.wales

12,989 domains as of 19 Sep 2026

Domains

12,989

19 Sep 2026

30-day change

▲ +57

0.44%

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for May 2026. ICANN publishes monthly registry reports about three months in arrears, and they are the only source that attributes domains to registrars — zone files do not contain registrar information. Methodology.

Registry details

From the IANA Root Zone Database and RDAP bootstrap.

Registry operator: Nominet UK
Technical backend: Nominet via rdap host
Delegated: 7 Aug 2014
Nameservers: dns1.nic.wales, dns2.nic.wales, dns3.nic.wales, dns4.nic.wales, dnsa.nic.wales, dnsb.nic.wales, dnsc.nic.wales, dnsd.nic.wales
RDAP: https://rdap.nominet.uk/wales
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 11,870 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

77.83%

above .com/.net/.org

Renewed

9,238

in twelve months

Deleted

2,632

in twelve months

For comparison, the median new gTLD keeps 68.45% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.23%.

Registrar share

individual · combined

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 6 of the 52 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

13.54kreported May 2026

Share of .wales by registrar
Mesh Digital Limited	4,112	30.37%
IONOS SE	2,762	20.4%
GoDaddy2 accreditations	1,341	9.9%
Tucows2 accreditations	1,114	8.23%
Namecheap2 accreditations	991	7.32%
Netistrar Limited	393	2.9%
Dynadot Inc	390	2.88%
Porkbun LLC	358	2.64%
eNom, LLC	346	2.56%
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	142	1.05%
Other42 more	1,591	11.75%

13,540 attributed to registrars in May 2026, against 12,989 in 19 Sep 2026’s zone — the zone is 551 smaller. The two are months apart, and a registry's own count also includes registrations that are not delegated in the zone. Why there are two clocks.

Domains by month, May 2021 – May 2026

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

From ICANN's monthly registry reports — the registry's own count, summed across registrars. This is the long history: it reaches back to delegation, where the daily series below can only start when this site began collecting zone files.

May 2021 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
May 2026	13,540	▼ -51	56	195	225
Apr 2026	13,591	▲ +49	56	199	156
Mar 2026	13,542	▲ +70	56	178	118
Feb 2026	13,472	▲ +33	56	131	112
Jan 2026	13,439	▼ -10	56	159	179
Dec 2025	13,449	▼ -29	56	127	151
Nov 2025	13,478	▲ +55	56	197	987
Oct 2025	13,423	▲ +22	56	126	121
Sep 2025	13,401	▼ -5	56	153	152
Aug 2025	13,406	▲ +26	57	158	143
Jul 2025	13,380	▲ +4	57	127	132
Jun 2025	13,376	▼ -9	57	154	156
May 2025	13,385	▼ -159	57	152	321
Apr 2025	13,544	▲ +257	57	397	132
Mar 2025	13,287	▼ -17	57	152	163
Feb 2025	13,304	▲ +55	57	149	99
Jan 2025	13,249	▲ +3	57	110	126
Dec 2024	13,246	▼ -14	57	99	113
Nov 2024	13,260	▲ +11	57	146	127
Oct 2024	13,249	▲ +18	57	129	114
Sep 2024	13,231	▲ +4	57	141	135
Aug 2024	13,227	▼ -82	58	112	197
Jul 2024	13,309	▼ -276	57	139	410
Jun 2024	13,585	▼ -18	57	141	170
May 2024	13,603	▼ -122	57	120	246
Apr 2024	13,725	▼ -39	57	153	194
Mar 2024	13,764	▲ +31	57	176	131
Feb 2024	13,733	0	57	119	124
Jan 2024	13,733	▲ +82	57	187	131
Dec 2023	13,651	▼ -61	57	120	176
Nov 2023	13,712	▲ +7	56	163	165
Oct 2023	13,705	▼ -125	56	132	257
Sep 2023	13,830	▼ -47	56	117	167
Aug 2023	13,877	▼ -54	56	122	180
Jul 2023	13,931	▼ -1,010	56	132	1,136
Jun 2023	14,941	▼ -77	56	123	215
May 2023	15,018	▼ -231	57	144	365
Apr 2023	15,249	▲ +240	57	404	187
Mar 2023	15,009	▼ -6	56	142	158
Feb 2023	15,015	▲ +5	56	146	130
Jan 2023	15,010	▼ -25	56	179	231
Dec 2022	15,035	▼ -160	56	127	294
Nov 2022	15,195	▼ -42	57	183	227
Oct 2022	15,237	▼ -37	57	166	189
Sep 2022	15,274	▼ -33	56	154	222
Aug 2022	15,307	▲ +53	56	255	184
Jul 2022	15,254	▲ +42	56	193	156
Jun 2022	15,212	▼ -16	56	144	174
May 2022	15,228	▲ +138	56	562	268
Apr 2022	15,090	▲ +720	56	721	155
Mar 2022	14,370	▲ +74	56	179	118
Feb 2022	14,296	▲ +30	56	162	124
Jan 2022	14,266	▲ +33	55	164	146
Dec 2021	14,233	▲ +8	55	144	142
Nov 2021	14,225	▼ -19	55	221	222
Oct 2021	14,244	▲ +7	55	329	331
Sep 2021	14,237	▲ +26	54	200	205
Aug 2021	14,211	▲ +34	54	174	126
Jul 2021	14,177	▲ +27	54	180	167
Jun 2021	14,150	▼ -36	54	271	233
May 2021	14,186	▼ -64	54	195	310

