Squarespace is an American website building and hosting company headquartered in New York City. Founded in January 2004 by Anthony Casalena from his dorm room at the University of Maryland, it initially began as a blog hosting service. Squarespace provides software as a service, allowing users to create and modify websites using pre-built templates and drag-and-drop elements.
Anthony Casalena remains the CEO of Squarespace. Other key executives include David Lee (Chief Creative Officer), John Colton (Chief Technology Officer), and Kinjil Mathur (Chief Marketing Officer). In October 2024, Squarespace was taken private by Permira, a British private equity firm. In September 2025, Squarespace announced Refresh 2025, which included Squarespace Beacon AI, an AI-powered business partner, and AI Optimization (AIO) tools.
Squarespace has a 3% market share among all websites and is neck and neck with Wix. Squarespace is the #1 website builder in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and the UK. Squarespace offers various website templates, such as Altaloma, Myhra, and Comet. Squarespace's total revenue for the 2023 financial year was $1.0123 billion, an increase of 17% year-over-year compared with $867 million in 2022.