The Netherlands Domain Registry saw its portfolio of domain names grow by 495,673 in 2008. The 18% net increase in the number of registered .nl domain names brought the year end total to 3,191,127.
Globally, the Internet continues to grow at a tremendous pace, driven partly by activity in the emerging economies. The Netherlands is playing a lead role in this extraordinary growth, commented Roelof Meijer, the Registrys CEO. With twenty eight domain names per thousand people, we have a higher domain name density than any other country in the world. Within the Netherlands, .nl is the clear market leader, accounting for 70% of all the domain names registered by Dutch people and businesses even though there is stiff competition from .com, .net, .info, .org, .biz, .eu and other TLDs. Against this general backdrop of growth, one striking trend has been the rise in the number of .nl domains registered to private individuals, to stand at 38% of the total by the end of 2008. The retail market is set to remain a major growth area for the Registry in the years ahead.
Around the world, there are about 250 country code top level domains (ccTLDs). The Netherlands has the worlds fourth largest ccTLD, after China, Germany and the UK. According to Meijer, Our leading position is down to the overall quality and continuity of the services provided by the Registry and its registrars. At the same time, our unique position places an obligation on us to do all we can to assure the continuity, reliability and traceability of .nl domains.
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For a small country is actually very interesting to be in the 4th palce of the ccTLD.