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Sometimes it’s good to try and visualise the domain industry. Here is a list showing the relative size (by numbers of domains registered)  of the worlds largest registrars.

  1 -  33,662,000 Go Daddy
  2 -    9,305,000 eNom
  3 -    7,514,000 Tucows
  4 -    6,439,000 Network Solutions
  5 -    4,818,000 Schlund + Partner AG
  6 -    4,439,000 Melbourne IT
  7 -    3,209,000 Wild West Domains
  8 -    2,810,000 Moniker
  9 -    2,497,000 Register.com
10 -    2,451,000 ResellerClub
11 -    1,687,000 Xin Net Corp.
12 -    1,525,000 Key-Systems
13 -    1,179,000 Dotster
14 -    1,057,000 Fastdomain.com
15 -    1,031,000 Onlinenic
16 -    1,005,000 Strato AG
17 -       966,000 Fabulous.com Pty Ltd
18 -       955,000 OVH
19 -       919,000 Domain Discover
20 -       903,000 Onamae.com
21 -       849,000 directNIC
22 -       832,000 HiChina
23 -       765,000 PSI-USA,Inc.
24 -       673,000 Ascio
25 -       657,000 Gandi
26 -       651,000 Name.com
27 -       519,000 Namesdirect.com
28 -       518,000 DreamHost
29 -       516,000 NameKing
30 -       504,000 Joker.com

For those who prefer charts and pictures Chart.info has a nice chart showing the relative domain registrar sizes

By way of comparison the 2007 30 largest regsitrars