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registrar · NorthNames, LLC · IANA 1643

NorthNames, a SnapNames/NameJet drop-catch registrar

drop catching

NorthNames was one of SnapNames/NameJet’s 518 drop-catch registrars in 2025. That year it made 4.04 million attempts to register deleted .com domains and caught 770 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

NorthNames held 911 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
911
domains, June 2026
11th
Newfold Digital family, 2012-round TLDs

NorthNames’ share of the 2 TLDs it sells most in

June 2026
  1. Verisign
  2. .com<0.1%
  3. .net<0.1%

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, NorthNames customers renewed 22% of their expiring domains: 126 renewed, 455 let go. More domains moved away from NorthNames than to it: 0 in, 210 out.

126 renewed455 let go
0 moved in210 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

July 2016 to June 2026
Jul 2016 to Jun 2026

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

month by month

Jun 2026911Change-24New domains52Deleted58TLDs2May 2026935Change-21New domains53Deleted62TLDs2Apr 2026956Change-31New domains59Deleted72TLDs2Mar 2026987Change-28New domains54Deleted72TLDs2Feb 20261,015Change+1New domains63Deleted36TLDs2Jan 20261,014Change-1New domains59Deleted40TLDs2Dec 20251,015Change+10New domains67Deleted41TLDs2Nov 20251,005Change-2New domains40Deleted31TLDs2Oct 20251,007Change+14New domains53Deleted7TLDs2Sep 2025993Change+4New domains41Deleted9TLDs2Aug 2025989Change+20New domains45Deleted11TLDs2Jul 2025969Change+29New domains54Deleted16TLDs2Jun 2025940Change+39New domains64Deleted18TLDs2May 2025901Change+74New domains97Deleted7TLDs2Apr 2025827Change+14New domains86Deleted64TLDs2Mar 2025813Change-11New domains73Deleted62TLDs2Feb 2025824Change-11New domains82Deleted83TLDs2Jan 2025835Change+30New domains98Deleted58TLDs2Dec 2024805Change+14New domains78Deleted47TLDs2Nov 2024791Change0New domains61Deleted43TLDs2Oct 2024791Change-19New domains63Deleted62TLDs2Sep 2024810Change-17New domains59Deleted67TLDs2Aug 2024827Change-70New domains17Deleted76TLDs2Jul 2024897Change-104New domains10Deleted83TLDs2

domains by tld

June 2026
.com8681-mo change-2512-mo change-17New domains50Share of TLD<0.1%.net431-mo change+112-mo change-12New domains2Share of TLD<0.1%