Statistics, trends and analysis on the domain name market with particular focus on European country-code domains (ccTLDs). The report is prepared by the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR). Edition 2023_1. Published: September 2023
Highlights from the report
- Domain growth has been steadily rising throughout 2023, reaching 2.0% in July 2023.
- The median demand ratio (the relationship between new registrations and deletions) is 1.2, up slightly to 1 year prior and similar to long term trends.
- Median market share of European ccTLDs is estimated at 51% based on locally registered domains in the country and 36% based on popular websites.
- The retail price for a European ccTLD increased slightly over the 12 months leading up to July 2023, with a buy price of 10.4 EUR. The same registrars advertises .com domains at 12.6 EUR.
- Median DNSSEC adoption rate recently hit a milestone of 10% (DNSSEC enabled domains as a proportion of domains under management) and is continuing to grow consistently.
- The rate of developed websites using SSL increased 4% in the year to May 2023.