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Regional distribution of .de domains in Germany

Since 2004 DENIC publishes an annual evaluation of the regional distribution of .de domains: 


Absolute domain figures according to areas 2010

Proportional domain figures according to areas 2010

Data is available for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively.

More information and an analysis for the time before is collected in a study by Mark Krymalowski (available in German only).

Top 20 Cities and Regions with the most domains from 1995 to 2010:

Ranking 2010 Domains 2009 Domains
1 Berlin 786,827 Berlin 731,430
2 Munich 574,687 Munich 510,507
3 Hamburg 506,829 Hamburg 481,365
4 Cologne 304,465 Cologne 287,579
5 Hanover Area 195,268 Frankfurt am Main 188,080
6 Frankfurt am Main 190,729 Hanover Area 185,814
7 Dusseldorf 178,295 Dusseldorf 169,726
8 Nuremberg 155,717 Nuremberg 152,502
9 Stuttgart 154,323 Stuttgart 141,948
10 Leipzig 126,106 Bonn 119,611
11 Bonn 125,652 Rhein-Sieg County 103,355
12 Rhein-Sieg County 110,368 Leipzig 100,376
13 Munich County 103,452 Munich County 94,773
14 Essen 98,295 Essen 92,050
15 Esslingen County 97,408 Esslingen County 91,614
16 Osnabrück 96,709 Dresden 89,547
17 Aachen Area 92,945 Neuss County 85,246
18 Dresden 91,735 Bremen 85,056
19 Bremen 89,842 Wuppertal 84,243
20 Wuppertal 88,606 Dortmund 81,539



Position 2008 Domains 2007 Domains
1 Berlin 674,161 Berlin 604,161
2 Hamburg 475,748 Hamburg 414,063
3 Munich 447,955 Munich 410,196
4 Cologne 269,527 Cologne 234,325
5 Frankfurt am Main 192,022 Frankfurt am Main 193,431
6 Region Hannover 177,349 Region Hannover 164,210
7 Nuremberg 168,118 Nuremberg 149,406
8 Düsseldorf 155,855 Düsseldorf 142,590
9 Stuttgart 128,905 Stuttgart 113,718
10 Bonn 106,779 Bonn 89,261
11 Munich County 94,280 Munich County 83,607
12 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 91,800 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 79,700
13 Essen 88,157 Essen 78,534
14 County Esslingen 85,579 Neuss 74,248
15 Leipzig 83,056 Dresden 72,221
16 Neuss 80,240 Dortmund 70,916
17 Dresden 79,630 Mettmann 68,963
18 Wuppertal 78,192 Bremen 68,957
19 Dortmund 77,772 County Esslingen 67,965
20 Erftkreis 76,408 Erftkreis 67,734



Position 2006 Domains 2005 Domains
1 Berlin 547,762 Berlin 500,867
2 Hamburg 385,927 Hamburg 350,542
3 Munich 355,737 Munich 316,447
4 Cologne 223,775 Cologne 202,501
5 Region Hannover 159,348 Düsseldorf 146,148
6 Düsseldorf 141,717 Region Hannover 144,850
7 Frankfurt am Main 135,425 Frankfurt am Main 127,392
8 Nuremberg 132,080 Stuttgart 105,111
9 Stuttgart 109,362 Nuremberg 90,698
10 Bonn 81,394 Bonn 75,278
11 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 78,525 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 73,638
12 Munich County 77,870 Munich County 71,533
13 Essen 74,896 Essen 68,053
14 Neuss 68,113 Leipzig 66,702
15 Dortmund 67,746 County Mettmann 64,845
16 Bremen 67,268 Dortmund 64,197
17 Mettmann 67,070 Bremen 63,838
18 County Esslingen 66,519 County Esslingen 62,886
19 Dresden 66,036 Erftkreis 60,253
20 Erftkreis 64,434 Rhein-Neckar-Kreis 59,436



Position 2004 Domains 2003 Domains
1 Berlin 437,320 Berlin 374,444
2 Hamburg 311,736 Hamburg 267,929
3 Munich 281,859 Munich 246,219
4 Cologne 181,422 Cologne 154,788
5 Region Hannover 132,821 Region Hannover 114,837
6 Düsseldorf 124,681 Düsseldorf 106,636
7 Frankfurt am Main 115,893 Frankfurt am Main 100,662
8 Stuttgart 91,943 Stuttgart 78,211
9 Nuremberg 78,682 Nuremberg 61,568
10 Bonn 67,950 Bonn 58,680
11 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 65,253 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 55,671
12 Munich County 64,450 Munich County 55,225
13 Essen 59,179 Kreis Neuss 51,351
14 Kreis Neuss 58,207 Essen 50,879
15 Kreis Mettmann 57,657 Dortmund 49,381
16 Dortmund 57,288 Kreis Mettmann 48,874
17 Bremen 56,894 Bremen 48,632
18 Kreis Esslingen 55.693 Rhein-Neckar-Kreis 46,012
19 Erftkreis 53,745 Karlsruhe 45,788
20 Rhein-Neckar-Kreis 53,469 Erftkreis 45,280



