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nameshield.net

Registrar
French corporate registrar.
🌐 nameshield.net📍 Angers, FR📅 Founded 1994🔒 Private
corporateregistrar
154K
Domains · #161
0.04%
Market share
+0.1%
30-day growth
+147
Domains · 30d
-
Control panel
Domain flow 30 days · DNS
+833
Gained
−327
Lost
+506
Net
Where clients come from · top sources
rmi.fr+40
Where domains go · top destinations
nic.ru−60
Geographic footprint top markets
🇫🇷France18%
🇪🇺European Union3%
🇩🇪Germany2%
🇬🇧United Kingdom2%
🇧🇪Belgium1%
🇨🇳China1%
🌐Rest of world47%
Top TLDs by domains
.com26%
.fr18%
.net5%
.org4%
.eu3%
.info2%
Infrastructure footprint measured by webhosting.today · 2026-09-02
73.4%
On own network
129
Median days tracked
Where client domains actually run · top networks by domains
NAMESHIELD, FR own73.4%
NAMESHIELDGRP, FR13.3%
AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US2.5%
OVH, FR1.7%
CSC - Corporation Service Company, US1%
Registrar business ICANN monthly reports · 2026-03
88K
gTLD domains (ICANN)
+270
Net adds / month
+377
Transfer balance
Domains under management · 2025-10 → 2026-03
Top TLDs registered
.com53K
.net11K
.org9K
.info5K
.biz3K
.asia1K
ICANN counts registered gTLD domains for Nameshield SAS (IANA #1251); the profile's domain total is our DNS measurement of domains served - different metrics, published with ~5 months' delay.
Corporate timeline funding · M&A · milestones
2024-02-13
Acquired company Merox
Nameshield (Angers, France) acquired Montpellier-based DNS/e-mail security startup Merox (Nameshield was the buyer); financial terms undisclosed. source
2013
Acquisition Namebay
Nameshield took over Monaco-based registrar Namebay, which is now a Nameshield group subsidiary (Nameshield was the buyer); reported rapprochement dated to 2013. source
1994
Founded
Nameshield founded in 1994; company is 100% owned by its employees and the Esperancia endowment fund source
Signals & news latest
No news tagged for this company yet.
Company details
Founded1994
HeadquartersAngers, FR
TypePrivate
Total domains154K
Market rank#161
Leadership
Director of publication (president / chief executive of Nameshield SAS)
Company facts
Legal nameNAMESHIELD (NAMESHIELD PROXY SERVICE)registry · 2026-08
CityPARISregistry · 2026-08
SIREN399140961registry · 2026-08
Domain registered1998-01-08RDAP · 2026-07
Network & infrastructure
Own networkAS20756our analysis · 2026-08
IPv4 addresses6144RIR · 2026-08
Networks (ASNs)2RIR · 2026-08
Datacenters2PeeringDB · 2026-08
Network scopeNot DisclosedPeeringDB · 2026-08
Peering policyOpenPeeringDB · 2026-08
IPv6 readyYesPeeringDB · 2026-08
ASN allocated2006-05-03RIR · 2026-08
DC countries🇫🇷
PeeringDBnet/41634
Trust & reputation
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