.food domain statistics
On Oct 7, 2026 the .food zone held 21,340 domains, which makes it #174 in RootFetch's ranking. Since its first check on Feb 24, 2026 it has shrunk by 18.4% (−4,804 domains). At its latest check it changed by −1,346 domains over 56 days, about −0.8% a week.
About the .food extension
Internet Naming Company LLC runs .food, which went live in the root zone on Nov 10, 2016 (9.9 years ago). Its ICANN registry agreement was signed on Apr 21, 2016, 203 days before launch. .food is a brand TLD: under Specification 13 of its ICANN agreement, only Internet Naming Company LLC and its affiliates can register names in it. That is why its domain count stays small and mostly reflects the company's own sites.
Registry details from ICANN's gTLD list.
Other extensions run by Internet Naming Company LLC
Internet Naming Company LLC operates 8 of the TLDs RootFetch tracks, holding 68,783 domains in total. .food is #2 of them by size, with 31.0% of the group's domains.
How .food compares
.food is bigger than 84% of the TLDs in this dataset. Since Feb 24 it has changed −18.4%, against a median of +3.5% for large TLDs tracked as long, which puts it ahead of 7% of them. Its latest weekly rate, −0.8%, is faster than 4% of large TLDs right now. .food beat 0 of the 10 similar-sized TLDs on growth; the fastest of that group was .wine at +27.7%.
Biggest moves
Of 10 changes between checks, 1 was a gain, 9 were losses and 0 showed no change. The biggest gain was +1 domains (+0.0%) between Feb 25, 2026 and Feb 26, 2026. The biggest drop was −1,449 (−5.7%) between Jun 3, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.
.food growth trend
That is a 0.02% slice of the 89M domains in the whole dataset. Over the 225 days from Feb 24 to Oct 7 it averaged −0.63% a week, or −21 domains a day. Its strongest month on record was June 2026 (−264); its weakest was July 2026 (−1,449). If the latest rate held for 30 days, .food would reach about 20,652 domains (a straight-line projection, not a forecast).
.food domains by month
| Month | Domains | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 21,340 | −1,346 |
| August 2026 | 22,686 | −1,378 |
| July 2026 | 24,064 | −1,449 |
| June 2026 | 25,513 | −264 |
| March 2026 | 25,777 | −312 |
| February 2026 | 26,089 | – |
Every check
| Date | Domains | Change | Growth | Window | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | 21,340 | −1,346 | −5.9% | 56 days | |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 22,686 | −1,378 | −5.7% | 42 days | |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 24,064 | −1,449 | −5.7% | 28 days | |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 25,513 | −264 | −1.0% | 84 days | |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 25,777 | −262 | −1.0% | 8 days | |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 26,039 | −32 | −0.1% | 1 day | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 26,071 | −14 | −0.1% | 1 day | |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 26,085 | −4 | −0.0% | 3 days | |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 26,089 | +1 | +0.0% | 1 day | |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 26,088 | −56 | −0.2% | 1 day | |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 26,144 | – | – | first check |
Questions about .food
How many .food domains are there?
As of Oct 7, 2026, there are 21,340 registered .food domains.
Can anyone register a .food domain?
No. .food is a brand TLD under Specification 13 of its ICANN registry agreement, so only Internet Naming Company LLC and its affiliates can register .food names.
Who runs the .food domain extension?
Internet Naming Company LLC.
When was .food created?
.food went live in the DNS root on Nov 10, 2016.
Is .food growing?
.food went from 26,144 domains on Feb 24, 2026 to 21,340 on Oct 7, 2026, a change of −18.4%. Its latest rate is about −0.8% a week.
How big is the .food domain extension compared to others?
It ranks #174 by domain count. Its nearest neighbours are .wine, .fund, .cool.