.cfa held 8 names in September 2024, as CFA Institute reported to ICANN; its zone file on 13 Oct 2026 carried 7. 1 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., held 75.0%.
Names on the books at the end of each year since general availability, from the registry's monthly reports to ICANN, through May 2026. The marked point is the zone count of 13 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to July 2016, 0 registrars held 10 or more .cfa names and the largest held 75%; by its tenth, to July 2025, 0 did and the largest held 75%.
YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Jul 20164075%
2 · to Jul 20175060%
3 · to Jul 20187071%
4 · to Jul 20198075%
5 · to Jul 20208075%
6 · to Jul 20218075%
7 · to Jul 20228075%
8 · to Jul 20238075%
9 · to Jul 20248075%
10 · to Jul 20258075%
Year 1 starts at general availability and each year is labelled by the month it ends. Registrars with 10 or more names and the largest registrar's share are read at that month. A year with fewer than nine monthly reports is left blank.
Who sells it
September 2024
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. held 75.0% of .cfa names in September 2024; the largest five together held 75.0%.
Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for September 2024.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .cfa among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 1 applied-for string. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 8 names for Sep 2024; the zone on Oct 13, 2026 held 1 fewer. The two are counted differently and 25 months apart: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a zone file is read on one night, a report at a month's end.
last night, in detail
Oct 13, 2026
What moved · on Oct 13, 2026
entered the zone
0
left it
0
changed nameservers
0
Net
0
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 7 names
Listed for salemarketplace nameservers00.0%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers00.0%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers685.7%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name114.3%
Read from each name’s nameservers on the night shown. Listed and parked are counted separately.
How we classify
A name takes the row its nameservers match on our provider list. Verification nameservers sit beside a name’s other nameservers, so they overlap the rows above: 0.0%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.
Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 13, 2026. A zone count is not domains under management: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a name on hold leaves the zone while it stays registered. The two numbers will not agree, and neither is wrong.
how many names, month by month
Sep 2024 to Sep 2024
Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly.