.bar TLD stats
.bar held 28,553 names in February 2025, as Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 53,111. 158 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 18.2%. .bar fell by about half in its ninth year, from 285,031 to 69,682.
- 28,553
- 53,111
- 158
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
February 2025NameCheap, Inc. held 18.2% of .bar names in February 2025; the largest five together held 59.0%.
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 28,553 names for Feb 2025; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 24,558 more. The two are counted differently and 20 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%