Contention
Explore official initial contention sets, see where GoDaddy's Applications are involved, and investigate the Applicants sharing those sets.
These are ICANN's current initial contention memberships and may change as the program progresses.
Official initial sets
263
Official memberships
891
GoDaddy contention memberships
66
Unique GoDaddy sets
66
Counterpart Applicants
75
Counterpart memberships in GoDaddy sets
256
Largest set (Applications)
13
Largest GoDaddy set (Applications)
11
A contention set groups Applications that ICANN has identified as competing with one another. A set with 13 Applications means 13 Applications are in that competition group; those Applications may represent fewer than 13 distinct Applicants. These are official initial memberships and may change as the program progresses — not a prediction of final outcome.
ICANN groups competing Applications into contention sets. The distribution below shows how many Applications are competing within each set.
Largest contention set: 13 competing Applications
Organization structure in official contention
Official initial contention remains 263 sets / 891 memberships. 724 of 891 official contention memberships are attributable to Confirmed Organizations. 256/263 sets include at least one Confirmed Organization membership.
Ranked by official membership count. Partially unresolved sets are not labeled as single-Organization overall.
| Set | Memberships | Confirmed | Unresolved | Confirmed Orgs | GoDaddy | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 9 | No | 9 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | Yes | 7 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | Yes | 8 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #31 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | Yes | 8 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #110 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | Yes | 9 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #186 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | Yes | 7 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #203 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Yes | 5 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #150 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | Yes | 7 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #168 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | No | 6 confirmed Organizations represented (set not fully resolved) |
| #183 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Yes | 8 confirmed Organizations (fully resolved set) |
Co-membership in official contention sets with Registry Services, LLC. Same Confirmed Organization is excluded from the counterpart list. This is set co-membership, not a competitive outcome claim.
| Counterpart Organization | Shared sets | Memberships in shared sets | Distinct Applicants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity Digital | 51 | 51 | 22 |
| Link Freedom Group Ltd | 32 | 32 | 1 |
| XYZ.COM LLC | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Intercap Registry Inc. | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| ShortDot S.A. | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| Radix Technologies Inc SEZC | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| Automattic Inc. | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Squarespace Inc | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Namecheap | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Aruba S.P.A. | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Cam Connecting | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| XServer | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Confirmed Organization repeated co-membership
Confirmed-Organization pairings describe co-membership among steward-Confirmed Organizations only. 724 of 891 official contention memberships are attributable to Confirmed Organizations. 208 of 263 official contention sets contain at least two distinct Confirmed Organizations and are pairable at Organization grain. 149 memberships are UNRESOLVED. 18 memberships belong to Candidate/Ambiguous mappings and are excluded from Confirmed pair intelligence.
Ranked by shared official sets, then membership interactions. Co-membership is structural overlap — not a commercial-outcome claim.
Distinct Confirmed counterparts — how many other Confirmed Organizations share at least one official set. Not market reach or influence.
| Organization | Distinct Confirmed counterparts | Recurring counterparts |
|---|---|---|
| Link Freedom Group Ltd | 22 | 19 |
| GoDaddy (Registry Services, LLC) | 21 | 16 |
| Intercap Registry Inc. | 21 | 15 |
| XYZ.COM LLC | 21 | 18 |
| Identity Digital | 19 | 17 |
| Radix Technologies Inc SEZC | 19 | 15 |
| ShortDot S.A. | 19 | 17 |
| Aruba S.P.A. | 17 | 12 |
| Namecheap | 16 | 9 |
| EchoStar Corporation | 15 | 10 |
GoDaddy exposure means official initial contention sets containing Registry Services, LLC Applications — not financial or legal exposure.
Average members per set: 3.39. As-of snapshot snap-aps-2026-contention-reveal-day-v1.
Applicant-centric shared-set rankings remain on Competitive Landscape; this page is set-centric.