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

may affect a curated grouping

Most common

Registry operator changed

1,289 occurrences

Detected	Entity	Change	From	To
16 Oct 2026	.paris	Registry operator changed	City of Paris	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.panasonic	Registry operator changed	Panasonic Corporation	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.page	Registry operator changed	Charleston Road Registry Inc.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.pa	Registry operator changed	Universidad Tecnologica de Panama	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.ovh	Registry operator changed	OVH SAS	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.ott	Registry operator changed	Dish DBS Corporation	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.otsuka	Registry operator changed	Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.osaka	Registry operator changed	Osaka Registry Co., Ltd.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.origins	Registry operator changed	The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.organic	Registry operator changed	Identity Digital Limited	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.org	Registry operator changed	Public Interest Registry (PIR)	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.orange	Registry operator changed	Orange Brand Services Limited	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.oracle	Registry operator changed	Oracle Corporation	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.open	Registry operator changed	American Express Travel Related Services Co…	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.ooo	Registry operator changed	INFIBEAM AVENUES LIMITED	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.online	Registry operator changed	Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.onl	Registry operator changed	Jolly Host, LLC	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.ong	Registry operator changed	Public Interest Registry	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.one	Registry operator changed	One.com A/S	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.omega	Registry operator changed	The Swatch Group Ltd	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.om	Registry operator changed	Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TR…	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.ollo	Registry operator changed	Dish DBS Corporation	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.olayangroup	Registry operator changed	Competrol (Luxembourg) Sarl	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.olayan	Registry operator changed	Competrol (Luxembourg) Sarl	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.okinawa	Registry operator changed	BRregistry, Inc.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.office	Registry operator changed	Microsoft Corporation	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.observer	Registry operator changed	Fegistry, LLC	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.obi	Registry operator changed	OBI Group Holding SE & Co. KGaA	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nz	Registry operator changed	InternetNZ	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.nyc	Registry operator changed	The City of New York by and through the New…	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nu	Registry operator changed	The IUSN Foundation	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.ntt	Registry operator changed	NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nrw	Registry operator changed	Minds + Machines GmbH	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nra	Registry operator changed	National Rifle Association of America	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nr	Registry operator changed	CENPAC NET	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.np	Registry operator changed	Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd.	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.nowtv	Registry operator changed	Starbucks (HK) Limited	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nowruz	Registry operator changed	Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Progra…	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.now	Registry operator changed	Amazon Registry Services, Inc.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.norton	Registry operator changed	Gen Digital Inc.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nokia	Registry operator changed	Nokia Corporation	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.no	Registry operator changed	Norid A/S	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.nl	Registry operator changed	SIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie …	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.nissay	Registry operator changed	Nippon Life Insurance Company	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nissan	Registry operator changed	NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.ninja	Registry operator changed	Dog Beach, LLC	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nikon	Registry operator changed	NIKON CORPORATION	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nike	Registry operator changed	NIKE, Inc.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nico	Registry operator changed	DWANGO Co., Ltd.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.ni	Registry operator changed	Universidad Nacional del Ingernieria. Divis…	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.nhk	Registry operator changed	Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.ngo	Registry operator changed	Public Interest Registry	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.ng	Registry operator changed	Nigeria Internet Registration Association	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.nfl	Registry operator changed	NFL Reg Ops LLC	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nf	Registry operator changed	Norfolk Island Data Services	Country Code
16 Oct 2026	.nexus	Registry operator changed	Charleston Road Registry Inc.	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.nextdirect	Registry operator changed	Next plc	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.next	Registry operator changed	Next plc	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.news	Registry operator changed	Dog Beach, LLC	Generic
16 Oct 2026	.new	Registry operator changed	Charleston Road Registry Inc.	Generic

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 10 November 2026 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.