at the conclusion of 2016, a total of 221,871 .ie domains were registered in ireland and all over, based on new figures launched today by means of the IE domain Registry (IEDR), the company liable for managing and conserving ireland's country code area identify extension – .ie.
34,615 were registered ultimate yr on my own, the 2d optimum yr for brand new registrations on account that 2011. That equates to about ninety four new .ie registrations daily in 2016.
The findings have been printed within the latest version of the IEDR's dot ie area Profile file, which examines the make-up of the .ie area database.
seventy two% of all new registrations in 2016 have been made by way of businesses (company our bodies and sole traders).
In 2016, the majority of latest .ie domains (93%) have been registered on the island of eire. 31,665 were registered within the Republic of ireland, a 2% lessen on 2015; and 560 in Northern ireland, a 9% enhance on 2015. 2,390 have been registered internationally, a four% boost on 2015.
Leinster registered the gold standard variety of new .ie domains in 2016 (67%), followed by way of Munster (19%), Connacht (8.5%) and Ulster (5%). Divided additional, Dublin accounted for 44% of all new .ie registrations, or 14,187, followed by means of Cork (9%, 2,837) and Galway (5%, 1,512).
Fermanagh registered best 31 .ie domains in 2016, the smallest quantity in Northern eire and on the island of ireland general. Leitrim registered the fewest .ie domains in the Republic – just one hundred thirty.
compared to 22 European international locations, ireland, with forty seven, ranks joint 18th with France for the variety of country code domains per 1,000 people.* Many other nations with equivalent and smaller populations fare some distance improved, including Denmark (233 .dk domains per 1,000 americans), Norway (136 .no domains) and Lithuania (sixty three .lt domains).
Commenting on the latest record, David Curtin, Chief government of IEDR, talked about: "2016 became one of the vital gold standard years for the .ie domain in the last 5 years. more than ninety domains had been registered every day, and the vast majority of registrations were by corporations.
"This indicates that many groups and sole traders keep in mind the importance of having a site and price of .ie's 'Identifiably Irish' brand, which helps to tell the realm that they're Irish.
"despite the fact, some Irish SMEs do not thoroughly admire a site's energy to transform their enterprise, above all when it comes to opening up new profits streams and transforming into client bases via e-commerce. Our most fresh dot ie Digital health Index discovered that just 28% of Irish SMEs can manner payments online, whereas two-thirds of offline SMEs consider there's 'no want' to have a website in their industry—although that eire's share of the digital market is value over €9 billion every year and transforming into.
"This newest dot ie domain Profile report shows that almost all of all new .ie registrations in 2016, fifty three%, have been registered in Dublin and Cork. A sluggish uptake of e-commerce is linked to a couple of factors, together with the excellent and indeed availability of broadband infrastructure in rural areas. This continues to be an insurmountable barrier for a lot of SMEs discovered outdoor the massive cities and most important towns. On a favorable be aware, ongoing e-commerce mentoring from enterprise associations and govt is beginning to aid rural SMEs' makes an attempt to exchange online and enrich their digital capabilities.
"These complications are reflected in eire's 18th location European ranking for the number of nation domains per 1,000 americans. The Irish cyber web business, business companies and leaders, and government representatives need to continue to work collectively to be sure that the advantages of e-commerce and the broader digital economic system are enjoyed equally throughout the country."
