Neustar notes earnings, and revenue bump from .Co

Revenue was up 8% in the quarter, some of which is attributed to the firm’s buyout of .Co.

Neustar noted second quarter earnings following the bell today.

Revenue was up 8% and adjusted net income was up 1% compared to the same quarter a year ago.

The firm’s Security Services segment noted 28% growth, 12% of which it attributed to the buyout of .Co. It’s not entirely clear if this represents a full quarter of .Co revenue, but .Co appears to be adding better than $1 million a month in top line revenue. [Update: .Co contribued $3.3 million top line. The buyout was close to the beginning of the quarter, so this might not be for a full quarter. Neustar expects .Co to contribute $7M revenue in the second half of the year.]

Neustar is also the registry for .biz and .us as well as the back end technology provider for many fresh top level domain names.

The firm continues to look for ways to grow its revenue base as its contract to run the number portability system in North America is up for grabs.