diff --git a/changes/3734.refactor.md b/changes/3734.refactor.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4318082a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/3734.refactor.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Separate registry logic from ChunkGrid base class
diff --git a/src/zarr/core/chunk_grids.py b/src/zarr/core/chunk_grids.py
index 2c7945fa64..c474926f36 100644
--- a/src/zarr/core/chunk_grids.py
+++ b/src/zarr/core/chunk_grids.py
@@ -155,16 +155,6 @@ def normalize_chunks(chunks: Any, shape: tuple[int, ...], typesize: int) -> tupl
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ChunkGrid(Metadata):
-    @classmethod
-    def from_dict(cls, data: dict[str, JSON] | ChunkGrid | NamedConfig[str, Any]) -> ChunkGrid:
-        if isinstance(data, ChunkGrid):
-            return data
-
-        name_parsed, _ = parse_named_configuration(data)
-        if name_parsed == "regular":
-            return RegularChunkGrid._from_dict(data)
-        raise ValueError(f"Unknown chunk grid. Got {name_parsed}.")
-
     @abstractmethod
     def all_chunk_coords(self, array_shape: tuple[int, ...]) -> Iterator[tuple[int, ...]]:
         pass
@@ -205,6 +195,39 @@ def get_nchunks(self, array_shape: tuple[int, ...]) -> int:
         )
 
 
+def parse_chunk_grid(data: dict[str, JSON] | ChunkGrid | NamedConfig[str, Any]) -> ChunkGrid:
+    """
+    Take an implicit specification of a chunk grid and parse it into a ChunkGrid object.
+
+    This function handles the deserialization of chunk grid configurations, dispatching
+    to the appropriate ChunkGrid subclass based on the `name` field.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    data : dict[str, JSON] | ChunkGrid | NamedConfig[str, Any]
+        The chunk grid specification. Can be:
+        - A ChunkGrid instance (returned as-is)
+        - A dict or NamedConfig with a "name" field specifying the type
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ChunkGrid
+        The parsed ChunkGrid instance.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError
+        If the chunk grid type is unknown.
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, ChunkGrid):
+        return data
+
+    name_parsed, _ = parse_named_configuration(data)
+    if name_parsed == "regular":
+        return RegularChunkGrid._from_dict(data)
+    raise ValueError(f"Unknown chunk grid. Got {name_parsed}.")
+
+
 def _guess_num_chunks_per_axis_shard(
     chunk_shape: tuple[int, ...], item_size: int, max_bytes: int, array_shape: tuple[int, ...]
 ) -> int:
diff --git a/src/zarr/core/metadata/v3.py b/src/zarr/core/metadata/v3.py
index 5ce155bd9a..f763877edc 100644
--- a/src/zarr/core/metadata/v3.py
+++ b/src/zarr/core/metadata/v3.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 from zarr.abc.codec import ArrayArrayCodec, ArrayBytesCodec, BytesBytesCodec, Codec
 from zarr.core.array_spec import ArrayConfig, ArraySpec
-from zarr.core.chunk_grids import ChunkGrid, RegularChunkGrid
+from zarr.core.chunk_grids import ChunkGrid, RegularChunkGrid, parse_chunk_grid
 from zarr.core.chunk_key_encodings import (
     ChunkKeyEncoding,
     ChunkKeyEncodingLike,
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def __init__(
         """
 
         shape_parsed = parse_shapelike(shape)
-        chunk_grid_parsed = ChunkGrid.from_dict(chunk_grid)
+        chunk_grid_parsed = parse_chunk_grid(chunk_grid)
         chunk_key_encoding_parsed = parse_chunk_key_encoding(chunk_key_encoding)
         dimension_names_parsed = parse_dimension_names(dimension_names)
         # Note: relying on a type method is numpy-specific