Showing all 61 months in this range. Show the latest 6.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 19 Sep 2026

Source: Daily zone files

Counted from daily zone files. Names with at least one NS record or a DS record.

12 Aug 2026 – 19 Sep 2026 30d All

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Daily change

Source: Daily zone files

Day-over-day difference of the zone's name list, over the same window as the chart above.

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Dropped

Registrars

Registrar	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
Mesh Digital Limited	4,112	30.4%	▲ +26	1	69
IONOS SE	2,762	20.4%	▲ +25	8	27
GoDaddy.com, LLC	1,325	9.8%	▲ +25	0	20
Tucows Domains Inc.	889	6.6%	▲ +30	2	22
NameCheap, Inc.	786	5.8%	▲ +41	0	16
Netistrar Limited	393	2.9%	▲ +3	0	5
Dynadot Inc	390	2.9%	▲ +9	1	7
Porkbun LLC	358	2.6%	▲ +16	2	3
eNom, LLC	346	2.6%	▲ +5	1	13
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	225	1.7%	0	0	3
Spaceship, Inc.	205	1.5%	▲ +5	0	1
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	142	1%	▲ +2	0	8
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	142	1%	0	0	0
Easyspace Limited	124	0.9%	0	0	1
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	119	0.9%	0	0	1
Automattic Inc.	110	0.8%	▲ +1	0	0
Gandi SAS	95	0.7%	▲ +1	0	3
Key-Systems, LLC	90	0.7%	▲ +2	0	4
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	83	0.6%	▲ +1	0	0
Safenames Ltd	82	0.6%	0	0	3
One.com A/S	78	0.6%	0	0	1
Total Web Solutions Limited	77	0.6%	0	0	2
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	77	0.6%	0	0	0
MarkMonitor Inc.	58	0.4%	▲ +1	0	0
BB-Online UK Limited	50	0.4%	0	0	2
1API GmbH	43	0.3%	0	0	4
NETIM SAS	41	0.3%	0	0	1
NameCamp Limited	40	0.3%	▲ +1	0	0
united-domains GmbH	32	0.2%	0	0	0
NameWeb BVBA	29	0.2%	0	0	1
Lexsynergy Limited	26	0.2%	0	0	2
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	24	0.2%	0	0	1
Network Solutions, LLC	22	0.2%	0	0	0
OVH sas	21	0.2%	0	0	0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	19	0.1%	0	0	1
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.	17	0.1%	0	0	0
Wild West Domains, LLC	16	0.1%	0	0	0
Imperial Registrations, Inc.	13	0.1%	0	0	1
101domain GRS Limited	13	0.1%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	10	0.1%	0	0	0
Reserved for billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	10	0.1%	0	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	6	0%	0	1	0
Nameshield SAS	6	0%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	6	0%	0	0	0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.	6	0%	▲ +1	0	3
Go China Domains, LLC	4	0%	0	0	0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	3	0%	0	0	0
Blue Razor Domains, LLC	2	0%	0	0	0
Go Canada Domains, LLC	2	0%	0	0	0
Go Australia Domains, LLC	2	0%	0	0	0
Go Montenegro Domains, LLC	2	0%	0	0	0
Go France Domains, LLC	2	0%	0	0	0
DDD TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.	2	0%	0	0	0
COREhub, S.R.L.	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for ICANN's Registry SLA Monitoring System transactions reporting	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	1	0%	0	0	0

