Full List of Domain Name Extensions
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full list of domain name extensions
Generic top-level domains
Name Entity Notes IDN DNSSEC
.aero air-transport
industry
Must verify eligibility for registration; only those in various
categories of air-travel-related entities may register. No No
.asia Asia-Pacific
region
This is a TLD for companies, organizations, and
individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the
Pacific.
Yes Yes
.biz business This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to
register; however, registrations may be challenged later if
they are not held by commercial entities in accordance
with the domain's charter. This TLD was created to
provide relief for the wildly popular .com TLD.
No Yes
.cat Catalan This is a TLD for Web sites in the Catalan language or
related to Catalan culture. Yes Yes
.com commercial This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to
register. Though originally intended for use by for-profit
business entities, for a number of reasons it became the
"main" TLD for domain names and is currently used by all
types of entities including nonprofits, schools and private
individuals. Domain name registrations may be
challenged if the holder cannot prove an outside relation
justifying reservation of the name, to prevent "squatting".
Yes Yes
.coop cooperatives The .coop TLD is limited to cooperatives as defined by
the Rochdale Principles. No No
.info information This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to
register. Yes Yes
.int international The .int TLD is strictly limited to organizations, offices,
and programs which are endorsed by a treaty between
No No
Name Entity Notes IDN DNSSEC
organizations two or more nations. However, there are a few
grandfathered domain names that do not meet these
criteria.
.jobs companies The .jobs TLD is designed to be added after the names
of established companies with jobs to advertise. At this
time, owners of a "company.jobs" domain are not
permitted to post jobs of third party employers.
No No
.mobi mobile devices Must be used for mobile-compatible sites in accordance
with standards. No No
.museum museums Must be verified as a legitimate museum. Yes Yes
.name individuals, by
name
This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to
register; however, registrations may be challenged later if
they are not by individuals (or the owners of fictional
characters) in accordance with the domain's charter.
Yes No
.net network This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to
register. Originally intended for use by domains pointing
to a distributed network of computers, or "umbrella" sites
that act as the portal to a set of smaller websites.
No Yes
.org organization This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to
register. Originally intended for use by non-profit
organizations, and still primarily used by some.
Yes Yes
.pro professions Currently, .pro is reserved for licensed or certified
professionals worldwide. A professional seeking to
register a .pro domain must provide their registrar with
the appropriate credentials.
No No
.tel Internet
communication
services
A contact directory housing all types of contact
information directly in the Domain Name System. Yes[2]
No
Name Entity Notes IDN DNSSEC
.travel travel and tourism
industry related
sites
Must be verified as a legitimate travel-related entity.
No No
.xxx adult
entertainment
For sites providing sexually explicit content, such as
pornography. No No
USA top-level domains
Name Entity Notes IDN DNSSEC
.edu educational The .edu TLD is limited to specific educational institutions
such as, but not limited to, primary schools, middle schools,
secondary schools, colleges, and universities. In the US, its
usability was limited in 2001 to post-secondary institutions
accredited by an agency on the list of nationally recognized
accrediting agencies maintained by the United States
Department of Education. This domain is therefore almost
exclusively used by US colleges and universities. Some
institutions that do not meet the current registration criteria
have grandfathered domain names.
No Yes
.gov governmental The .gov TLD is limited to governmental entities and agencies
in the US. No Yes
.mil US military The .mil TLD is limited to use by the US military. No Yes
Country code top-level domains
name: DNS name of the country code top-level domain
Entity: country, dependency, or region
Explanation: explanation of the code when not self-evident from the English name of the country
Notes: general remarks
IDN: support for internationalized domain names (IDN)
DNSSEC: presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions
SLD: allows Second-level domain registration (restrictions may apply)
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
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.ac Ascension
Island
Commonly used for
academic websites, such
as universities
Yes Yes Yes
.ad Andorra Local trademark, trade
name or citizenship
required [3][4]
No Yes
.ae United Arab
Emirates
No Yes
.af Afghanistan No Yes
.ag Antigua and
Barbuda
Yes Yes
.ai Anguilla No Yes
.al Albania Citizenship required No No
.am Armenia Yes Yes
.an Netherlands
Antilles
Local presence
required; Netherland
Antilles were
dissolved on October 10,
2010;
No Yes
.ao Angola No
.aq Antarctica Antarctique Defined by the Antarctic
Treaty as everything
south of latitude 60°S.
No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
AQ domain names are
available to government
organizations who are
signatories to the
Antarctic Treaty and to
other registrants who
have a physical presence
in Antarctica.
