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{{Short description|American technology company}}
{{Infobox website
| name             = Neustar, Inc.
| logo             = Neustar logo.svg
| logo_size        = 320px
| type             = [[Subsidiary]]
| founded          = {{Start date and age|1998}}
| location_city    = [[Sterling, Virginia]]
| location_country = [[United States]]
| industry         = [[Telecommunications]]
| revenue          = {{Increase}} {{US$|1.2 billion|link=yes}} {{Small|(2017)}}
| operating_income = {{Increase}} {{US$|209,024,000}} {{Small|(2011)}}
| net_income       = {{Increase}} {{US$|160,823,000}} {{Small|(2011)}}
| assets           = {{US$|1,382,638,000}} {{Small|(2011)}}
| equity           = {{US$|502,634,000}} {{Small|(2012)}}
| num_employees    = 1,800 {{Small|(2012)}}
| key_people       = {{Unbulleted list
  | Charles E. Gottdiener {{Small|([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])}}
  }}
| parent           = [[TransUnion]] (2021–present)
| homepage         = {{URL|https://www.home.neustar/}}
| module           = {{infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=12008}}
}}
'''Neustar, Inc.''' is an American technology company that provides real-time information and analytics for risk, digital performance, defense, [[telecommunications]], [[Entertainment industry|entertainment]], and [[marketing]] industries, and also provides clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and Internet industries. Neustar was the [[domain name registry]] for a number of [[top-level domains]], including [[.biz]], [[.us]] (on behalf of [[United States Department of Commerce]]), [[.co]], [[.nyc]] (on behalf of the city of New York), and [[.in]] (on behalf of the [[National Internet Exchange of India]]) until the sale of the division to [[GoDaddy]] in 2020.

Until the end of 2018, Neustar was also a [[North American Numbering Plan Administrator]] under behalf of the [[Federal Communications Commission]], a role continued from its founder, [[Lockheed Martin]]. Their first contract was granted in 1997 and was renewed under its spin-off in 1999, 2004, and 2012. Since 2019, it has been replaced by [[Somos, Inc.]]