2025 became the year of digital sovereignty. We decided, on the one hand, to raise awareness among entrepreneurs about the importance of keeping their critical infrastructure independent from foreign platforms, and on the other hand, to migrate our own registration system to European infrastructure.
Evolution of domain names
Number of new .be registrations per year
How many new registrations of .be domain names did we see in 2025 compared to previous years?
Total number of .be domain names
How many .be domain names do we count by the end of 2025 compared to previous years?
Total domain names at the end of 2025
In 2025, there was an overall decline in the number of domain names, with respective decreases of 16,117 for .be, 212 for .brussels and 379 for .vlaanderen. In percentage terms, this represents a decrease of 0.94% for .be, 2.51% for .brussels and 6.50% for .vlaanderen.
Domain name renewals 2025
In 2025, a slight negative trend was observed, with a decrease of 1.00% for .be, 2.00% for .brussels and 1.00% for .vlaanderen.
Number of revoked .be domain names
We revoke domain names that do not comply with our terms and conditions because they are used for fraud, for example, or because the holder's details are incorrect.
The domain name extension market in Belgium
Which extensions do Belgians choose for their domain name?
Use of .be domain names
What are .be domain names used for?
Website content
We break down the websites linked to the .be, .vlaanderen and .brussels domain names according to the classification of the Registry -Registrar Data Group of CENTR . The main categories are: Industry, Personal and Low content. Websites, blogs, etc. fall under Personal. Low content comprises all websites with minimal content: pay per click, error messages, holding pages. Industry contains all business domain names which we divide further into different subcategories.
.be websites
.be domain names, the most important sectors in relation to the total number of .be websites:
.brussels and .vlaanderen are used above all by the respective governmental authorities. For .vlaanderen, the Flemish government opted to have their .vlaanderen domain names redirected to an existing .be website.
Demographics
Holders of .be domain names per country of origin
Distribution of .be domain names per city/municipality and per 100 inhabitants
Location of .be domain name holders worldwide
Distribution private individuals/companies .be
Number of .be domain names per holder
Registrars
For .be, we work with 350 registrars . In 2025, the three largest registrars hold 36.33% of the .be domain names, compared to 34.88% in 2024. This represents an increase of 1.45 percentage points.
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Annual Report 2024
This annual report provides key insights and other market trends into the .be, .brussels, and .vlaanderen domain landscape. -
Statistics
Total number of .be domain names/new .be domain names per month, deletions of .be domain names per month.