.ar Argentina Yes[a 1]
No No
.as American
Samoa
No Yes
.at Austria Yes Yes Yes
.au Australia Includes Ashmore and
Cartier Islands and Coral
Sea
Islands. ABN required.
No No
.aw Aruba Aruba, West
Indies
Restricted to registered
Aruban companies,
organisations and
citizens
No Yes
.ax Åland No Yes
.az Azerbaijan No Yes
.ba Bosnia and
Herzegovina
No Yes
.bb Barbados No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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.bd Bangladesh No No
.be Belgium (Also unofficially used in
the canton of Berne,
Switzerland)
Yes Yes
.bf Burkina Faso No Yes
.bg Bulgaria Yes[a 2]
Yes Yes
.bh Bahrain No Yes
.bi Burundi No Yes
.bj Benin No Yes
.bm Bermuda Local corporate
registration required
No Yes
.bn Brunei No No
.bo Bolivia No Yes
.br Brazil Restricted. Registration
is done under several
categories (i.e.: .com.br
for businesses, .gov.br
for government agencies,
etc.)[5]
Yes[6]
Yes No[a 3]
.bs Bahamas No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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.bt Bhutan No No
.bv Bouvet Island Not in use (Norwegian
dependency; see .no). No No No
.bw Botswana No Yes
.by Belarus Byelorussia No Yes
.bz Belize Yes Yes
.ca Canada Subject to Canadian
Presence Requirements.
No Yes
.cc Cocos
(Keeling) Islands
(Australian territory: do
not confuse with Cocos
islands in Guam. Also
used as a free domain
service to the public as
co.cc, cx.cc, cz.cc, or
uni.cc domain.)
No Yes
.cd Democratic
Republic of the
Congo
No Yes
.cf Central African
Republic
No Yes
.cg Republic of the
Congo
No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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.ch Switzerland Confoederatio
Helvetica (Latin)
Yes
[a 4] Yes Yes
.ci Côte d'Ivoire No Yes
.ck Cook Islands No Yes
.cl Chile Yes Yes Yes
.cm Cameroon A local entity/company in
Cameroon is required to
register a domain name.
No Yes
.cn People's
Republic of China
A local company in China
is required to register a
domain name. Hong
Kong and Macau also
maintain TLDs.
No Yes
.co Colombia Marketed as a global
domain - recognized as a
gccTLD by Google.
Anyone can register.
Yes Yes
.cr Costa Rica Yes Yes
.cs Czechoslovaki
a
Czecho-Slovakia domain
has not been use since
1993. The ISO-code cs
was later allocated for
Serbia and Montenegro,
which used .yu instead.
No No
Nam
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DNSSE
C
SL
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.cu Cuba No Yes
.cv Cape Verde No Yes
.cx Christmas
Island
No Yes
.cy Cyprus No No
.cz Czech
Republic
Yes Yes
.dd East Germany Deutsche
Demokratische
Republik
Was proposed, but never
implemented due to
German re-unification.
No No
.de Germany Deutschland German postal address
for administrative contact
(admin-c) required. Proxy
registrations are allowed.
Yes[a 5]
Yes Yes
.dj Djibouti No Yes
.dk Denmark Yes[a 6]
Yes Yes
.dm Dominica No Yes
.do Dominican
Republic
No Yes
.dz Algeria Dzayer No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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.ec Ecuador No Yes
.ee Estonia Eesti Anyone can register but
local administrative
contact is required.
Yes[a 7]
No Yes
.eg Egypt No Yes
.eh Western
Sahara
.eh is reserved for
Western Sahara, but
does not exist in the root.
No
.er Eritrea Inactive - The domain
registrar Eritrea
Telecommunication
Services
Corporation offers no
services to register
domains.
No No
.es Spain España No Yes
.et Ethiopia No No
.eu European
Union
Restricted to institutions
(under
the .europa.eu subdomai
n), companies, and
individuals in the
European Union (or in
other overseas or
autonomous regions of
member countries).
Yes[a 8]
Yes Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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.fi Finland Open for registration to
individuals/companies
around Europe.
Yes[a 9]
Yes Yes
.fj Fiji No Yes
.fk Falkland
Islands
No No
.fm Federated
States of
Micronesia
(Also unofficially used by
FM Radio Stations or
related business)
No Yes
.fo Faroe Islands Føroyar Yes Yes
.fr France Restricted to individuals
and companies
in European Union,
Switzerland, Norway,
Iceland and
Liechtenstein.[a 10]
Yes Yes
.ga Gabon Partial[7]
Yes
.gb United
Kingdom
Great Britain Seldom used; the
primary ccTLD used
is .uk for United
Kingdom.
