Legacy gTLD · delegated 2007-03 · Telnames Limited

.tel TLD stats

.tel held 40,019 names in October 2024, as Telnames Limited reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 35,932. 123 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Name.com, Inc., held 14.2%. .tel fell by 43% in its 14th year, from 94,667 to 54,371.

40,019
names, October 2024, reported to ICANN: 35,932
in the zone file, 23 Oct 2026: 123
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, March 2009

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 fourth year, to February 2011, 116 registrars held 10 or more .tel names and the largest held 18%; by its 19th, to February 2026, 101 did and the largest held 16%.

YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
3 · to Feb 2010fewer than nine monthly reports
4 · to Feb 2011305,40711618%
5 · to Feb 2012272,03011818%
6 · to Feb 2013213,98012122%
7 · to Feb 2014185,80511224%
8 · to Feb 2015129,48611014%
9 · to Feb 2016114,97211415%
10 · to Feb 201798,16311013%
11 · to Feb 201877,47310915%
12 · to Feb 201975,42011418%
13 · to Feb 202094,66711334%
14 · to Feb 202154,37111115%
15 · to Feb 202248,59410711%
16 · to Feb 202346,69110613%
17 · to Feb 202443,72610514%
18 · to Feb 202539,71010414%
19 · to Feb 202639,06210116%

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

Name.com, Inc. held 14.2% of .tel names in October 2024; the largest five together held 34.3%.

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

Cross-checkThe registry reported 40,019 names for Oct 2024; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 4,087 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: +8
left it: −14
changed nameservers: 15
Net: −6

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

How the zone is used · 35,932 names

Listed for salemarketplace nameservers5921.6%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers1590.4%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers14,85641.3%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name20,32556.6%

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 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.