OVHcloud
What OVHcloud actually registers, measured.
OVHcloud by the numbers
OVHcloud registers about 54k domains a month, 0.7% of everything registered anywhere. Its share has grown by 0.3 percentage points against the same months last year. It sells across 452 extensions. It is strongest in .fr, where it handles 30.5% of everything registered, 44.4 times its share of the market overall. A name registered through OVHcloud averages 12 characters, 6% contain a digit, and 21% are registered for more than a year.
54k
Domains registered a month
Average across 2026
0.7%
Share of all new registrations
Every extension
+0.3pp
Share versus last year
Percentage points
452
Extensions sold
Registered at least one this year
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Registered | Market share |
|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | About 29k | 0.4% |
| February 2025 | About 25k | 0.4% |
| March 2025 | About 30k | 0.4% |
| April 2025 | About 28k | 0.4% |
| May 2025 | About 28k | 0.4% |
| June 2025 | About 22k | 0.3% |
| July 2025 | About 23k | 0.3% |
| August 2025 | About 24k | 0.3% |
| September 2025 | About 26k | 0.3% |
| October 2025 | About 27k | 0.3% |
| November 2025 | About 28k | 0.3% |
| December 2025 | About 35k | 0.5% |
| January 2026 | About 43k | 0.8% |
| February 2026 | About 46k | 0.7% |
| March 2026 | About 55k | 0.7% |
| April 2026 | About 52k | 0.6% |
| May 2026 | About 59k | 0.7% |
| June 2026 | About 61k | 0.7% |
| July 2026 | About 65k | 0.7% |
Where OVHcloud is strongest
- .fr44.4×
30.5% of all new .fr
- .pl12.2×
8.5% of all new .pl
- .com0.9×
0.6% of all new .com
Their share of an extension against their 0.7% share of the market overall. Above 1× means they are unusually strong there.
What OVHcloud sells most
Share of everything OVHcloud registered this year.
Who registers there
The typical name registered through OVHcloud is 12 characters long.
Where the domains point
The nameservers these domains actually use, measured across 2025. About 0.4% sit on a parking or for-sale page.
About 130k domains registered through OVHcloud come up for renewal in March 2027, the busiest month ahead. Registrations are up 105% on the same months of 2025.
Estimates rounded from our own WHOIS observations. Figures count domains registered, not domains held. Last measured September 2026.
How many domains does OVHcloud register?
About 54k a month, which is 0.7% of every domain registered anywhere. That counts new registrations rather than the domains it holds, which is a much larger number and one no public data source measures directly.
Is OVHcloud growing?
Its share of new registrations has risen by 0.3 percentage points against the same months of last year, to 0.7%. Share is the useful measure here: the whole market grew, so a registrar can register more domains than last year and still be losing ground.
How many domain extensions does OVHcloud sell?
It registered domains across 452 extensions this year. 34% of what it sells is .com.
What is OVHcloud strongest at?
.fr. It handles 30.5% of everything registered under that extension, 44.4 times its 0.7% share of the market overall. That ratio is the useful one: it shows where a registrar is unusually strong rather than simply where it sells the most.
What kind of names do people register at OVHcloud?
The average is 12 characters, 6% contain a digit and 25% contain a hyphen. A high digit share indicates bulk registration rather than names someone sat down and chose, so this is the closest thing to a read on who a registrar's customers actually are.
Do people register with OVHcloud for more than one year?
21% do, against 79% who take a single year. Multi-year registrations are a minority almost everywhere, so the differences between registrars are large in relative terms.
Where do OVHcloud domains point their DNS?
73% use ovh.net. About 0.4% of them sit on a parking or for-sale page rather than a working site. Measured across 2025, the last period for which nameserver data is complete.
When do OVHcloud domains come up for renewal?
March 2027 is the busiest month ahead, with about 130k reaching their renewal date. Renewal peaks trail registration peaks by exactly a year, so whatever is not renewed then becomes available again.
Can anyone register a domain with OVHcloud?
Yes. OVHcloud is an ICANN-accredited registrar, IANA ID 433, and sells directly to the public with no membership or eligibility requirement.
Can I transfer a domain away from OVHcloud?
Yes. A domain can be transferred to another registrar sixty days after it is registered or last transferred, which is an ICANN rule rather than a registrar policy. You need the authorisation code from your current registrar and the domain must not be locked.