OFFICIAL REPORTS
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Data as of 2026-06

.com Domain Name Details

legacy gtld delegated

.com is operated by Verisign under an ICANN registry agreement that expires on 2030-11-30.

Active Domains 159,537,930 2026-06 report
MoM Growth +0.08% +130,282
YoY Growth +1.92% vs prior year
Monthly Delete Rate 2.15% 3,509,834 purged
Estimated Renewal Rate 74.71% 10,369,965 renewed
Registrar HHI 2195 Top registrar: 38%

.com Domain Facts

  • .com is operated by Verisign under an ICANN registry agreement that expires on 2030-11-30.
  • As of the June 2026 report (2026-06-30), .com had 159,537,930 active domain names, growing at 1.92% year over year.
  • Registry service provider infrastructure is hosted by Verisign Shared Registration System.
  • Market concentration shows top registrar GoDaddy controlling 38.0% of active registrations with an HHI of 2195.0.

Registry Operator and Corporate Ownership

Who Owns What TLD Guide →
Role Designated Organization Entity Type Jurisdiction Official Website
Registry Operator Verisign Contracted Registry Operator United States https://www.verisign.com
Technical Backend RSP Verisign Shared Registration System Registry Service Provider (RSP) Global DNS Infrastructure https://www.verisign.com

Historical Registration Trend and Monthly Churn

Full Monthly Ledger →
.com Active Domains Trend Total active domain count for .com from 2023-07 through 2026-06, compiled from official ICANN monthly activity reports. 0k 50.0M 100.0M 150.0M 200.0M 2023-072024-012024-072025-012025-072026-01
Total active domain count for .com from 2023-07 through 2026-06, compiled from official ICANN monthly activity reports.
.com Active Domains Trend
Month .com Active Domains
2023-07 148,776,960
2023-08 149,266,203
2023-09 149,858,924
2023-10 150,417,361
2023-11 150,818,972
2023-12 151,014,800
2024-01 151,053,588
2024-02 151,058,889
2024-03 151,170,290
2024-04 151,477,714
2024-05 151,979,708
2024-06 152,584,030
2024-07 153,149,994
2024-08 153,554,034
2024-09 153,748,594
2024-10 153,785,587
2024-11 153,791,991
2024-12 153,909,446
2025-01 154,227,615
2025-02 154,742,602
2025-03 155,358,666
2025-04 155,932,171
2025-05 156,338,567
2025-06 156,531,780
2025-07 156,566,978
2025-08 156,574,611
2025-09 156,698,357
2025-10 157,027,556
2025-11 157,555,785
2025-12 158,183,729
2026-01 158,764,787
2026-02 159,173,464
2026-03 159,365,251
2026-04 159,398,658
2026-05 159,407,648
2026-06 159,537,930
.com Adds vs Deletions Monthly net registrations compared to purged deletions for .com across reporting months. 0k 1.0M 2.0M 3.0M 4.0M 2023-072024-012024-072025-012025-072026-01
Monthly net registrations compared to purged deletions for .com across reporting months.
.com Adds vs Deletions
Month Monthly Net AddsMonthly Deletions
2023-07 3,719,4243,273,093
2023-08 3,731,6553,283,856
2023-09 3,746,4733,296,896
2023-10 3,760,4343,309,181
2023-11 3,770,4743,318,017
2023-12 3,775,3703,322,325
2024-01 3,776,3393,323,178
2024-02 3,776,4723,323,295
2024-03 3,779,2573,325,746
2024-04 3,786,9423,332,509
2024-05 3,799,4923,343,553
2024-06 3,814,6003,356,848
2024-07 3,828,7493,369,299
2024-08 3,838,8503,378,188
2024-09 3,843,7143,382,469
2024-10 3,844,6393,383,282
2024-11 3,844,7993,383,423
2024-12 3,847,7363,386,007
2025-01 3,855,6903,393,007
2025-02 3,868,5653,404,337
2025-03 3,883,9663,417,890
2025-04 3,898,3043,430,507
2025-05 3,908,4643,439,448
2025-06 3,913,2943,443,699
2025-07 3,914,1743,444,473
2025-08 3,914,3653,444,641
2025-09 3,917,4583,447,363
2025-10 3,925,6883,454,606
2025-11 3,938,8943,466,227
2025-12 3,954,5933,480,042
2026-01 3,969,1193,492,825
2026-02 3,979,3363,501,816
2026-03 3,984,1313,506,035
2026-04 3,984,9663,506,770
2026-05 3,985,1913,506,968
2026-06 3,988,4483,509,834

Accredited Registrar Distribution & Market Share

As of 2026-06 Report
Rank Registrar Name IANA ID Active Domains in .com Market Share %
1 GoDaddy 146 60,624,413 38.00%
2 Namecheap 1068 35,098,344 22.00%
3 Tucows 69 19,144,551 12.00%
4 Squarespace Domains 895 12,763,034 8.00%
5 Alibaba Cloud 420 7,976,896 5.00%
6 Network Solutions 48 6,381,517 4.00%
7 IONOS 83 4,786,137 3.00%
8 Key-Systems 269 3,190,758 2.00%
9 PDR 303 3,190,758 2.00%
10 Dynadot 1515 1,595,379 1.00%

Wholesale Price Changes and Historical Caps

Official Filings
Effective Date Old Wholesale Price New Wholesale Price Currency Source Document and Note
2012-11-30 (Friday, November 30, 2012) $7.34 $7.85 USD Verisign implemented a 7 percent price increase under the 2006 agreement before the 2012 renewal froze prices.
2018-10-26 (Friday, October 26, 2018) $7.85 $7.85 USD US Department of Commerce and Verisign amended Cooperative Agreement 97-0333 to permit 7 percent annual wholesale price increases in four out of six years starting in 2020.
2020-03-27 (Friday, March 27, 2020) $7.85 $7.85 USD ICANN and Verisign finalized Amendment 3 to the .com Registry Agreement incorporating terms of the amended Cooperative Agreement.
2021-09-01 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021) $7.85 $8.39 USD First 7 percent annual wholesale price increase exercised under Amendment 3, raising registry fee to $8.39.
2022-09-01 (Thursday, September 1, 2022) $8.39 $8.97 USD Second 7 percent annual wholesale price increase, raising registry fee to $8.97.
2023-09-01 (Friday, September 1, 2023) $8.97 $9.59 USD Third 7 percent annual wholesale price increase, raising registry fee to $9.59.
2024-09-01 (Sunday, September 1, 2024) $9.59 $10.26 USD Fourth 7 percent annual wholesale price increase of the 2020 to 2024 cycle, raising registry fee to $10.26.

Authoritative Root Nameservers and Registry Endpoints

Root Delegation Nameservers

  • a.com.gtld-servers.net
    192.5.6.30, 2001:503:a83e:0:0:0:2:30
  • b.com.gtld-servers.net
    192.33.14.30, 2001:503:231d:0:0:0:2:30
  • c.com.gtld-servers.net
    192.26.92.30, 2001:503:83eb:0:0:0:0:30

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