Registrar transfers

Domains do not only get registered and dropped — they move. This is which legacy gTLD registrars gained domains from other registrars over Apr 2016 – Apr 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, Apr 2016 – Apr 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.

Apr 2016 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
275.80k527.25k778.71k1.03M1.28MApr 2016Apr 2021Apr 2026
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Domains transferred
66.38M
Apr 2016 – Apr 2026
Busiest month
1.21M
Aug 2022
Both sides agree to
99.99%
5,845 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 Apr 2016 – Apr 2026. Bar length is the net; the label gives both directions.

Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 6,534,676 in / 882,401 out · family of 500
5.65M
Namecheap 3,375,802 in / 1,892,339 out · family of 2
1.48M
Cloudflare, Inc. 1,552,768 in / 104,674 out
1.45M
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 768,178 in / 136,613 out
631.57k
GoDaddy 10,830,571 in / 10,201,698 out · family of 4
628.87k
NameSilo, LLC 1,273,447 in / 749,573 out
523.87k
Dynadot Inc 1,776,527 in / 1,264,980 out · family of 24
511.55k
DomainAdministration.com, LLC 615,956 in / 133,111 out · family of 6
482.85k
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 589,119 in / 138,903 out
450.22k
Porkbun LLC 560,629 in / 177,381 out
383.25k

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 1,808,775 in / 3,920,794 out · family of 3
2.11M
eNom, LLC 991,167 in / 2,818,602 out
1.83M
TurnCommerce, Inc. DBA NameBright.com 5,541,393 in / 7,361,399 out · family of 1,252
1.82M
DropExtra.com, LLC 13,903 in / 1,743,328 out · family of 516
1.73M
Newfold Digital 2,581,740 in / 3,609,551 out · family of 3
1.03M
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 1,095,462 in / 1,899,155 out
803.69k
Xin Net Technology Corporation 569,749 in / 1,345,468 out
775.72k
eName Technology Co., Ltd. 515,049 in / 1,247,724 out
732.68k
398.79k
IONOS SE 475,141 in / 847,698 out
372.56k
1,213 registrars and families

Showing 100 of 1,213 registrars, sorted by net transfers. Every column heading sorts; paging is below.

