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A '''Backend Registry''' is the mandatory technical platform to operate a domain name extension. All registries have one. The backend registry allows accredited [[registrar]]s to technically sell domain names for each top-level domain ([[TLD]]).<ref>[https://circleid.com/posts/20180627_when_the_backend_domain_registry_is_too_expensive When the Backend Registry Is Too Expensive, CircleID]</ref>

==Backend Registry Landscape==
As of July 2022, [[nTLDStats]] listed 37 active backend registries. Below they are listed in order of % share of the industry.<ref>[https://ntldstats.com/backend Backend, nTLDstats] Accessed July 12, 2022</ref>
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! 
! Backend [[Registry|Registries]]
! how many [[new gTLD]]s?
! How many [[domain name]]s?
! % Share of the industry
|-
| 1
| [[CentralNic]]
| 94
| 14,326,376
| 47.52%
|-
| 2
| [[Donuts|Identity Digital]]
| 272
| 5,609,671
| 18.61%
|-
| 3
| [[GoDaddy]] Registry
| 223
| 3,820,927
| 12.67%
|-
| 4
| [[ZDNS]]
| 21
| 2,199,937
| 7.30%
|-
| 5
| [[GMO Registry]]
| 48
| 1,553,799
| 5.15%
|-
| 6
| [[Google]]
| 46
| 1,076,778
| 3.57%
|-
| 7
| [[Tucows]] Registry Services
| 27
| 502,389
| 1.67%
|-
| 8
| [[Domain Name Services (Pty) Ltd]]
| 4
| 211,232
| 0.70%
|-
| 9
| [[Afilias]]
| 133
| 128,820
| 0.43%
|-
| 10
| [[AFNIC]]
| 12
| 120,199
| 0.40%
|-
| 11
| [[CORE]] Association
| 19
| 85,430
| 0.28%
|-
| 12
| [[Nominet]]
| 64
| 76,437
| 0.25%
|-
| 13
| [[Nic.at|TLD-BOX]]
| 4
| 70,807
| 0.23%
|-
| 14
| [[Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH]]
| 9
| 64,511
| 0.21%
|-
| 15
| [[China Internet Network Information Center|Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences]]
| 2
| 55,714
| 0.18%
|-
| 16
| [[TLD Registry|Beijing Tele-info Network Technology]]
| 9
| 52,664
| 0.17%
|-
| 17
| [[.koeln|RyCE GmbH]]
| 4
| 50,277
| 0.17%
|-
| 18
| [[Flexireg]]
| 2
| 27,548
| 0.09%
|-
| 19
| [[Council of Country Code Administrators|CoCCA Registry Services (NZ) Limited]]
| 6
| 22,892
| 0.08%
|-
| 20
| [[SIDN]]
| 2
| 22,511
| 0.07%
|-
| 21
| [[CIRA]]
| 3
| 21,248
| 0.07%
|-
| 22
| [[DNS Belgium]]
| 2
| 14,543
| 0.05%
|-
| 23
| [[Verisign]]
| 118
| 13,379
| 0.04%
|-
| 24
| [[.gdn|GDN Registry FZ LLC]]
| 1
| 12,018
| 0.04%
|-
| 25
| [[NIC Mexico]]
| 1
| 5,693
| 0.02%
|-
| 26
| [[Technical Center of Internet]]
| 2
| 1,662
| 0.01%
|-
| 27
| [[.abudhabi|Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of UAE]]
| 5
| 1,268
| 0.00%
|-
| 28
| [[CGI.br]]
| 6
| 983
| 0.00%
|-
| 29
| [[.广东|Guangzhou YU Wei Information Technology Co.]]
| 2
| 606
| 0.00%
|-
| 30
| [[LEMARIT]] GmbH
| 3
| 385
| 0.00%
|-
| 31
| [[CONAC|China Organizational Name Administration Center]]
| 2
| 99
| 0.00%
|-
| 32
| [[Qinetics]] Solutions Sdn Bhd
| 1
| 48
| 0.00%
|-
| 33
| [[THNIC|Thai Name Server Co., Ltd.]]
| 1
| 39
| 0.00%
|-
| 34
| [[JPRS|Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.]]
| 3
| 20
| 0.00%
|-
| 35
| [[KISA]]
| 3
| 5
| 0.00%
|-
| 36
| [[HKIRC|Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited]]
| 1
| 3
| 0.00%
|-
| 37
| [[TWNIC]]
| 1
| 1
| 0.00%
|}

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