Stats
New gTLD · delegated 2014-01 · Plan Bee

.build TLD stats

.build held 11,106 names in May 2026, as Plan Bee reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 12,991. 99 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, GoDaddy.com, LLC, held 34.0%.

11,106
names, May 2026, reported to ICANN
12,991
in the zone file, 24 Oct 2026
99
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, April 2014

Names on the books at the end of each year since general availability, from the registry's monthly reports to ICANN, through May 2026. The marked point is the zone count of 24 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.

Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it

In its first year, to March 2015, 34 registrars held 10 or more .build names and the largest held 36%; by its twelfth, to March 2026, 46 did and the largest held 35%.

  1. 1 · to Mar 20154,1243436%
  2. 2 · to Mar 20164,1733240%
  3. 3 · to Mar 20174,0913442%
  4. 4 · to Mar 20184,0243441%
  5. 5 · to Mar 20194,0463740%
  6. 6 · to Mar 20204,0843840%
  7. 7 · to Mar 20214,3723940%
  8. 8 · to Mar 20224,7794240%
  9. 9 · to Mar 20235,3034240%
  10. 10 · to Mar 20246,0674138%
  11. 11 · to Mar 20257,4724635%
  12. 12 · to Mar 202610,1414635%

Year 1 starts at general availability and each year is labelled by the month it ends. Registrars with 10 or more names and the largest registrar's share are read at that month. A year with fewer than nine monthly reports is left blank.

Who sells it

May 2026

GoDaddy.com, LLC held 34.0% of .build names in May 2026; the largest five together held 70.6%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for May 2026.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .build among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 19 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

Cross-checkThe registry reported 11,106 names for May 2026; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 1,885 more. The two are counted differently and 5 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
What moved · on Oct 24, 2026
entered the zone
+21
left it
−7
changed nameservers
9
Net
+14
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 12,991 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers730.6%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers230.2%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers12,20593.9%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name6905.3%

Read from each name’s nameservers on the night shown. Listed and parked are counted separately.

How we classify
A name takes the row its nameservers match on our provider list. Verification nameservers sit beside a name’s other nameservers, so they overlap the rows above: 0.2%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 24, 2026. A zone count is not domains under management: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a name on hold leaves the zone while it stays registered. The two numbers will not agree, and neither is wrong.

how many names, month by month

to
May 2026 to May 2026

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jan 2014 to Mar 2014; general registration Apr 2014.

everything else