.ltd TLD stats

• Run by Binky Moon, LLC
• Sold most by Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn), 25.5% in July 2025
• Our model compares it with 3 strings in the 2026 round

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.

In its first year, to May 2017, 65 registrars held 10 or more .ltd names and the largest held 56%; by its tenth, to May 2026, 136 did and the largest held 26%.

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.

Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) held 25.5% of .ltd names in July 2025; the largest five together held 63.9%.

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

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

• Strong (2):.plc.corp
• Moderate (1):.acc

Cross-checkThe registry reported 130,810 names for Jul 2025; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 17,800 fewer. The two are counted differently and 15 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.

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.

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Apr 2016 to Jun 2016; general registration Jun 2016.