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Registrar and registry changes

Renames, terminations, platform migrations, changes of registry operator and backend transitions — the visible traces of mergers, acquisitions and reassignments in the new-gTLD industry.

These are observations, not announcements. ICANN publishes no machine-readable record of mergers or registry assignments, so each row below is simply a case where what ICANN or IANA publishes today differs from what it published before. A rename usually follows a corporate change but can also be a rebrand; a registrar's RDAP platform moving to another company's infrastructure is strong evidence of an acquisition, but it is still evidence rather than confirmation.
Changes detected
1,289
since collection began
Flagged for review
11
may affect a curated grouping
Most common
Registry operator changed
1,289 occurrences
Filter: all Registry operator changed 1,289 Registrar platform moved 11 Accreditation status 7 Registrar renamed 5 Registry agreement status 1
DetectedEntityChangeFromTo
16 Oct 2026 .link Registry operator changed Nova Registry Ltd. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lincoln Registry operator changed Ford Motor Company Generic
16 Oct 2026 .limo Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .limited Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lilly Registry operator changed Eli Lilly and Company Generic
16 Oct 2026 .like Registry operator changed Amazon Registry Services, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lighting Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lifestyle Registry operator changed Internet Naming Co. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lifeinsurance Registry operator changed American Council of Life Insurers Generic
16 Oct 2026 .life Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lidl Registry operator changed Schwarz Domains und Services GmbH & Co. KG Generic
16 Oct 2026 .li Registry operator changed SWITCH The Swiss Education & Research Netwo… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .lgbt Registry operator changed Identity Digital Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lexus Registry operator changed TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lego Registry operator changed LEGO Juris A/S Generic
16 Oct 2026 .legal Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lefrak Registry operator changed LeFrak Organization, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .leclerc Registry operator changed A.C.D. LEC Association des Centres Distribu… Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lease Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lds Registry operator changed IRI Domain Management, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lc Registry operator changed University of Puerto Rico Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .lb Registry operator changed Internet Society Lebanon Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .lawyer Registry operator changed Dog Beach, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .law Registry operator changed Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .latrobe Registry operator changed La Trobe University Generic
16 Oct 2026 .latino Registry operator changed Dish DBS Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lat Registry operator changed XYZ.COM LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lasalle Registry operator changed Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lanxess Registry operator changed LANXESS Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .landrover Registry operator changed Jaguar Land Rover Ltd Generic
16 Oct 2026 .land Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lamer Registry operator changed The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lamborghini Registry operator changed Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .lacaixa Registry operator changed Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensi… Generic
16 Oct 2026 .la Registry operator changed Lao National Internet Center (LANIC), Minis… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kz Registry operator changed Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kyoto Registry operator changed Academic Institution: Kyoto Jyoho Gakuen Generic
16 Oct 2026 .ky Registry operator changed Utility Regulation and Competition Office (… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kw Registry operator changed Communications and Information Technology R… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kuokgroup Registry operator changed Kerry Trading Co. Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kred Registry operator changed KredTLD Pty Ltd Generic
16 Oct 2026 .krd Registry operator changed KRG Department of Information Technology Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kr Registry operator changed Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kpn Registry operator changed Koninklijke KPN N.V. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kpmg Registry operator changed KPMG International Cooperative (KPMG Intern… Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kp Registry operator changed Star Joint Venture Company Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kosher Registry operator changed Kosher Marketing Assets LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .komatsu Registry operator changed Komatsu Ltd. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .koeln Registry operator changed dotKoeln GmbH Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kn Registry operator changed Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Developmen… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .km Registry operator changed Comores Telecom Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kiwi Registry operator changed DOT KIWI LIMITED Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kitchen Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kindle Registry operator changed Amazon Registry Services, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kim Registry operator changed Identity Digital Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kids Registry operator changed DotKids Foundation Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .kia Registry operator changed KIA MOTORS CORPORATION Generic
16 Oct 2026 .ki Registry operator changed Ministry of Information, Communications and… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kh Registry operator changed Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TR… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .kg Registry operator changed AsiaInfo Telecommunication Enterprise Country Code

Why history is not lost when this happens

Every time series on this site is keyed on an identifier that survives a corporate change: registrar figures on the ICANN-assigned IANA number, TLD figures on the string itself. Neither is reissued when a company is acquired or renamed, so a rename moves the label without disturbing a single historical row.

What a rename would otherwise destroy is the knowledge that it happened, and the previous value. That is what this page is for. Where an accreditation's domains are genuinely moved to a different accreditation, the volume legitimately leaves one row and appears in another — the combined registrar view is the way to read that as one company rather than two unrelated movements.

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated and refresh daily. Registrar figures are from ICANN's monthly registry reports for July 2026, which ICANN publishes about three months in arrears; zone files contain no registrar information, so no fresher source exists. Full detail on methodology and live pipeline status.