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The .wales top-level domain has 13,022 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · operated by Nominet UK on the Nominet backend · general availability began 2015-02-26.

.wales

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Nominet UK
Technical Operator
Nominet
Delegated
2014-08-07
General availability
2015-02-26
Domains live today
13,022
Registered domains (official)
13,544
as of 2026-06· +522 vs live

Domain growth · last 128 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-10-27

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
+1/ day
30-day avg
+1/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-1/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 .wales. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
    Sep 01, 2014 → Oct 31, 2014
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Feb 26, 2015 → May 30, 2015
    closed
  3. Limited Registration· Welsh Business Priority
    Nov 03, 2014 → Dec 24, 2014
    closed
  4. Limited Registration· Landrush & Premium Names
    Dec 29, 2014 → Feb 25, 2015
    closed
  5. General Availability(estimated)
    Feb 26, 2015 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-10-2713,022+9−5315
22026-10-2613,018+3−7315
32026-10-2513,022+2−2315
42026-10-2413,022+4−6316
52026-10-2313,024+8−3314
62026-10-2213,019+9−10314
72026-10-2113,020+8−5311
82026-10-2013,017+6−5309
92026-10-1913,016+8−4309
102026-10-1813,012+6−4309
112026-10-1713,010+9−4305
122026-10-1613,005+5−7304
132026-10-1513,007+7−5304
142026-10-1413,005+7−2303
152026-10-1313,000+8−7304
162026-10-1212,999+9−4304
172026-10-1112,994+4−9303
182026-10-1012,999+5−4303
192026-10-0912,998+14−8304
202026-10-0812,992+9−4305
212026-10-0712,987+7−4305
222026-10-0612,984+10−9305
232026-10-0512,983+6−6306
242026-10-0412,983+4−2304
252026-10-0312,981+8−4304
262026-10-0212,977+11−18304
272026-10-0112,984+7−10303
282026-09-3012,987+6−6303
292026-09-2912,987+8−7304
302026-09-2812,986+7−5305
312026-09-2712,984+6−9305
322026-09-2612,987+5−8305
332026-09-2512,990+6−4306
342026-09-2412,988+5−9307
352026-09-2312,992+7−5307
362026-09-2212,990+13−8307
372026-09-2012,985+2−6307
382026-09-1912,989+5−4307
392026-09-1812,988+5−9307
402026-09-1712,992+7−2307
412026-09-1612,987+11−10307
422026-09-1512,986+8−6307
432026-09-1412,984+2−5308
442026-09-1312,987+5−5309
452026-09-1212,987+8−6308
462026-09-1112,985+13−6308
472026-09-1012,978+8−4308
482026-09-0912,974+7−2307
492026-09-0812,969+10−7306
502026-09-0712,966+3−6306
512026-09-0612,969+4−8307
522026-09-0512,973+8−1307
532026-09-0412,966+7−4306
542026-09-0312,963+12−5306
552026-09-0212,956+10−8306
562026-09-0112,954+4−8305
572026-08-3112,958+8−7304
582026-08-3012,957+9−2309
592026-08-2912,950+7−3308
602026-08-2812,946+13−6303