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id: "registry-acquisition"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "registry acquisition"
language: "en"
category: "Pricing and business"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-acquisition/"
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  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/adquisicion-registro/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/registry-uebernahme/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/acquisition-registre/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/acquisizione-registro/"
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  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/priobretenie-registratury/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zhuce-guanli-jigou-shougou/"
---

# registry acquisition

A business deal in which a company buys a registry operator, or one or more of its TLDs. For a gTLD, the deal also needs a contract step: ICANN must approve moving the Registry Agreement to the buyer, or the change in who controls the operator. Such deals are a regular subject of industry news.

## related terms

- [registry operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-operator/)
- [Registry Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement/)
- [back-end tender](https://tldlog.com/glossary/back-end-tender/)
- [delegation (TLD)](https://tldlog.com/glossary/delegation/)
- [ICANN](https://tldlog.com/glossary/icann/)