New gTLD · delegated 2014-11 · Binky Moon, LLC

.legal TLD stats

.legal held 25,666 names in September 2025, as Binky Moon, LLC reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 23,089. 162 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, GoDaddy.com, LLC, held 19.8%.

25,666
names, September 2025, reported to ICANN: 23,089
in the zone file, 23 Oct 2026: 162
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, March 2015

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 February 2016, 54 registrars held 10 or more .legal names and the largest held 38%; by its eleventh, to February 2026, 87 did and the largest held 22%.

YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Feb 20167,9755438%
2 · to Feb 20179,8715737%
3 · to Feb 201812,1387036%
4 · to Feb 201913,1777135%
5 · to Feb 202013,9217334%
6 · to Feb 202114,9587732%
7 · to Feb 202216,9557630%
8 · to Feb 202318,6467927%
9 · to Feb 202419,6168425%
10 · to Feb 202524,4688520%
11 · to Feb 202622,8708722%

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

September 2025

GoDaddy.com, LLC held 19.8% of .legal names in September 2025; the largest five together held 52.3%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for September 2025.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .legal 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.

Moderate (1):.trademark

Cross-checkThe registry reported 25,666 names for Sep 2025; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 2,577 fewer. The two are counted differently and 13 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: +30
left it: −14
changed nameservers: 22
Net: +16

Sep 15, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero

How the zone is used · 23,089 names

Listed for salemarketplace nameservers3861.7%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers1200.5%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers20,04586.8%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name2,53811.0%

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: 0.3%. 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

Sep 2025 to Sep 2025

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Dec 2014 to Feb 2015; general registration Mar 2015.