The .koeln top-level domain has 16,949 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · 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

16,949

Registered domains (official)

17,630

as of 2026-02· +681 vs live

Domain growth · last 38 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-07-28

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

-2/ day

30-day avg

-0/ day

Momentum

▼decelerating

-1/day vs 30-day

7-day avg 30-day avg

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	2026-07-28	16,949	+6	−13	294
2	2026-07-23	16,956	+2	−3	294
3	2026-07-22	16,957	+2	−3	294
4	2026-07-21	16,958	+1	—	294
5	2026-07-20	16,957	+1	—	294
6	2026-07-19	16,956	+1	−5	294
7	2026-07-18	16,960	+1	−1	294
8	2026-07-17	16,960	+20	−6	294
9	2026-07-16	16,946	+2	−3	293
10	2026-07-15	16,947	+7	−7	293
11	2026-07-14	16,947	+0	—	293
12	2026-07-13	16,947	+0	−4	293
13	2026-07-12	16,951	+2	−3	293
14	2026-07-11	16,952	+3	−2	293
15	2026-07-10	16,951	+4	−2	293
16	2026-07-09	16,949	+2	−2	293
17	2026-07-08	16,949	+2	−5	293
18	2026-07-07	16,952	+0	−4	294
19	2026-07-06	16,956	+3	—	294
20	2026-07-05	16,953	+1	—	294
21	2026-07-04	16,952	+4	−1	294
22	2026-07-03	16,949	+1	−3	294
23	2026-07-02	16,951	+2	−3	294
24	2026-07-01	16,952	+0	−2	294
25	2026-06-30	16,954	+0	−4	293
26	2026-06-29	16,958	+0	—	292
27	2026-06-28	16,960	+2	−2	293
28	2026-06-27	16,960	+3	−2	293
29	2026-06-26	16,959	+4	−4	293
30	2026-06-25	16,959	+3	−2	295
31	2026-06-24	16,958	+8	−1	295
32	2026-06-23	16,951	+3	—	295
33	2026-06-22	16,948	+2	−1	295
34	2026-06-21	16,947	+0	—	295
35	2026-06-20	16,947	+4	−1	295
36	2026-06-19	16,944	+2	−2	295
37	2026-06-18	16,944	+16,944	—	295
38	2026-06-11	16,972	+16,972	—	295