Executive interview – CentralNic

CentralNic is one of the world’s leading domain registry service providers. It offers registry services, distribution, and strategic consultancy for new TLDs (top-level domains), ccTLDs (country code top-level domains) and SLDs (second-level domains). It reports across three divisions: the Wholesale division (19% FY16 EBITDA) enables new TLD and ccTLD rights holders to supply their domains to an integrated network of around 1,500 retailers and through them over 100,000 resellers, including billing and cash collection services. The Retail division (38% FY16 EBITDA) allows different categories of end users across 10 different languages to register domain names and purchase the additional services required to deploy their websites and email. The Enterprise division (43% FY16 EBITDA) enables corporations and domain investors to manage their domain name portfolios. The group listed on AIM in 2013. It is headquartered in London but operates globally with customers in over 200 countries. In FY16, approximately 90% of its revenues were generated outside the UK.