registrar · EmpireStateDomains, LLC · IANA 1642

EmpireStateDomains, a SnapNames/NameJet drop-catch registrar

drop catching

EmpireStateDomains was one of SnapNames/NameJet’s 518 drop-catch registrars in 2025. That year it made 4.45 million attempts to register deleted .com domains and caught 919 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

EmpireStateDomains held 1,016 domains in June 2026, under 0.1% of all domains in generic TLDs. It holds domains in 2 generic TLDs. In .com, its largest, it held under 0.1% of all domains.

<0.1%
market share, June 2026
1,016
domains, June 2026
11th
Newfold Digital family, 2012-round TLDs

EmpireStateDomains’ share of the 2 TLDs it sells most in

June 2026

The tick marks its 0.0% across its 0 largest TLDs. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

Where Newfold Digital ranks in the new TLDs

By June 2026, Newfold Digital’s registrars held 1,309,494 domains in the new TLDs from ICANN’s 2012 round, 2.2% of them, eleventh among registrar groups. Namecheap’s registrars held the most: 11,276,866.

  1. Namecheap19.1%
  2. GMO Internet Group14.3%
  3. GoDaddy12.6%
  4. Dynadot7.4%
  5. NameSilo5.0%
  6. Newfold Digital2.2%

Domains in the 2012-round TLDs by registrar group. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

do customers stay?

July 2025 to June 2026

From July 2025 to June 2026, EmpireStateDomains customers renewed 15% of their expiring domains: 175 renewed, 972 let go. More domains moved away from EmpireStateDomains than to it: 0 in, 333 out.

175 renewed972 let go
0 moved in333 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

July 2016 to June 2026
Jul 2016 to Jun 2026

EmpireStateDomains’ domains in every generic TLD. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

month by month

Jun 20261,016Change-62New domains33Deleted67TLDs2May 20261,078Change-56New domains43Deleted89TLDs2Apr 20261,134Change-71New domains46Deleted94TLDs2Mar 20261,205Change-47New domains56Deleted96TLDs2Feb 20261,252Change-39New domains52Deleted64TLDs2Jan 20261,291Change-37New domains80Deleted73TLDs2Dec 20251,328Change+5New domains85Deleted63TLDs2Nov 20251,323Change-56New domains50Deleted79TLDs2Oct 20251,379Change-73New domains58Deleted85TLDs2Sep 20251,452Change-67New domains56Deleted86TLDs2Aug 20251,519Change-52New domains56Deleted74TLDs2Jul 20251,571Change-80New domains67Deleted102TLDs2Jun 20251,651Change-12New domains67Deleted46TLDs2May 20251,663Change-5New domains107Deleted66TLDs2Apr 20251,668Change-1New domains97Deleted73TLDs2Mar 20251,669Change-31New domains89Deleted91TLDs2Feb 20251,700Change-18New domains105Deleted89TLDs2Jan 20251,718Change+1New domains125Deleted85TLDs2Dec 20241,717Change-5New domains101Deleted88TLDs2Nov 20241,722Change-14New domains102Deleted84TLDs2Oct 20241,736Change+15New domains114Deleted87TLDs2Sep 20241,721Change-16New domains103Deleted93TLDs2Aug 20241,737Change-27New domains119Deleted119TLDs2Jul 20241,764Change-46New domains121Deleted135TLDs2

domains by tld

June 2026