news Who Registers .FR Domain Names? - 2025 Analysis

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On January 23, 2025, AFNIC hosted the "Registrar Day", an event dedicated to accredited registrars managing .fr domain names. Mickaël Vigreux published an article detailing market trends in 2024, along with key statistics.

Key Takeaways:

• Stable ranking for the top six players, although their performance varies. OVH remains the market leader with 1,610,521 registered domain names (38.2% market share), followed by IONOS SE (505,933, or 12%) and GANDI (420,307, or 10%).
• Significant growth for some registrars, notably:
  • Hostinger (+1,238.2%) with a net gain of +66,168 domain names.
  • NETIM (+128.9%) with +19,164 domains.
  • One.com (+47.1%) with +4,861 domains.
  • XNS Registrar (+29.5%) with +13,064 domains.
  • Infomaniak (+18.7%) with +14,573 domains.
• Decline in the total number of accredited registrars:
  • In 2025, there are 331 accredited registrars, which is 34 fewer than last year.
  • The top 40 registrars control 96% of the market.
• A growing trend for multi-year registrations:
  • .fr domain names registered for multiple years have increased 12-fold in two years, and this trend continues to accelerate.

Factors Driving This Evolution

Registrars experiencing strong growth benefit primarily from two trends:

• The rise of AI-powered website creation solutions, attracting new customers.
• Dynamic reseller strategies, leveraging these technologies to capture more users.

2025 Ranking of .FR Registrars

Ranking 2025	Change	Registrar	January 2025	Growth	Net Gain	Market Share
TOTAL	-	.FR	4,216,786	2.0%	82,954	100.0%
1	0	OVH	1,610,521	1.2%	18,551	38.2%
2	0	IONOS SE	505,933	3.1%	15,288	12.0%
3	0	GANDI	420,307	-10.7%	-50,474	10.0%
4	0	SCALEWAY	177,015	9.4%	15,142	4.2%
5	0	KEY-SYSTEMS	154,664	-3.7%	-5,974	3.7%
6	0	EPAG	118,100	7.1%	7,807	2.8%
7	2	Infomaniak	92,412	18.7%	14,573	2.2%
8	-1	LWS	85,930	2.0%	1,678	2.0%
9	-1	Hosting Concepts	85,902	9.2%	7,207	2.0%
10	28	Hostinger	71,512	1,238.2%	66,168	1.7%
11	-1	AMEN	61,718	-6.2%	-4,104	1.5%
12	3	XNS Registrar	57,314	29.5%	13,064	1.4%
13	-2	CSC	50,655	-3.6%	-1,902	1.2%
14	-1	TLD Registrar	45,646	-10.3%	-5,225	1.1%
15	-1	NORDNET	42,835	-6.7%	-3,074	1.0%
16	0	InterNetX	37,701	-3.4%	-1,336	0.9%
17	-5	Realtime Register	36,480	-28.4%	-14,586	0.9%
18	0	NAMESHIELD	36,623	4.5%	1,564	0.9%
19	-2	NAMEBAY	36,492	-1.4%	-519	0.9%
20	6	NETIM	34,028	128.9%	19,164	0.8%
27	5	One.com	15,184	47.1%	4,861	0.4%
28	-3	ORANGE	14,885	-8.4%	-1,368	0.4%

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