Registrar transfers

Domains do not only get registered and dropped — they move. This is which legacy gTLD registrars gained domains from other registrars over May 2016 – May 2026, and which lost them, from the registries' own monthly reports to ICANN.

New gTLDs Legacy gTLDs All gTLDs
Registrars combined into families individual accreditations

Domains transferred by month, May 2016 – May 2026

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

How much moving happens, over time. One line rather than two: at namespace level gains and losses are the same number, because every transfer has a gaining registrar and a losing one. Drag the strip below the chart to set any window — everything on this page follows it.

May 2016 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
275.80k527.25k778.71k1.03M1.28MMay 2016May 2021May 2026
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Domains transferred
66.65M
May 2016 – May 2026
Busiest month
1.21M
Aug 2022
Both sides agree to
99.99%
8,279 apart — unfiled reports
This says how many, not from whom. ICANN publishes each registrar's gains and each registrar's losses. It does not publish who transferred to whom, and the totals do not imply it: in .com alone those totals are 5,592 numbers describing 7,814,820 possible flows between 2,796 registrars, so a great many completely different sets of routes produce exactly these figures. A pair can be bounded — the flow from one registrar to another is at most the smaller of one's losses and the other's gains — and for the large registrars that bound is nearly the whole column, so it is not published either. Which clock this is on.
Showing corporate families. One company often holds several accreditations and moves customers between them, which reads as a transfer at each end. Namecheap owns both Spaceship and NameCheap, Inc.: individually those are the largest gainer and the largest loser in the new gTLDs, and together they are up 1,440. Grouping makes net exact, because an internal move adds one to a family's gains and one to its losses and cancels — but in and out still contain it, so read a family's gross as an upper bound. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Biggest net gainers

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Transfers in minus transfers out, over May 2016 – May 2026. Bar length is the net; the label gives both directions.

Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 6,611,414 in / 906,887 out · family of 500
5.70M
Namecheap 3,449,828 in / 1,934,635 out · family of 2
1.52M
Cloudflare, Inc. 1,599,346 in / 107,218 out
1.49M
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 785,533 in / 144,556 out
640.98k
GoDaddy 10,821,321 in / 10,200,569 out · family of 4
620.75k
Dynadot Inc 1,793,912 in / 1,276,238 out · family of 24
517.67k
NameSilo, LLC 1,274,018 in / 757,595 out
516.42k
DomainAdministration.com, LLC 599,193 in / 134,437 out · family of 6
464.76k
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 588,820 in / 141,746 out
447.07k
Porkbun LLC 574,192 in / 181,148 out
393.04k

Biggest net losers

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

The same figure the other way. A registrar can lose heavily and still grow, if it registers more than it loses.

Tucows 1,806,394 in / 3,902,355 out · family of 3
2.10M
eNom, LLC 961,815 in / 2,820,633 out
1.86M
TurnCommerce, Inc. DBA NameBright.com 5,620,999 in / 7,439,252 out · family of 1,252
1.82M
DropExtra.com, LLC 14,325 in / 1,739,179 out · family of 516
1.72M
Newfold Digital 2,574,651 in / 3,633,199 out · family of 3
1.06M
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 1,104,641 in / 1,889,554 out
784.91k
Xin Net Technology Corporation 569,934 in / 1,348,687 out
778.75k
eName Technology Co., Ltd. 496,173 in / 1,245,829 out
749.66k
422.50k
IONOS SE 473,844 in / 844,361 out
370.52k
1,214 registrars and families

Showing 100 of 1,214 registrars, sorted by net transfers. Every column heading sorts; paging is below.

