The .koeln top-level domain has 16,828 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by dotKoeln GmbH on the RyCE GmbH backend · general availability began 2014-08-26.

.koeln

New GenericIn GA

Registry: dotKoeln GmbH
Technical Operator: RyCE GmbH
Delegated: 2014-03-05
General availability: 2014-08-26

Domains live today

16,828

Registered domains (official)

17,584

as of 2026-05· +756 vs live

Domain growth · last 84 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-09-12

Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.

Growth momentum

7-day vs 30-day average

7-day avg

-3/ day

30-day avg

-3/ day

Momentum

▲accelerating

+0/day vs 30-day

Daily net change (adds minus drops), smoothed into 7- and 30-day moving averages. When the 7-day line crosses above the 30-day, growth is accelerating; below, it's slowing. Zero line separates growth from contraction.

Apex label profile

Not yet computed for .koeln. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN

Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
Jun 12, 2014 → Jul 13, 2014
closed
Trademark Claims
Aug 26, 2014 → Nov 24, 2014
closed
Limited Registration· Koeln Period
Jul 14, 2014 → Aug 12, 2014
closed
Limited Registration· Post Processing
Aug 13, 2014 → Aug 25, 2014
closed
General Availability(estimated)
Aug 26, 2014 → onwards
live

#	Date	Domains live	Creates	Expiry	DNSSEC
1	2026-09-12	16,828	+2	−6	302
2	2026-09-11	16,832	+1	−4	301
3	2026-09-10	16,835	+2	−1	300
4	2026-09-09	16,834	+0	−6	300
5	2026-09-08	16,840	+2	−4	300
6	2026-09-07	16,842	+2	−2	300
7	2026-09-06	16,842	+0	−5	300
8	2026-09-05	16,847	+1	−66	300
9	2026-09-04	16,912	+3	−4	299
10	2026-09-03	16,913	+0	−2	298
11	2026-09-02	16,915	+3	−6	297
12	2026-09-01	16,918	+3	−5	296
13	2026-08-31	16,920	+0	—	296
14	2026-08-30	16,920	+3	−3	296
15	2026-08-29	16,920	+8	−2	296
16	2026-08-28	16,914	+3	−4	296
17	2026-08-27	16,915	+3	−1	296
18	2026-08-26	16,913	+3	−3	296
19	2026-08-25	16,913	+0	—	296
20	2026-08-24	16,913	+0	−3	296
21	2026-08-23	16,916	+2	−2	297
22	2026-08-22	16,916	+1	−1	297
23	2026-08-21	16,916	+0	−4	296
24	2026-08-20	16,920	+1	−1	296
25	2026-08-19	16,920	+2	−2	294
26	2026-08-18	16,920	+1	−1	294
27	2026-08-17	16,920	+2	−3	294
28	2026-08-16	16,921	+2	−1	294
29	2026-08-15	16,920	+6	−6	294
30	2026-08-14	16,920	+4	−3	294
31	2026-08-13	16,919	+4	−1	294
32	2026-08-12	16,916	+5	−3	293
33	2026-08-11	16,914	+2	−4	294
34	2026-08-10	16,916	+1	−17	294
35	2026-08-09	16,932	+1	—	294
36	2026-08-08	16,931	+2	−3	294
37	2026-08-07	16,932	+2	−3	295
38	2026-08-06	16,933	+5	−16	296
39	2026-08-05	16,944	+0	−5	295
40	2026-08-04	16,949	+4	−3	295
41	2026-08-03	16,948	+3	−2	295
42	2026-08-02	16,947	+2	−3	295
43	2026-08-01	16,948	+3	—	295
44	2026-07-31	16,945	+3	−3	294
45	2026-07-30	16,945	+1	−4	294
46	2026-07-29	16,948	+2	−3	294
47	2026-07-28	16,949	+6	−13	294
48	2026-07-23	16,956	+2	−3	294
49	2026-07-22	16,957	+2	−3	294
50	2026-07-21	16,958	+1	—	294
51	2026-07-20	16,957	+1	—	294
52	2026-07-19	16,956	+1	−5	294
53	2026-07-18	16,960	+1	−1	294
54	2026-07-17	16,960	+20	−6	294
55	2026-07-16	16,946	+2	−3	293
56	2026-07-15	16,947	+7	−7	293
57	2026-07-14	16,947	+0	—	293
58	2026-07-13	16,947	+0	−4	293
59	2026-07-12	16,951	+2	−3	293
60	2026-07-11	16,952	+3	−2	293