Registrar Domains In Out Net Turnover TLDs
Beijing Midwest Taian Technology Services Ltd. 0 19 ▼ -19 57.58% 2
Jungbonet Co., Ltd 34 53 ▼ -19 1.07% 2
Qinghai Yunnet Electronics Technology Co., Ltd 5 29 ▼ -24 7.07% 2
Shenzhen HuLianXianFeng Technology Co.,LTD 2,002 644 668 ▼ -24 30.31% 10
Minds and Machines Registrar UK Limited 1 27 ▼ -26 9.49% 5
Kaunas University of Technology 1,029 285 312 ▼ -27 49.71% 4
Humeia Corporation 103 131 ▼ -28 7.40% 5
Astutium Limited 235 264 ▼ -29 9.53% 11
Domainmonster.com, Inc. 0 30 ▼ -30 37.97% 2
China Organizational Name Service Center of the State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform 0 31 ▼ -31 26.05% 2
Pacific Online Inc. 0 32 ▼ -32 22.07% 6
HLJ E-Link Network Co., Ltd 11 47 ▼ -36 50.00% 8
Domain Guardians, Inc. 0 39 ▼ -39 3.77% 2
Oi Internet S/A 0 40 ▼ -40 0.63% 2
Samjung Data Service Co., Ltd 88 128 ▼ -40 8.53% 3
Nimzo 98, LLC 1 43 ▼ -42 104.76% 4
Larsen Data ApS 34 77 ▼ -43 9.99% 10
BatDomains.com Ltd. 7 51 ▼ -44 33.53% 2
Salestrar EOOD 1,174 0 47 ▼ -47 4.00% 9
Name122, Inc. 0 48 ▼ -48 27.75% 5
Fujian Litian Network Technology Co.,Ltd 13 62 ▼ -49 7.56% 6
SEO Domains EOOD 1,113 0 52 ▼ -52 4.65% 9
Own Identity, Inc. 3,048 1,302 1,355 ▼ -53 61.07% 13
Infocom Network Ltd. 82 139 ▼ -57 1.01% 2
Xiamen Xin click Network Group Co.,Ltd 0 57 ▼ -57 44.19% 3
2030138 Ontario Inc. dba NamesBeyond.com and dba GoodLuckDomain.com 808 874 ▼ -66 8.63% 15
Cheap Domains Pte Ltd. 14 86 ▼ -72 131.58% 2
humbly LLC 23 0 73 ▼ -73 121.67% 2
Mobile Name Services, Inc. 0 79 ▼ -79 91.86% 6
Sipence, Inc. 0 80 ▼ -80 72.07% 5
1 Domain Source Ltd. dba Domain One Source, Inc. 0 82 ▼ -82 30.83% 2
Domain Monkeys, LLC 0 82 ▼ -82 19.95% 4
Zname Ltd 4,637 2 84 ▼ -82 0.59% 2
Web Site Source, Inc. 16 100 ▼ -84 4.39% 4
Brandma.co Limited 433 519 ▼ -86 183.08% 10
Web Business, LLC 0 86 ▼ -86 31.73% 2
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar 20 107 ▼ -87 0.02% 15
Akamai Technologies, Inc. 900 989 ▼ -89 191.39% 2
Costrar EOOD 1,160 0 90 ▼ -90 7.76% 12
Vedacore.com, Inc. 0 90 ▼ -90 86.54% 3
Vivid Domains, Inc. 5 96 ▼ -91 2.59% 2
SecureBackorder EOOD 1,446 0 92 ▼ -92 6.36% 11
Good Luck Internet Services PVT, LTD. 0 98 ▼ -98 34.03% 4
Purity Names Incorporated 31 135 ▼ -104 31.98% 7
SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. 0 107 ▼ -107 30.31% 2
Names In Motion, Inc. 6 128 ▼ -122 57.26% 4
EastNames Inc. 0 128 ▼ -128 104.92% 2
Ednit Software Private Limited 262 396 ▼ -134 106.65% 4
PE Overseas Limited 247 263 398 ▼ -135 255.21% 2
Name104, Inc. 0 136 ▼ -136 36.36% 6
ChinaNet Technology (SuZhou) CO., LTD 136 275 ▼ -139 18.19% 8
Netdorm, Inc. dba DnsExit.com 4,944 1,130 1,277 ▼ -147 35.25% 8
Guizhou Zhongyu Zhike Network Technology Co., Ltd. 10,128 126 274 ▼ -148 3.95% 2
Hangzhou Duomai E-Commerce Co., Ltd 0 148 ▼ -148 6.03% 2
Name118, Inc. 0 148 ▼ -148 43.27% 6
Registrar R01 LLC 4,417 2,152 2,305 ▼ -153 13.83% 4
Name106, Inc. 0 157 ▼ -157 34.06% 6
Domerati, Inc. 0 158 ▼ -158 123.44% 3
Beijing HuaRui Wireless Technology Co., Ltd 464 1 160 ▼ -159 1.73% 1
GoName.com, Inc 0 159 ▼ -159 21.03% 2
Name107, Inc. 0 167 ▼ -167 37.28% 6
Open System Ltda - Me 1 169 ▼ -168 43.37% 2
Name115, Inc. 0 172 ▼ -172 35.46% 6
Pheenix 85, LLC 0 174 ▼ -174 84.47% 3
Name114, Inc. 0 177 ▼ -177 37.42% 6
Pheenix 65, LLC 0 185 ▼ -185 77.73% 3
Uber Australia E1 Pty Ltd 0 185 ▼ -185 1.82% 2
Name110, Inc. 0 186 ▼ -186 34.25% 6
Name116, Inc. 0 186 ▼ -186 37.27% 6
Gesloten Domain N.V. 0 187 ▼ -187 146.09% 2
Discount Domains Ltd. 19 208 ▼ -189 8.87% 5
Name120, Inc. 0 189 ▼ -189 38.03% 6
Xiamen Yuwang Technology Co., LTD 0 189 ▼ -189 81.82% 2
Pheenix 28, LLC 0 191 ▼ -191 75.49% 3
Pheenix 19, LLC 0 193 ▼ -193 68.44% 3
Pheenix 23, LLC 0 193 ▼ -193 76.89% 3
Pheenix 52, LLC 0 193 ▼ -193 78.46% 3
Pheenix 7, LLC 0 194 ▼ -194 81.51% 3
Pheenix 98, LLC 0 194 ▼ -194 78.23% 3
Pheenix 22, LLC 0 195 ▼ -195 75.00% 3
Pheenix 66, LLC 0 195 ▼ -195 71.43% 3
Pheenix 89, LLC 0 196 ▼ -196 80.99% 3
Name119, Inc. 0 197 ▼ -197 39.80% 6
Swedish Domains AB 29 226 ▼ -197 6.89% 4
Pheenix 36, LLC 0 198 ▼ -198 74.16% 3
Pheenix 68, LLC 0 198 ▼ -198 67.81% 3
Pheenix 83, LLC 0 198 ▼ -198 78.57% 3
Pheenix 93, LLC 0 198 ▼ -198 79.20% 3
Pheenix 61, LLC 0 200 ▼ -200 73.26% 3
Name112, Inc. 0 201 ▼ -201 34.24% 6
Heavens Will, LLC 0 202 ▼ -202 70.63% 3
Instant Labs, Inc. 1 203 ▼ -202 8.24% 2
Pheenix 81, LLC 0 202 ▼ -202 75.66% 3
Leonardo da Vinci, LLC 0 203 ▼ -203 65.70% 6
Pheenix 63, LLC 0 203 ▼ -203 81.53% 3
Pheenix 64, LLC 0 203 ▼ -203 74.09% 3
Pheenix 86, LLC 0 203 ▼ -203 74.91% 3
Pheenix 95, LLC 0 205 ▼ -205 79.77% 3
Pheenix 14, LLC 0 206 ▼ -206 73.31% 3
Spartacus, LLC 0 206 ▼ -206 63.00% 6

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 April 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.