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How Europe registers its domains

Quarterly registration figures for top-level domains, taken straight from the registries — with totals, trends and domains per 1,000 inhabitants.

As of Q3 2026 11 TLDs 10 registries as sources
Domains covered
232.745.474
across 11 TLDs
Growth on previous quarter
+1,71 %
+3.905.649
ccTLD share
22,7 %
52.907.345 country domains
Registries
10
cited as sources
Data as of Q3 2026

Quarterly development

Indexed, first quarter = 100

Because the totals differ by orders of magnitude, the chart shows relative change. The absolute figures are in the table below.

  • .de
  • .at
  • .ch
  • .eu
  • .com
  • .net
  • .uk
  • .fr
  • .nl
  • .it
  • .es

Movement this quarter

Q2 2026 → Q3 2026

Who gains and who loses. Percentage change alongside the absolute gain — both matter, because one percent means something different for a large TLD than for a small one.

Strongest growth

  • 1 .frFrance +100.061 +2,26 %
  • 2 .comGlobal +3.224.827 +1,97 %
  • 3 .nlNetherlands +78.493 +1,29 %
  • 4 .ukUnited Kingdom +133.876 +1,29 %
  • 5 .chSwitzerland +31.924 +1,23 %
  • 6 .esSpain +25.953 +1,19 %

Weakest growth

  • 1 .euEurope -1.654 -0,04 %
  • 2 .itItaly +29.763 +0,83 %
  • 3 .deGermany +155.000 +0,87 %
  • 4 .netGlobal +111.542 +0,90 %
  • 5 .atAustria +15.864 +1,05 %
  • 6 .esSpain +25.953 +1,19 %

Market split by TLD type

gTLD 77,3 % ccTLD 22,7 %
Generic TLDs — 179.838.129 domains Country TLDs — 52.907.345 domains

Domains per 1,000 inhabitants

Total Q3 2026, relative to population

This figure makes small markets comparable with large ones — it shows how deeply domains are actually established in a country.

  • .nl Netherlands 345,1domains
  • .ch Switzerland 299,6domains
  • .de Germany 213,9domains
  • .at Austria 167,3domains
  • .uk United Kingdom 155,2domains
  • .fr France 66,5domains
  • .it Italy 61,1domains
  • .es Spain 46,4domains
  • .eu Europe 8,3domains

All figures, as of Q3 2026

Source cited per row
TLD Country / region Type Registered domains Change Per 1,000 inh. Price/year Registry
.com Global gTLD 167.302.433 +1,97 % — 16,84 € Verisign
.de Germany ccTLD 18.050.000 +0,87 % 213,9 5,49 € DENIC
.net Global gTLD 12.535.696 +0,90 % — 19,00 € Verisign
.uk United Kingdom ccTLD 10.505.146 +1,29 % 155,2 11,78 € Nominet
.nl Netherlands ccTLD 6.142.308 +1,29 % 345,1 20,28 € SIDN
.fr France ccTLD 4.519.637 +2,26 % 66,5 25,84 € AFNIC
.eu Europe ccTLD 3.731.711 -0,04 % 8,3 9,32 € EURid
.it Italy ccTLD 3.600.902 +0,83 % 61,1 19,65 € NIC.it
.ch Switzerland ccTLD 2.636.586 +1,23 % 299,6 17,99 € SWITCH
.es Spain ccTLD 2.198.652 +1,19 % 46,4 19,00 € Red.es
.at Austria ccTLD 1.522.403 +1,05 % 167,3 15,70 € nic.at

Individual TLDs in detail

Every TLD has its own page with the full time series, registry details and the matching articles.

.com Global 167,30 m .de Germany 18,05 m 213,9 per 1,000 inhabitants .net Global 12,54 m .uk United Kingdom 10,51 m 155,2 per 1,000 inhabitants .nl Netherlands 6,14 m 345,1 per 1,000 inhabitants .fr France 4,52 m 66,5 per 1,000 inhabitants .eu Europe 3,73 m 8,3 per 1,000 inhabitants .it Italy 3,60 m 61,1 per 1,000 inhabitants .ch Switzerland 2,64 m 299,6 per 1,000 inhabitants .es Spain 2,20 m 46,4 per 1,000 inhabitants .at Austria 1,52 m 167,3 per 1,000 inhabitants

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Methodology & sources

All figures come from the official publications of the responsible registries and are checked and entered by hand every quarter. Every data point carries its source.

Registries count differently: depending on the operator, "registered" domains may include those in transfer or cancellation periods. Comparisons between TLDs should therefore be read as orders of magnitude. Population figures are used solely for the per-capita calculation.

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