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
1,313
since collection began
Flagged for review
11
may affect a curated grouping
Most common
Registry operator changed
1,289 occurrences
DetectedEntityChangeFromTo
16 Oct 2026 .dj Registry operator changed Djibouti Telecom S.A Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .diy Registry operator changed Internet Naming Co. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dish Registry operator changed Dish DBS Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .discover Registry operator changed Discover Financial Services Generic
16 Oct 2026 .discount Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .directory Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .direct Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .digital Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .diet Registry operator changed XYZ.COM LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .diamonds Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dhl Registry operator changed Deutsche Post AG Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dev Registry operator changed Charleston Road Registry Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .design Registry operator changed Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .desi Registry operator changed Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Progra… Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dentist Registry operator changed Dog Beach, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dental Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .democrat Registry operator changed Dog Beach, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .delta Registry operator changed Delta Air Lines, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .deloitte Registry operator changed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dell Registry operator changed Dell Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .delivery Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .degree Registry operator changed Dog Beach, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .deals Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dealer Registry operator changed Intercap Registry Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .deal Registry operator changed Amazon Registry Services, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .de Registry operator changed DENIC eG Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .dds Registry operator changed Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dclk Registry operator changed Charleston Road Registry Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .day Registry operator changed Charleston Road Registry Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .datsun Registry operator changed NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dating Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .date Registry operator changed dot Date Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .data Registry operator changed Dish DBS Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dance Registry operator changed Dog Beach, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .dad Registry operator changed Charleston Road Registry Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .cz Registry operator changed CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .cyou Registry operator changed Shortdot SA Generic
16 Oct 2026 .cymru Registry operator changed Nominet UK Generic
16 Oct 2026 .cy Registry operator changed University of Cyprus Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .cx Registry operator changed Christmas Island Domain Administration Limi… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .cw Registry operator changed University of Curacao Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .cv Registry operator changed Agência Reguladora Multissectorial da Econo… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .cuisinella Registry operator changed SCHMIDT GROUPE S.A.S. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .cu Registry operator changed CENIAInternet Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .cruises Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .cruise Registry operator changed Viking River Cruises (Bermuda) Ltd. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .crs Registry operator changed Federated Co-operatives Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .crown Registry operator changed Crown Equipment Corporation Generic
16 Oct 2026 .cricket Registry operator changed dot Cricket Limited Generic
16 Oct 2026 .creditunion Registry operator changed DotCooperation LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .creditcard Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .credit Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .cr Registry operator changed National Academy of Sciences (Academia Naci… Country Code
16 Oct 2026 .cpa Registry operator changed American Institute of Certified Public Acco… Generic
16 Oct 2026 .courses Registry operator changed Registry Services, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .coupons Registry operator changed Binky Moon, LLC Generic
16 Oct 2026 .coupon Registry operator changed Amazon Registry Services, Inc. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .country Registry operator changed Internet Naming Co. Generic
16 Oct 2026 .corsica Registry operator changed Collectivité de Corse Generic
16 Oct 2026 .coop Registry operator changed DotCooperation LLC 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 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.