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id: "vertical-integration"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "vertical integration"
language: "en"
category: "Governance and policy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
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# vertical integration

When one company owns both a registry and a registrar. ICANN once kept the two roles apart, but in 2010 the Board lifted the ban on cross-ownership for new gTLDs. Rules still require a registry to treat all registrars equally. Some older contracts keep limits.

## related terms

- [Registry Code of Conduct](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-code-of-conduct/)
- [registry operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-operator/)
- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)
- [Cooperative Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cooperative-agreement/)
- [RRA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-registrar-agreement/)