Nominet Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1996

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 254

Employees

  • Investments
  • 5

Nominet General Information

Description

Provider of domain registration services in the UK. The company offers domain solutions, cybersecurity services and spectrum management managing and runs the infrastructure for over 10 million domain names that end in .uk as well as Welsh Top Level Domains (TLDs) .cymru and .wales and 35 other branded and generic TLDs, including .bbc and .London, keeping the.uk namespace secure.

Contact Information

Website
www.nominet.uk
Ownership Status
Privately Held (no backing)
Financing Status
Corporation
Corporate Office
  • Minerva House
  • Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park
  • Oxford OX4 4DQ
  • England, United Kingdom
Primary Industry
IT Consulting and Outsourcing
Vertical(s)
TMT
Corporate Office
  • Minerva House
  • Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park
  • Oxford OX4 4DQ
  • England, United Kingdom

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Nominet Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Provider of domain registration services in the UK. The company offers domain solutions, cybersecurity services and spec
IT Consulting and Outsourcing
Oxford, United Kingdom
254 As of 2025

Yerevan, Armenia
 

Santiago, Chile
 
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Nominet Competitors (30)

One of Nominet’s 30 competitors is WEB, a Corporation company based in Yerevan, Armenia.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
WEB Corporation Yerevan, Armenia
Hosting.cl Corporation Santiago, Chile
Webline Services Corporation Nanuet, NY
Hosting.nl Corporation Alkmaar, Netherlands
BlueNote Communications Corporation Iasi, Romania
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Nominet Patents

  • 10

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 2

    Granted

  • Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Nominet Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
EP-2959638-A1 A method of, and apparatus for, analysing network communications data Active 20-Feb-2013
EP-2959638-B1 A method of, and apparatus for, analysing network communications data Inactive 20-Feb-2013
GB-201302985-D0 A method of, and apparatus for, analysing network communications data Inactive 20-Feb-2013
WO-2014128464-A1 A method of, and apparatus for, analysing network communications data Inactive 20-Feb-2013
EP-2959637-A1 A method of, and apparatus for, monitoring traffic in a communications network Active 20-Feb-2013 H04L43/0876
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Nominet Exits (4)

Nominet’s most recent exit was on 20-Feb-2020 from CyGlass. The exit was categorized as .

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
CyGlass 20-Feb-2020 Completed
Playlab London 05-Sep-2013 Completed
  • 2 buyers
Playlab London 01-Jul-2013 Completed
  • 2 buyers
FutureGov 22-Sep-2011 Early Stage VC Completed
  • 2 buyers
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Nominet Affiliates

Subsidiaries (1)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
KiSP (Business/Productivity Software) Toronto, Canada

Nominet FAQs

  • When was Nominet founded?

    Nominet was founded in 1996.

  • Where is Nominet headquartered?

    Nominet is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.

  • What is the size of Nominet?

    Nominet has 254 total employees.

  • What industry is Nominet in?

    Nominet’s primary industry is IT Consulting and Outsourcing.

  • Is Nominet a private or public company?

    Nominet is a Private company.

  • What is Nominet’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Nominet is .

  • Who are Nominet’s competitors?

    WEB, Hosting.cl, Webline Services, Hosting.nl, and BlueNote Communications are some of the 30 competitors of Nominet.

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