Registry activity

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Query volumes and EPP operations reported monthly by the registry. The only public signal of how much a TLD is actually resolved rather than merely registered.

Month	Operational registrars	DNS queries (UDP)	Creates	Deletes	Renews	Transfers approved	Rejected
Jan 2018	80	122.34M	188	112	575	–	–
Dec 2017	80	127.44M	145	148	246	–	–
Nov 2017	81	120.17M	161	43,212	200	–	–
Oct 2017	80	134.99M	250	7,904	250	–	–
Sep 2017	80	108.46M	683	146	244	–	–
Aug 2017	80	117.12M	1,723	562	851	–	–
Jul 2017	78	121.98M	224	149	252	–	–
Jun 2017	78	118.22M	194	155	257	–	–
May 2017	78	112.29M	231	270	310	–	–
Apr 2017	77	96.58M	0	0	0	–	–
Mar 2017	77	94.30M	0	0	0	–	–
Feb 2017	77	82.71M	0	0	0	–	–
Jan 2017	76	0	0	0	0	–	–
Dec 2016	74	0	0	0	0	–	–
Nov 2016	74	0	0	0	0	–	–
Oct 2016	72	0	0	0	0	–	–
Sep 2016	72	0	260	60	179	–	–
Aug 2016	70	0	0	0	0	–	–
Jul 2016	70	62.47M	333	85	184	–	–
Jun 2016	69	0	360	714	189	–	–
May 2016	68	55.50M	240	753	260	–	–
Apr 2016	65	59.60M	324	1,258	462	–	–
Mar 2016	64	0	445	54	933	–	–
Feb 2016	64	44.09M	326	38	2,627	–	–
Jan 2016	64	29.64M	271	3	375	–	–
Dec 2015	63	24.76M	222	2	259	–	–
Nov 2015	63	23.03M	257	3	197	–	–
Oct 2015	61	25.05M	286	2	21	–	–
Sep 2015	61	18.73M	297	5	13	–	–
Aug 2015	61	27.14M	344	3	4	–	–
Jul 2015	61	25.56M	383	3	1	–	–
Jun 2015	61	25.56M	1,007	5	6	–	–
May 2015	60	28.73M	3,494	2	3	–	–
Apr 2015	59	53.23B	4,705	19	12	–	–
Mar 2015	59	54.47B	96,021	85	95	–	–
Feb 2015	59	51.42B	12,320	3	0	–	–
Jan 2015	57	22.14M	0	0	0	–	–
Dec 2014	56	21.14M	0	0	0	–	–
Nov 2014	54	20.14M	0	0	0	–	–
Oct 2014	50	17.97M	0	0	0	–	–
Sep 2014	47	15.99M	0	0	0	–	–
Aug 2014	43	10.30M	0	0	0	–	–

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 19 September 2026 and refresh daily. Registrar figures are from ICANN's monthly registry reports for May 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.