DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2004)2/FINAL 

Market share of gTLD registries and OECD ccTLD registries 

If the TLD market is not defined as a separate and distinct market (

i.e.

 it includes ccTLDs based in 

OECD countries) then the market shares of the various registries is significantly altered. Under this 

definition of the market, Verisign is still the largest registry but its total market share is reduced to 55% 

(

Figure 3

).  The ccTLDs corresponding to OECD countries, on the other hand, have a total market share of 

34%.  The largest ccTLD registries were, in order of size, DE.NIC located in Germany, Nominet located in 

the United Kingdom and SIDN located in the Netherlands (

Figure 4

). 

Figure 3.  Market share of gTLDs and OECD ccTLDs registries, December 2003 

OECD ccTLDs 

registries

34.87%

VeriSign

sTLDs registries

55.74%

0.03%

GNR

0.21%

NeuLevel

1.77%

Afilias

2.06%

PIR (Afilias)

5.33%

Source

: OECD, based on Registry Monthly Reports. 

Figure 4.  Market share of ccTLDs registries in OECD area, December 2003 

Other OECD 

DENIC (Germany)

ccTLD registries

35.21%

35.49%

Nominet (UK)

24.20%

SIDN 

(Netherlands)

5.09%

Source

: OECD, based on data from ccTLD registries. 

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