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82%

82% -- brand tld application awareness rate for Surveyed consumer-oriented brand owners (companies with 3,000 to 10,000+ employees) (2026)

2026  · n=200  · Afilias (study conducted by Vanson Bourne)

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82%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Surveyed consumer-oriented brand owners (companies with 3,000 to 10,000+ employees)
Sample Size
200
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Source Trust
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Citation Chain
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Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Afilias (study conducted by Vanson Bourne) Primary Tier C
http://www.domainers.de/news/afilias-studie-prognostiziert-viele-marken-tlds.html ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Common Crawl
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Afilias - Studie prognostiziert viele Marken
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Afilias (study conducted by Vanson Bourne) · Original study ↗

Study conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Afilias; surveyed over 200 consumer-oriented companies with 3,000 to more than 10,000 employees; measured awareness that brands can apply for their own top-level domain extension. Article also notes 'more than half' intend to apply, but no exact figure given, so excluded.

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Surveyed consumer-oriented brand owners (companies with 3,000 to 10,000+ employees): 82% brand tld application awareness rate. Source: Afilias (study conducted by Vanson Bourne) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/brand-tld-application-awareness-afilias-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/brand-tld-application-awareness-afilias-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>82%</strong> -- brand tld application awareness rate for Surveyed consumer-oriented brand owners (companies with 3,000 to 10,000+ employees)<br><small>Source: Afilias (study conducted by Vanson Bourne) (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/brand-tld-application-awareness-afilias-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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