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

1 Go Daddy Software – 16,322,370
2 eNom – 7,177,819
3 Network Solutions – 6,648,715
4 Tucows – 5,717,664
5 Melbourne IT – 4,404,239
6 Schlund+Partner – 3,229,846
7 Register.com – 2,756,129
8 Wild West Domains – 2,244,088
9 Moniker Online Services – 1,967,207
10 DomainDoorman – 1,845,374
11 Belgiumdomains, LLC – 1,773,561
12 CapitolDomains – 1,756,673
13 PublicDomainRegistry.com – 1,560,582
14 Intercosmos Media – 1,289,904
15 OnlineNIC, Inc. – 1,096,358
16 Key-Systems GmbH – 1,085,710
17 Dotster – 1,068,231
18 Dotregistrar.com – 962,333
19 NameKing.com – 934,874
20 RegisterFly.com, Inc. – 900,355
21 DomainDiscover – 867,274
22 Fabulous.com Pty Ltd – 850,772
23 Xin Net Corp – 699,720
24 Cronon AG – 653,746
25 Compana LLC – 652,607
26 ItsYourDomain.com – 610,333
27 joker.com – 583,728
28 DomainSite.com – 537,920
29 PSI-USA, Inc. – 507,194
30 Name.net LLC – 480,991

The sheer scale of Tasting and Kiting means the figures at some registrars are subject to much greater change than happened a couple of years ago. 

Edit:  New post showing the latest list of  largest registrars

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