.country TLD stats
.country held 3,009 names in May 2026, as Internet Naming Company reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 2,616. 56 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 78.2%. .country fell by about half in its third year, from 6,067 to 1,059.
- 3,009
- 2,616
- 56
Names since general availability, September 2014
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to August 2015, 22 registrars held 10 or more .country names and the largest held 63%; by its eleventh, to August 2025, 19 did and the largest held 81%.
Who sells it
May 2026NameCheap, Inc. held 78.2% of .country names in May 2026; the largest five together held 87.5%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .country among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 5 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 3,009 names for May 2026; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 393 fewer. 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- entered the zone
- 0
- left it
- −3
- changed nameservers
- 0
- Net
- −3
- Listed for sale180.7%
- Parked50.2%
- In use52119.9%
- Not classified2,07279.2%