registrar · Domain Name Root LLC · IANA 2254

Domain Name Root, a SnapNames/NameJet drop-catch registrar

drop catching

Domain Name Root was one of SnapNames/NameJet’s 518 drop-catch registrars in 2025. That year it made 1.4 million attempts to register deleted .com domains and caught 115 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

Domain Name Root held 963 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
963
domains, June 2026
11th
Newfold Digital family, 2012-round TLDs

Domain Name Root’s 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, Domain Name Root customers renewed 60% of their expiring domains: 148 renewed, 98 let go. More domains moved away from Domain Name Root than to it: 0 in, 106 out.

148 renewed98 let go
0 moved in106 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

July 2016 to June 2026
Jul 2016 to Jun 2026

Domain Name Root’s domains in every generic TLD. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

month by month

Jun 2026963Change+87New domains113Deleted8TLDs2May 2026876Change+129New domains148Deleted9TLDs2Apr 2026747Change+155New domains161Deleted3TLDs2Mar 2026592Change+195New domains219Deleted7TLDs2Feb 2026397Change+108New domains102Deleted4TLDs2Jan 2026289Change-5New domains11Deleted7TLDs2Dec 2025294Change-7New domains9Deleted8TLDs2Nov 2025301Change-1New domains11Deleted5TLDs2Oct 2025302Change-15New domains6Deleted11TLDs2Sep 2025317Change-17New domains6Deleted12TLDs2Aug 2025334Change-11New domains8Deleted13TLDs2Jul 2025345Change-1New domains9Deleted11TLDs2Jun 2025346Change-16New domains9Deleted18TLDs2May 2025362Change-11New domains14Deleted14TLDs2Apr 2025373Change-9New domains15Deleted6TLDs2Mar 2025382Change-10New domains13Deleted6TLDs2Feb 2025392Change-8New domains8Deleted5TLDs2Jan 2025400Change-17New domains11Deleted12TLDs2Dec 2024417Change-30New domains10Deleted29TLDs2Nov 2024447Change-30New domains8Deleted27TLDs2Oct 2024477Change-26New domains5Deleted25TLDs2Sep 2024503Change-23New domains7Deleted18TLDs2Aug 2024526Change-22New domains6Deleted17TLDs2Jul 2024548Change-19New domains8Deleted18TLDs2

domains by tld

June 2026