Who is REG.RU?
REG.RU is a Russian domain registrar and hosting provider founded in Moscow on 22 May 2006. It became the largest registrar in Russia’s .RU zone in 2013, according to the StatOnline.ru statistics it cites, and in 2021 it became part of the RU-WEB.INVESTMENTS group. It is ICANN-accredited as Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC.
- What it is
- Domain registrar, Web hosting, DNS provider
- Operated by
- Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC
- Based in
- Moscow, Russia
- Founded
- 2006
- ICANN accreditation
- Yes, IANA ID 1606
- Website
- reg.ru
How big is REG.RU?
By its own account, citing StatOnline.ru, it passed 1.34 million .RU domains in August 2013 and became the largest registrar in that zone. Its site now names it the largest registrar in Russia.
Who owns REG.RU?
It was founded in 2006 as a privately owned company and became part of the RU-WEB.INVESTMENTS group in autumn 2021.
REG.RU in axath Analytics
Analytics reads the zone files of more than 350 extensions every day and shows which providers gain and lose names, including REG.RU.
Open AnalyticsSources
- REG.RU: company timeline
- REG.RU: became the largest registrar in .RU (2013)
- IANA: Registrar IDs (ICANN-accredited registrars)
Last reviewed October 9, 2026.