List of domain name registrars

This is a list as of July 2009 of the top thirty domain registrars ranked based on market share according to the statistics compiled by RegistrarStats. Company names used in other rankings are also shown:

1. Go Daddy
2. eNom
3. Tucows
4. Network Solutions
5. Melbourne IT (a.k.a INWW.com)
6. 1&1 Internet AG (a.k.a. Schlund.de)
7. Wild West Domains (reseller brand of Go Daddy)
8. Register.com
9. Moniker Online Services
10. PublicDomainRegistry.com (a.k.a. ResellerClub and Directi)
11. Key-Systems GmbH (a.k.a. DomainDiscount24)
12. Xin Net Corp
13. OnlineNIC, Inc.
14. Fabulous.com Pty Ltd
15. Dotster
16. Cronon AG
17. Intercosmos Media
18. DomainDiscover
19. FAST DOMAIN INC
20. OVH
21. PSI-USA, Inc.
22. HiChina Web Solutions ltd.
23. GMO Internet, Inc.
24. NameKing.com
25. Name.com
26. Ascio Technologies, Inc. - Denmark
27. Gandi.net
28. Compana LLC
29. Dotregistrar.com
30. joker.com
31. gkg.net

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

Registrar statistics

All the organizations that publish registrar rankings work from the same data sources: raw data released daily in the form of Registry Zone files, from which are derived Domain name registry Whois, domain registrar Whois, and Domain name servers. The published rankings differ in which top-level domains (TLDs) are used, and in the frequency of updates. Published rankings and reports include:

* About once a year, NameTools.com, operated by Name Intelligence, Inc., updates their rankings of ICANN-accredited registrars. They include .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, and .us in their totals.

* Monthly (but with approximately a three-month delay), ICANN posts reports, created by the registries of thirteen TLDs, that list the number of domains under the sponsorship of each ICANN-accredited registrar.

* Weekly, WebHosting.info, operated by Directi, updates their published numbers. They state that they count “Total Domains” and do not specifically include or exclude any TLDs, but would appear to not include all gTLDs

* Daily, RegistrarSTATS.com, operated by eNom, updates their published numbers. They label their numbers as a “Domain Count” and do not list which TLDs are included.