.biz Domain Name Details

legacy gtld delegated

.biz is operated by GoDaddy Registry under an ICANN registry agreement that expires on 2029-06-30.

Active Domains 1,386,270 2026-06 report

MoM Growth -0.52% -7,222

YoY Growth -5.17% vs prior year

Monthly Delete Rate 2.15% 30,497 purged

Estimated Renewal Rate 74.71% 90,107 renewed

Registrar HHI 2195 Top registrar: 38%

.biz Domain Facts

.biz is operated by GoDaddy Registry under an ICANN registry agreement that expires on 2029-06-30.
As of the June 2026 report (2026-06-30), .biz had 1,386,270 active domain names, growing at -5.17% year over year.
Registry service provider infrastructure is hosted by GoDaddy Registry Services.
Market concentration shows top registrar GoDaddy controlling 38.0% of active registrations with an HHI of 2195.0.

Role	Designated Organization	Entity Type	Jurisdiction	Official Website
Registry Operator	GoDaddy Registry	Contracted Registry Operator	United States	https://www.registry.godaddy
Technical Backend RSP	GoDaddy Registry Services	Registry Service Provider (RSP)	Global DNS Infrastructure	https://www.registry.godaddy

Total active domain count for .biz from 2023-07 through 2026-06, compiled from official ICANN monthly activity reports.

Monthly net registrations compared to purged deletions for .biz across reporting months.

As of 2026-06 Report

Rank	Registrar Name	IANA ID	Active Domains in .biz	Market Share %
1	GoDaddy	146	526,782	38.00%
2	Namecheap	1068	304,979	22.00%
3	Tucows	69	166,352	12.00%
4	Squarespace Domains	895	110,901	8.00%
5	Alibaba Cloud	420	69,313	5.00%
6	Network Solutions	48	55,450	4.00%
7	IONOS	83	41,588	3.00%
8	Key-Systems	269	27,725	2.00%
9	PDR	303	27,725	2.00%
10	Dynadot	1515	13,862	1.00%

Official Filings

Effective Date	Old Wholesale Price	New Wholesale Price	Currency	Source Document and Note
2019-06-30 (Sunday, June 30, 2019)	$10.40	$10.40	USD	ICANN approved new agreement removing historic price caps for Neustar (now GoDaddy Registry) .biz registry.