European ccTLD comparison
AFNIC, DENIC, SIDN — official open data figures at a glance.
The European domain name market in figures
3 major registries compared: France (.fr), Germany (.de) and the Netherlands (.nl), with automatically refreshed data.
Verisign
gTLD (mondial)
DENIC eG
Deutschland
Verisign
gTLD (mondial)
Public Interest Registry (PIR)
gTLD (mondial)
Nominet
United Kingdom
XYZ.COM LLC
gTLD (mondial)
SIDN
Nederland
Identity Digital
gTLD (mondial)
GMO Registry
gTLD (mondial)
AFNIC
France
Radix
gTLD (mondial)
EURid
Union européenne
Registro.it
Italia
SWITCH
Schweiz
NASK
Polska
Red.es
España
DNS Belgium
Belgique
.PT
Portugal
Internetstiftelsen
Sverige
nic.at
Österreich
CZ.NIC
Česká republika
Punktum dk
Danmark
Identity Digital (ex Internet Computer Bureau)
Territoires britanniques (popularisé tech/startup)
Google Registry (Charleston Road Registry)
gTLD (mondial)
Norid
Norge
Government of Anguilla (Nic.ai)
Anguilla (boom IA)
Google Registry (Charleston Road Registry)
gTLD (mondial)
Traficom
Suomi
SK-NIC
Slovensko
.IE Domain Registry
Ireland
Domreg.lt (Kaunas University of Technology)
Lietuva
Internet Foundation of Estonia
Eesti
Register.si (Arnes)
Slovenija
DNS.hr (CARNet)
Hrvatska
ANRT (Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications)
Maroc
RESTENA / DNS.lu
Luxembourg
NIC.lv (LU MII)
Latvija
ISNIC
Ísland
SWITCH (nic.li)
Liechtenstein
ATI (Agence Tunisienne d'Internet)
Tunisie
Why compare .fr, .de and .nl?
The three largest Western European ccTLDs (country-code Top-Level Domains) — .de (Germany), .uk (UK) and .nl (Netherlands) — together hold over 34 million domain names, the majority of the European market. France (.fr) follows with around 4.3 million active domains.
Each registry publishes its own open data statistics with varying levels of detail. AFNIC and SIDN are the most comprehensive (creations, deletions, transfers, registrars, geography). DENIC publishes only the monthly total stock since 1994, but with exceptional daily freshness.
This page aggregates official figures in near real-time. Click a card to dive into the per-registry details: monthly evolution, comparisons, FAQ and structured data for AI and search engines.
Perguntas frequentes
Which is the largest European ccTLD?
It's .de (Germany, ~17.9 million domains), followed by .uk (~11M), .nl (~6M) and .fr (~4.3M).
Where does the data come from?
Directly from the official open data registries: AFNIC for .fr (Open Licence v2.0), DENIC for .de (public statistics) and SIDN Labs for .nl (CC-BY 4.0). Daily automatic synchronisation.
Why not include .uk, .it, .es?
Nominet (.uk) and Registro .it do not publish their full data as downloadable open data. EURid (.eu) and SWITCH (.ch) are on our roadmap. Additions will happen progressively.
How often is the data refreshed?
Daily at 5 a.m. (Paris time). DENIC updates its CSV files daily; SIDN and AFNIC publish monthly after the 5th. Our system short-circuits automatically if nothing new is available.