Position 2002 Domains 2001 Domains
1 Berlin 322,623 Berlin 282,293
2 Hamburg 226,713 Munich 197,545
3 Munich 221,427 Hamburg 191,585
4 Cologne 135,765 Cologne 119,701
5 Düsseldorf 88,935 Düsseldorf 80,581
6 Frankfurt am Main 87,813 Frankfurt am Main 78,542
7 Stuttgart 67,019 Stuttgart 56,872
8 Hannover 55,150 Hannover 46,849
9 Nuremberg 51,431 Bonn 44,311
10 Bonn 50,730 Nuremberg 43,883
11 Munich County 48,238 Munich County 42,330
12 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 46,437 Kreis Neuss 40,237
13 Essen 44,500 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 39,307
14 Kreis Neuss 44,343 Essen 38,767
15 Kreis Hannover 43,826 Bremen 38,421
16 Bremen 43,555 Dortmund 37,216
17 Dortmund 42,075 Kreis Hannover 36,360
18 Kreis Mettmann 41,440 Karlsruhe 35,997
19 Karlsruhe 41,373 Kreis Mettmann 35,925
20 Rhein-Neckar-Kreis 39,785 Kreis Esslingen 34,399



Position 2000 Domains 1999 Domains
1 Berlin 202,921 Berlin 68,687
2 Munich 149,975 Munich 60,495
3 Hamburg 142,297 Hamburg 54,904
4 Cologne 86,773 Cologne 30,499
5 Düsseldorf 60,751 Frankfurt am Main 22,910
6 Frankfurt am Main 60,068 Düsseldorf 22,511
7 Stuttgart 43,352 Bonn 16,749
8 Bonn 35,657 Stuttgart 15,188
9 Hannover 33,553 Kreis Neuss 13,565
10 Nuremberg 32,118 Nuremberg 12,865
11 Munich County 31,917 Munich County 12,414
12 Kreis Neuss 30,898 Hannover 12,200
13 Bremen 28,026 Karlsruhe 11,320
14 Essen 27,441 Bremen 11,012
15 Karlsruhe 27,246 Essen 10,052
16 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 27,201 Dortmund 9,946
17 Dortmund 27,004 Kreis Mettmann 9,430
18 Kreis Mettmann 26,028 Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 9,229
19 Kreis Esslingen 24,993 Kreis Esslingen 8,924
20 Rhein-Neckar-Kreis 24,452 Kreis Hannover 8,217



Position 1998 Domains 1997 Domains
1 Berlin 13,867 Munich 4,084
2 Munich 11,458 Hamburg 3,690
3 Hamburg 11,345 Berlin 3,404
4 Cologne 7,464 Cologne 2,810
5 Bonn 6,634 Neuss 2,026
6 Düsseldorf 5,406 Karlsruhe 1,891
7 Frankfurt am Main 5,022 Düsseldorf 1,721
8 Kreis Neuss 3,940 Frankfurt am Main 1,706
9 Stuttgart 3,830 Stuttgart 1,329
10 Karlsruhe 3,765 Nuremberg 1,238
11 Nuremberg 3,060 Bonn 1,212
12 Munich County 2,866 Munich County 1,206
13 Hannover 2,668 Hannover 976
14 Bremen 2,402 Augsburg 895
15 Essen 2,401 Kreis Ostholstein 882
16 Kreis Esslingen 2,179 Bremen 801
17 Kreis Mettmann 2,123 Kreis Esslingen 773
18 Dortmund 2,118 Dortmund 685
19 Erftkreis 1,893 Essen 665
20 Augsburg 1,887 Kreis Mettmann 645



Position 1996 Domains 1995 Domains
1 Munich 1,656 Munich 291
2 Hamburg 1,352 Berlin 228
3 Berlin 1,193 Hamburg 205
4 Cologne 914 Düsseldorf 120
5 Karlsruhe 857 Cologne 103
6 Frankfurt am Main 657 Frankfurt am Main 100
7 Düsseldorf 651 Stuttgart 94
8 Stuttgart 555 Nuremberg 85
9 Nuremberg 477 Karlsruhe 76
10 Kreis München 447 Kreis München 73
11 Hannover 395 Hannover 62
12 Bonn 301 Bonn 54
13 Augsburg 294 Dortmund 39
14 Bremen 278 Augsburg 35
15 Essen 259 Essen 33
16 Kreis Esslingen 240 Wiesbaden 33
17 Wiesbaden 239 Mannheim 30
18 Erftkreis 231 Bremen 27
19 Kreis Mettmann 223 Bielefeld 25
20 Kreis Neuss 221 Kreis Offenbach 24