.bar TLD stats
.bar held 23,977 names in October 2024, as Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 53,111. 168 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 21.8%. .bar fell by about half in its ninth year, from 285,031 to 69,682.
- 23,977
- 53,111
- 168
Names since general availability, July 2014
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to June 2015, 45 registrars held 10 or more .bar names and the largest held 22%; by its eleventh, to June 2025, 67 did and the largest held 22%.
Who sells it
October 2024NameCheap, Inc. held 21.8% of .bar names in October 2024; the largest five together held 52.9%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .bar among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 3 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 23,977 names for Oct 2024; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 29,134 more. The two are counted differently and 24 months apart: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a zone file is read on one night, a report at a month's end.
last night, in detail
Oct 24, 2026- entered the zone
- +103
- left it
- −315
- changed nameservers
- 56
- Net
- −212
- Listed for sale1,6553.1%
- Parked3190.6%
- In use49,23992.7%
- Not classified1,8983.6%