Registrar Domains In Out Net Turnover TLDs
Gname.com Pte. Ltd. family of 500 5,377,512 6,611,414 906,887 ▲ +5,704,527 137.10% 13
Namecheap family of 2 17,547,711 3,449,828 1,934,635 ▲ +1,515,193 30.68% 14
Cloudflare, Inc. 4,040,228 1,599,346 107,218 ▲ +1,492,128 42.24% 9
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 4,441,963 785,533 144,556 ▲ +640,977 20.94% 11
GoDaddy family of 4 60,262,047 10,821,321 10,200,569 ▲ +620,752 31.98% 14
Dynadot Inc family of 24 4,475,258 1,793,912 1,276,238 ▲ +517,674 68.60% 17
NameSilo, LLC 2,694,747 1,274,018 757,595 ▲ +516,423 65.07% 11
DomainAdministration.com, LLC family of 6 597,477 599,193 134,437 ▲ +464,756 108.88% 5
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 1,569,540 588,820 141,746 ▲ +447,074 46.50% 10
Porkbun LLC 2,172,627 574,192 181,148 ▲ +393,044 34.77% 13
Hefei Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd 410,363 697,131 344,645 ▲ +352,486 245.36% 8
Unstoppable Domains Inc. family of 3 884,027 333,282 21,777 ▲ +311,505 40.16% 9
Squarespace Domains LLC 3,996,201 403,409 126,277 ▲ +277,132 13.25% 6
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 1,386,799 631,936 407,362 ▲ +224,574 65.03% 14
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. family of 4 1,360,157 548,222 324,909 ▲ +223,313 63.53% 16
Squarespace Domains II LLC 7,184,780 1,193,514 976,080 ▲ +217,434 24.97% 9
MarkMonitor Inc. 1,001,343 425,005 216,922 ▲ +208,083 64.11% 16
One.com A/S 334,011 274,141 67,920 ▲ +206,221 77.94% 10
Eranet International Limited 540,990 232,044 33,475 ▲ +198,569 48.50% 12
Key-Systems family of 2 1,886,438 837,717 664,508 ▲ +173,209 58.25% 15
Wix.com Ltd. 3,577,725 421,650 250,290 ▲ +171,360 18.78% 2
OVH sas 1,956,425 402,143 244,282 ▲ +157,861 31.25% 16
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş. 220,796 218,592 65,639 ▲ +152,953 107.28% 14
ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfi Bilgi Teknolojileri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi 222,432 205,857 55,577 ▲ +150,280 108.60% 10
Above.com Pty Ltd. 101,907 152,259 10,007 ▲ +142,252 63.20% 10
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 207,635 159,149 20,189 ▲ +138,960 86.37% 15
Epik LLC 191,302 697,105 565,063 ▲ +132,042 170.58% 11
RegistryGate GmbH 588,462 205,943 81,860 ▲ +124,083 48.91% 11
Media Elite Holdings Limited, S.A. 64,400 129,268 6,768 ▲ +122,500 46.35% 4
MAFF Inc. family of 20 12,037 918,940 800,675 ▲ +118,265 169.47% 8
Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. 377,640 172,264 56,900 ▲ +115,364 55.34% 7
1API GmbH 551,466 467,101 357,324 ▲ +109,777 76.73% 16
XServer, Inc. 636,298 124,633 29,944 ▲ +94,689 24.29% 9
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd 192,371 108,438 21,429 ▲ +87,009 67.51% 16
Nameshield SAS 84,758 82,221 5,748 ▲ +76,473 103.79% 15
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 259,447 121,210 53,215 ▲ +67,995 67.23% 16
Infomaniak Network SA 229,738 77,653 11,499 ▲ +66,154 38.81% 6
Automattic Inc. 1,010,719 247,781 185,438 ▲ +62,343 42.66% 9
Namemart Limited family of 4 228,607 84,183 22,094 ▲ +62,089 29.18% 10
Safenames Ltd 156,662 80,822 28,229 ▲ +52,593 68.96% 17
NETIM SAS 111,649 60,661 10,979 ▲ +49,682 64.17% 17
Realtime Register B.V. 915,979 441,302 395,284 ▲ +46,018 88.97% 17
SHENZHEN EIMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 822 136,159 92,664 ▲ +43,495 110.87% 9
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR 204,284 97,240 53,960 ▲ +43,280 65.50% 13
Abion AB 107,704 59,425 19,346 ▲ +40,079 73.14% 15
Atom.com Domains LLC 45,941 36,484 501 ▲ +35,983 80.51% 7
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság 226,907 51,304 15,374 ▲ +35,930 29.39% 9
EuroDNS S.A. 150,209 85,164 49,245 ▲ +35,919 70.46% 15
Dinahosting s.l. 208,382 77,374 43,343 ▲ +34,031 57.93% 13
Hetzner Online GmbH 170,297 58,345 27,087 ▲ +31,258 50.05% 3
Gransy, s.r.o. 257,022 106,003 76,360 ▲ +29,643 51.09% 14
Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. 218,478 123,234 94,109 ▲ +29,125 62.74% 13
WHC Online Solutions Inc. 62,192 36,561 7,894 ▲ +28,667 71.48% 11
Netistrar Limited 41,560 33,181 5,259 ▲ +27,922 92.49% 13
Tecnocrática Centro de Datos, S.L. 116,041 72,564 46,219 ▲ +26,345 102.36% 13
Global Domain Group LLC 169,902 30,146 6,207 ▲ +23,939 21.40% 12
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC 281,799 53,406 29,857 ▲ +23,549 21.70% 9
Internet Domain Service BS Corp 330,306 174,754 151,455 ▲ +23,299 65.42% 10
CV. Rumahweb Indonesia 114,141 33,861 12,576 ▲ +21,285 39.39% 11
PlanetHoster Inc. 54,568 29,855 9,648 ▲ +20,207 72.39% 12
Grupo Loading Systems S.L. 27,310 24,018 4,196 ▲ +19,822 101.56% 9
OpusDNS GmbH 26,580 18,965 9 ▲ +18,956 71.38% 10
Server Plan Srl 50,359 27,780 9,729 ▲ +18,051 74.48% 9
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 446,524 188,631 170,971 ▲ +17,660 48.57% 13
P.A. Viet Nam Company Limited 140,340 20,702 5,714 ▲ +14,988 15.17% 11
LCN.COM Ltd. 53,600 38,715 ▲ +14,885 70.82% 7
Corsearch Domains LLC 18,150 15,578 1,505 ▲ +14,073 83.92% 10
Rabbitsfoot.com LLC d/b/a Oxygen.nyc 13,997 14,198 178 ▲ +14,020 102.42% 4
Scaleway SAS 190,802 60,527 46,797 ▲ +13,730 56.12% 13
Lightscend Co.,Ltd. 16,353 2,928 ▲ +13,425 130.22% 5
WEDOS Internet, a.s. 30,300 14,283 974 ▲ +13,309 50.35% 12
Lexsynergy Limited 30,220 22,725 9,842 ▲ +12,883 82.81% 17
Paragon Internet Group Ltd t/a Paragon Names 35,115 22,915 ▲ +12,200 73.34% 12
Enartia Single Member S.A. 91,802 25,184 13,171 ▲ +12,013 41.27% 9
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 15,361 13,365 1,920 ▲ +11,445 99.36% 15
RegistrarSEC LLC 16,832 11,147 60 ▲ +11,087 66.58% 13
Diamatrix C.C. 41,691 18,764 7,938 ▲ +10,826 64.05% 9
Hosting Ukraine LLC 49,680 14,605 3,803 ▲ +10,802 36.32% 10
Namespro Solutions Inc. 36,583 19,016 8,560 ▲ +10,456 69.56% 5
Barbero & Associates Limited 11,320 11,442 996 ▲ +10,446 109.88% 10
http.net Internet GmbH 41,664 22,775 12,430 ▲ +10,345 72.29% 13
The Registrar Company B.V. 29,550 24,442 15,015 ▲ +9,427 108.89% 12
10dencehispahard SLU 143,949 45,117 35,718 ▲ +9,399 55.50% 14
Webempresa Europa, S.L. 42,143 13,707 4,538 ▲ +9,169 43.29% 2
Beget LLC 38,606 11,201 2,187 ▲ +9,014 34.68% 2
Strange Domains LLC 8,076 21,647 12,893 ▲ +8,754 162.46% 3
Promo People, Inc. 38,502 22,849 14,138 ▲ +8,711 87.88% 4
Purple IT Ltd 29,062 11,650 3,216 ▲ +8,434 51.15% 4
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 122,949 20,707 12,521 ▲ +8,186 25.76% 10
IHS Telekom, Inc. 172,042 82,653 74,527 ▲ +8,126 71.36% 7
Ligne Web Services SAS dba LWS 139,884 26,762 18,769 ▲ +7,993 32.55% 13
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd. 53,007 19,860 11,938 ▲ +7,922 50.82% 13
101domain GRS Limited 76,501 32,180 24,536 ▲ +7,644 70.67% 17
Çizgi Telekomunikasyon A.Ş. 83,908 43,403 35,767 ▲ +7,636 72.35% 3
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED 199,678 10,602 2,999 ▲ +7,603 6.81% 12
Neubox Internet S.A. de C.V. 85,121 18,467 11,119 ▲ +7,348 34.76% 5
IP Twins SAS 14,294 11,123 3,840 ▲ +7,283 104.68% 8
Name SRS AB 15,337 8,067 ▲ +7,270 44.45% 16
Entorno Digital, S.A. 23,753 15,166 7,930 ▲ +7,236 91.37% 14
INWX GmbH 127,564 55,323 48,107 ▲ +7,216 56.45% 17

Turnover is transfers in plus transfers out, against the largest book the registrar held during the window. It measures how much of a book moved rather than which way: a registrar that gained 20,000 and lost 20,000 has a net of nothing and has still had 40,000 domains change hands. Above 100% is possible and not a mistake: a year of movement can exceed any single month's holdings, because a domain can be registered and transferred away inside the same year. It means the equivalent of more than the whole book changed hands.

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 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.