For the three years of its launch, the Internet domain level ".eu" is still a success. There are now more than three million Internet domains within the top level domain of Europe itself. Even the financial crisis has stalled growth: the number of domains ".eu" has increased by 2% during the first quarter of 2009, and the code ".eu" is firmly established as the fifth top-level domain country code in order of popularity around the world.

".eu" has consolidated its position among the ten largest TLDs in the world, such as "com", ".net" and ".org". Domain registrations ".eu" have been rising annually since its introduction in April 2006 and since 2009  it has reached the milestone of three million records.

Domains ".eu" have been registered in most EU countries with larger populations of Internet penetration is highest (expressed as a proportion of the population). Germany still leads with 30%, followed by the Netherlands (14%), the United Kingdom (12%), France (8%) and Poland (6%).

Background

The ".eu" was first opened on December 7, 2005 to holders of prior rights, including trademark holders and public bodies. From early April 2006, registration was open to all EU residents and organizations based in the EU. Sweden will be the first country that, during its presidency of the Union in the second half of 2009, will adopt ".eu" domain for the site dedicated to his presidency.

Managing the register. "Eu" (the database containing all records ".eu") has been entrusted to EURid, an independent nonprofit. At the time of its first anniversary, the number of names. Eu domain was registered at 2.5 million, with the addition of another 300 000 through 2007.

Permanently updated ".eu" statistics are available on the website of EURid.