The AFNIC celebrates one million .fr domain names registered since the creation of the ccTLD on September the 2nd, 1986

Press release
Saint Quentin en Yvelines, January 14th 2008

Domain names in .fr have strongly increased over the last few years. In October 2002 they had reached 100,000 domain names, in July 2006 they had reached 500,000 domains. Today in January 2008 they have reached one million domain name after a 40% growth in 2007.

This success is owed notably to the suppling up of the .fr domain name registration procedures until the opening to individuals in June 2006.

Miss Lucile Reynard is the happy holder of the millionth .fr domain "blogartdeco.fr" registered through the registrar OVH.
She has indicated to the AFNIC that she has registered this domain name for a blog project that will emphasise on "Art Deco" designers. She has been interrested in art, design, interior decoration and wishes to promote these designers and their creations notably through podcast videos. Contacts have been made with these persons not often represented in the medias but that deserve to be known and recognized. Her choice of a .fr domain name was because the designers presented on the website will mainly be French ones.
Soon you will enjoy visiting blogartdeco.fr!

The possibility for individuals to register .fr domain names is not the only reason explaining the strong growth of .fr domains.
Very competitive rates and automatic procedures allow fast registrations and activations of the domain names. The favored relationship between French internet users and the .fr is due to its association to the French-speaking communities, the French Internet community and proximity.
The .fr domain also remains more than ever the most intuitive domain to find the website of a French company.

Further information

Report on .fr domain names image survey: www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/general/CP20070522

First report on the domain name market in France. In November 2007, the AFNIC has published the first edition of its report on the domain name market in France, carried through with the National Institute of Telecommunications of Évry. This document brings many keys on how to understand the whys and wherefores of this market that knows high growth a great mutations. You can download this document for free on the AFNIC's website: www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/general/CP20071128

About the AFNIC

Non-profit organization, the AFNIC is in charge of the administrative and technical management of the .fr (France) and .re (Reunion Island) Internet domain names.
The AFNIC brings together public and private members: representatives from the French government, Internet users and Internet Service Providers (Registrars).
Further information.