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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 .bn Registry operator changed Authority for Info-communications Technolog… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bmw Registry operator changed Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bms Registry operator changed Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bm Registry operator changed Registry General Department, Ministry of Ho… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .blue Registry operator changed Identity Digital Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bloomberg Registry operator changed Bloomberg IP Holdings LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .blog Registry operator changed Knock Knock WHOIS There, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .blockbuster Registry operator changed Dish DBS Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .blackfriday Registry operator changed Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .black Registry operator changed Identity Digital Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bj Registry operator changed Autorité de Régulation des Communications E… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .biz Registry operator changed Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bio Registry operator changed Identity Digital Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bingo Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bing Registry operator changed Microsoft Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bike Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bid Registry operator changed dot Bid Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bible Registry operator changed American Bible Society Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bi Registry operator changed Centre National de l'Informatique Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bharti Registry operator changed Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bh Registry operator changed Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TR… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bg Registry operator changed Register.BG Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bf Registry operator changed Autorité de Régulation des Communications E… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bet Registry operator changed Identity Digital Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bestbuy Registry operator changed BBY Solutions, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .best Registry operator changed BestTLD Pty Ltd Generic
16 Oct 2026 .berlin Registry operator changed dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG Generic
16 Oct 2026 .beer Registry operator changed Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .beauty Registry operator changed XYZ.COM LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .beats Registry operator changed Beats Electronics, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .be Registry operator changed DNS Belgium vzw/asbl Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bd Registry operator changed Posts and Telecommunications Division Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bcn Registry operator changed Municipi de Barcelona Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bcg Registry operator changed The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bbva Registry operator changed BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bbt Registry operator changed BB&T Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bbc Registry operator changed British Broadcasting Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bb Registry operator changed Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart T… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .bayern Registry operator changed Bayern Connect GmbH Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bauhaus Registry operator changed Werkhaus GmbH Generic
16 Oct 2026 .basketball Registry operator changed Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FI… Generic
16 Oct 2026 .baseball Registry operator changed MLB Advanced Media DH, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bargains Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .barefoot Registry operator changed Gallo Vineyards, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .barclays Registry operator changed Barclays Bank PLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .barclaycard Registry operator changed Barclays Bank PLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .barcelona Registry operator changed Municipi de Barcelona Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bar Registry operator changed Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de In… Generic
16 Oct 2026 .bank Registry operator changed fTLD Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .band Registry operator changed Dog Beach, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .banamex Registry operator changed Citigroup Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .baidu Registry operator changed Baidu, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .baby Registry operator changed XYZ.COM LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .ba Registry operator changed University Tele-Informatic Center (UTIC) Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .azure Registry operator changed Microsoft Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .az Registry operator changed IntraNS Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .axa Registry operator changed AXA Group Operations SAS Generic
16 Oct 2026 .ax Registry operator changed Ålands landskapsregering Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .aws Registry operator changed AWS Registry LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .aw Registry operator changed SETAR 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.