These are the biggest registrars for .com domain names.
ICANN has released Verisign’s most recent official breakdown of domain transactions by registrar. The data are from October.
In October, these were the top 10 registrars in terms of new .com registrations:
1. GoDaddy.com 942,007*
2. Tucows 197,433**
3. Endurance 170,597+
4. NameCheap Inc. 132,524
5. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd. 113,515
6. Web.com 100,930++
7. Google Inc. 78,340
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 65,746
9. 1&1 Internet SE 55,423
10. GMO Internet, Inc. dba Onamae.com 52,154
Here’s the current leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of October 2017:
1. GoDaddy 46,325,700*
2. Tucows 15,721,852**
3. Endurance 8,138,111+
4. Web.com 6,647,865++
5. HiChina 5,198,100
6. 1&1 3,803,746
7. GMO 2,197,932
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 1,530,863
9. OVH 1,333,602
10. Ename 1,314,204
Once Namecheap gets its .com names from Tucows, it will show up on this list.
Many domain companies have multiple accreditations and I’ve tried to capture the largest ones. See the notes below and let me know if I’ve missed any large registrars.
* Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains
** Includes Tucows and Enom
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain and Bigrock. There are other Endurance registrars, but I believe these are the biggest
++ Includes Network Solutions and Register.com
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