New gTLD · delegated 2014-04 · Binky Moon, LLC

.dental TLD stats

.dental held 9,154 names in October 2024, as Binky Moon, LLC reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 8,819. 120 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, GoDaddy.com, LLC, held 26.8%.

9,154
names, October 2024, reported to ICANN: 8,819
in the zone file, 23 Oct 2026: 120
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, August 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 23 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.

Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it

In its first year, to July 2015, 49 registrars held 10 or more .dental names and the largest held 31%; by its eleventh, to July 2025, 67 did and the largest held 27%.

YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Jul 20156,4814931%
2 · to Jul 20166,9514932%
3 · to Jul 20177,3405029%
4 · to Jul 20187,8105528%
5 · to Jul 20197,8765828%
6 · to Jul 20208,0345829%
7 · to Jul 20218,7116227%
8 · to Jul 20229,1546626%
9 · to Jul 20239,2726526%
10 · to Jul 20249,1826727%
11 · to Jul 20258,9856727%

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

October 2024

GoDaddy.com, LLC held 26.8% of .dental names in October 2024; the largest five together held 51.3%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for October 2024.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .dental among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 1 applied-for string. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

Strong (1):.dentistry

Cross-checkThe registry reported 9,154 names for Oct 2024; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 335 fewer. 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 23, 2026

What moved · on Oct 23, 2026

entered the zone: +3
left it: −2
changed nameservers: 8
Net: +1

Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero

How the zone is used · 8,819 names

Listed for salemarketplace nameservers790.9%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers160.2%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers7,65586.8%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name1,06912.1%

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: 0.1%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 23, 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

Oct 2024 to Oct 2024

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