Current observation
Registrars were identified for 99 of 100 panel domains, across 12 distinct registrars.
Observed 27 Oct 2026. Registrar information was unavailable or unknown for 1 panel domains.
Registrar signals
Visible registrar distribution and registrar movement across the fixed .auDO panel.
Fixed observation panelLatest run 27 Oct 202630/90-day windows
Latest available data: 27 Oct 2026
State data could not be loaded. Static explanatory context remains available below.
Latest observations
What is visible now
Current registrar visibility across the fixed panel.
Registrars
- Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd3535%
- Domain Directors Pty Ltd trading as Instra1313%
- Melbourne IT1111%
- Education Services Australia Limited1010%
- auDA Internal (9999)88%
- Department of Finance66%
- Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd66%
- Web Address Registration Pty Ltd44%
- Discount Domain Name Services Pty Ltd22%
- GoDaddy.com LLC trading as GoDaddy.com22%
- GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd11%
- MarkMonitor Corporate Services Inc11%
Recent movement
30-day window
28 Sep 2026 to 27 Oct 2026
1 material trust-posture observation was visible across the fixed panel during the selected 30-day window. No additional supporting observations were recorded.
1Material
0Supporting
0Routine churn
1Affected domains
0Repeated domains
Movement counts use members eligible for the complete requested population window; source-date coverage and signal determinacy remain separately governed.
Retained event types
- Registrar Changed1
registrar_changed
90-day window
30 Jul 2026 to 27 Oct 2026
1 material trust-posture observation was visible across the fixed panel during the selected 90-day window. No additional supporting observations were recorded.
1Material
0Supporting
0Routine churn
1Affected domains
0Repeated domains
Movement counts use members eligible for the complete requested population window; source-date coverage and signal determinacy remain separately governed.
Retained event types
- Registrar Changed1
registrar_changed
What this means
Registrar visibility describes public registration-layer information. Registrar concentration is not a service-quality measure or risk score. A registrar change may reflect portfolio administration, supplier change, consolidation, organisational restructuring or another legitimate stewardship action.
Evidence
30-day evidence
Material observations — 8 Oct 2026
Observation date: 8 Oct 2026
- Material
- 1
- Supporting
- 0
90-day evidence
Material observations — 8 Oct 2026
Observation date: 8 Oct 2026
- Material
- 1
- Supporting
- 0
Cohort lenses
Cohort lenses preserve the published cohort order and are descriptive comparisons, not rankings.
Australian government domains
14 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 14
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 0
- Distinct registrars
- 2
- 30d events
- 0
- 30d affected
- 0
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 0
- 90d affected
- 0
- 90d repeated
- 0
Australian not-for-profit domains
16 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 16
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 0
- Distinct registrars
- 7
- 30d events
- 0
- 30d affected
- 0
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 0
- 90d affected
- 0
- 90d repeated
- 0
Australian higher education domains
10 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 10
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 0
- Distinct registrars
- 1
- 30d events
- 0
- 30d affected
- 0
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 0
- 90d affected
- 0
- 90d repeated
- 0
Australian media domains
8 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 8
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 0
- Distinct registrars
- 3
- 30d events
- 0
- 30d affected
- 0
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 0
- 90d affected
- 0
- 90d repeated
- 0
Retail and marketplace domains
14 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 14
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 0
- Distinct registrars
- 3
- 30d events
- 1
- 30d affected
- 1
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 1
- 90d affected
- 1
- 90d repeated
- 0
Financial services domains
8 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 8
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 0
- Distinct registrars
- 2
- 30d events
- 0
- 30d affected
- 0
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 0
- 90d affected
- 0
- 90d repeated
- 0
Public-interest domains
21 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 21
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 0
- Distinct registrars
- 5
- 30d events
- 0
- 30d affected
- 0
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 0
- 90d affected
- 0
- 90d repeated
- 0
Australian software platforms
5 domains observed
- Registrar visible
- 4
- Registrar unavailable or unknown
- 1
- Distinct registrars
- 4
- 30d events
- 0
- 30d affected
- 0
- 30d repeated
- 0
- 90d events
- 0
- 90d affected
- 0
- 90d repeated
- 0
About this view
Which registrars are visible across the panel, how concentrated is that distribution, and where has the visible registrar changed?
Show the visibility and distribution of registrars across the fixed panel, together with observed changes in registrar stewardship during defined observation windows.
Published limitations
- Derived from public .auDO observations generated from the canonical observatory dataset.
- Counts describe the observed .auDO panel, not the whole .au namespace.
- Missing optional fields are counted as missing rather than inferred.
- Registrar signals describe visible registration data only.
- Registrar movement may reflect administrative change, supplier change, consolidation or normal portfolio management.
- Observed registrar movement does not prove compromise, negligence, non-compliance or loss of control.
Data quality and availability
- Required public event scope: observatory.