begun adopting immutable backups and regional recovery environments that are isolated from one another. Also, DRaaS adoption is rapidly increasing in small- to mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) through continued support from regional managed service providers, enabling access to compliant enterprise-level business continuity solutions without maintaining secondary infrastructure.

Some of the major players in the Europe Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) market include Acronis International GmbH (Switzerland), Cable & Wireless Communications (UK), Proact Group (Sweden), M247 (UK), and Ekco (Ireland). These providers deliver and deploy advanced DRaaS to ensure application availability, protect critical data, and meet business continuity requirements. By enabling automated failover, immutable backups, and scalable cloud-based recovery environments, DRaaS platforms simplify recovery, reduce downtime, and mitigate both cyber and operational risks.

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In September 2025, Acronis expanded its partnership with A1 Digital into Germany, extending advanced backup and disaster recovery services to enterprises. The collaboration strengthens regionally compliant DR capabilities, addressing ransomware risk, data loss, and business continuity requirements through secure, cloud-based recovery solutions tailored to Germany’s regulatory standards.

In July 2025, ICICI Lombard partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to upgrade its disaster recovery architecture using a fully automated, cloud-native DR setup. The deployment enabled seamless regional failover between Mumbai and Hyderabad, improved recovery speed, strengthened regulatory compliance, and ensured uninterrupted access to mission-critical insurance applications during climate and technology-driven disruptions.

ACRONIS INTERNATIONAL GMBH

Acronis International GmbH (Acronis) is a leading player in the Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) market within Europe. It has developed a strategy that leverages cyber resilience and regulatory compliance, and works alongside managed service providers (MSPs) for distribution. Acronis positions its DRaaS offering as an extension of its comprehensive cyber protection platform, which includes backup, recovery, and security, and meets the requirements of GDPR, NIS2, and Data Residency required in Europe. Acronis is an expert at providing ransomware-resistant recovery, creating immutable backups, enabling rapid failover, and providing centralized policy management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. With Acronis DRaaS, enterprises and SMEs can replace their fragmented recovery setups with compliant, subscription-based DRaaS solutions. Activities include the continued expansion of its Cloud Infrastructure in Europe, as well as strengthening partnerships with regional telecoms and managed service providers, including increased collaboration with A1 Digital in Germany in September 2025. Vertically, Acronis tightly integrates DRaaS into backup, endpoint security, and endpoint management, while horizontally, it supports hybrid architectures and cross-border operations throughout Europe.

M247

M247 is emerging as a significant supplier of disaster recovery services in Europe by providing its cloud infrastructure, data sovereignty, and connectivity strategies. M247 regards DRaaS as an extension of its portfolio of services, which also includes cloud, colocation, and network services. This allows M247 to provide DRaaS services to businesses wanting to deploy their disaster recovery solutions in Europe while satisfying both GDPR and country-specific residency requirements. M247 has core competencies in operating multiple European data center locations, implementing low-latency network connectivity, and offering managed DRaaS services tailored to hybrid environments, including on-premises and cloud-based resources. By enabling its customers to transition away from on-premises recovery models and adopt a cloud-based DR model, M247's core competencies help customers minimize infrastructure duplication and improve operational management. M247's future focuses on expanding its data center footprint in Europe and continuing to integrate DRaaS services with managed Cloud and Networking Services. Vertically, M247 integrates DRaaS with its hosting and connectivity services; horizontally, M247 supports hybrid and multi-site enterprise recovery architectures across Europe.

Market Ranking

In 2025, the Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) market in Europe remained competitive, with AWS, Microsoft, VMware, 11:11 Systems, and IBM collectively accounting for approximately 10–12% of the market share. As more businesses prioritize automating recovery, cyber resilience, and hybrid continuity, competition in the marketplace has been heightened. In April 2025, AWS built upon its existing DRaaS portfolio by enhancing Elastic Disaster Recovery with automation features and enabling an orchestrated cross-region recovery option. This new technology allows businesses to recover faster and at a lower operational cost. In July 2025, Microsoft expanded the Azure Site Recovery service by integrating Azure Arc into its existing offering, enabling greater scalability in a hybrid environment for customers that require regulatory compliance during large-scale failovers. In October 2024, VMware shifted its focus and invested heavily in Cloud and Cyber Recovery Services by enhancing its VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery service. The enhancements include creating isolated recovery environments to help organizations prepare for ransomware-driven cyber outages. In February 2025, 11:11 Systems placed its technology footprint in the marketplace by consolidating its technology platforms into a single platform that combines its DRaaS and backup. It managed recovery services for small- to mid-sized businesses and regulated customers. In June 2024, IBM expanded on its DRaaS capabilities by offering additional IBM Cloud Resiliency services and integrating recovery workflows with compliance and security toolsets for financial services, BFSI, and government & defense workloads. Overall, in the competitive DRaaS landscape, vendors are focusing on automation, simplified recovery processes, and integrated cloud infrastructure as differentiators and business strategies. The primary emphasis for vendor differentiation today is on recovery time objectives, cyber isolation, and hybrid scalability. The continued investments being made by leading companies further demonstrate the maturity of the DRaaS market and the ongoing competition among manufacturers to earn enterprise trust, maintain regulatory continuity, and facilitate always-on digital operations.

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