No No
.gd Grenada No Yes
.ge Georgia To register you must be
either a citizen of
Georgia, or a Georgian
No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
company.
.gf French Guiana Guyane française No
.gg Guernsey No Yes
.gh Ghana No No
.gi Gibraltar Yes Yes
.gl Greenland (Also unofficially used in
Galicia, Spain)
Yes Yes
.gm The Gambia No Yes
.gn Guinea A local contact is
required
Partial
[7] No
.gp Guadeloupe Still used for Saint-
Barthélemy and Saint-
Martin
No Yes
.gq Equatorial
Guinea
Guinée
Équatoriale
No
.gr Greece Yes Yes
.gs South Georgia
and the South
Sandwich Islands
No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.gt Guatemala No Yes
.gu Guam No No
.gw Guinea-Bissau No Yes
.gy Guyana No Yes
.hk Hong Kong Special administrative
region of the People's
Republic of China.
Yes No Yes
.hm Heard Island
and McDonald
Islands
No Yes
.hn Honduras Yes Yes
.hr Croatia Hrvatska No Yes
.ht Haiti Yes No Yes
.hu Hungary Restricted to Hungarian
companies, organisations
and citizens
No Yes
.id Indonesia No No
.ie Republic of
Ireland
Northern
Only available
for Ireland-registered
brands and companies.
Foreign companies can
No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
Ireland register if doing business
in Ireland or provide
TM.[clarification needed]
Since
2007 personal names are
allowed to be registered
subject to guidelines.
.il Israel Yes No No
.im Isle of Man No Yes
.in India Under INRegistry since
April 2005 (except:
gov.in, nic.in, mil.in,
ac.in, edu.in, res.in).
Yes Yes
.io British Indian
Ocean Territory
Yes Yes
.iq Iraq No Yes
.ir Iran Yes No Yes
.is Iceland Ísland Yes No Yes
.it Italy Restricted to companies
and individuals in
the European Union.
Yes[a 11]
No Yes
.je Jersey No Yes
.jm Jamaica No No
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
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.jo Jordan No Yes
.jp Japan Restricted to individuals
or companies with a
physical address in
Japan.
Yes Yes
.ke Kenya No Yes
.kg Kyrgyzstan Yes Yes
.kh Cambodia Khmer,
formerKâmpŭche
a
No No
.ki Kiribati No Yes
.km Comoros Komori No Yes
.kn Saint Kitts and
Nevis
No Yes
.kp Democratic
People's Republic
of Korea
No No
.kr Republic of
Korea
Yes Yes Yes
.kw Kuwait No No
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.ky Cayman
Islands
Restricted to qualified
Cayman entities[8]
No Yes
.kz Kazakhstan No Yes
.la Laos Currently being marketed
as the unofficial domain
for Los Angeles[9]
Yes Yes
.lb Lebanon Restricted to registration
with a company
in Lebanon
Yes No
.lc Saint Lucia Yes Yes
.li Liechtenstein Yes Yes Yes
.lk Sri Lanka Yes Yes
.lr Liberia Partial[7]
No
.ls Lesotho No Yes
.lt Lithuania Yes No Yes
.lu Luxembourg Yes Yes Yes
.lv Latvia Yes Yes Yes
.ly Libya No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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.ma Morocco Maroc No Yes
.mc Monaco No Yes
.md Moldova Marketed for Medical use
(Doctors)
No Yes
.me Montenegro Yes Yes
.mg Madagascar No Yes
.mh Marshall
Islands
No
.mk Macedonia Makedonija Restricted to registration
with a company
in Macedonia
No Yes
.ml Mali No Yes
.mm Myanmar Yes No
.mn Mongolia Some second-level
domains are reserved for
special use .mn[clarification
needed]
Yes Yes
.mo Macau Macao Special administrative
region of the People's
Republic of China.
No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
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.mp Northern
Mariana Islands
No Yes
.mq Martinique No No
.mr Mauritania No Yes
.ms Montserrat No Yes
.mt Malta No No
.mu Mauritius No Yes
.mv Maldives No Yes
.mw Malawi No Yes
.mx Mexico No Yes
.my Malaysia Restricted to registration
by an individual or
company in Malaysia
Yes[a 12]
Yes Yes
.mz Mozambique No No
.na Namibia Yes Yes
.nc New Caledonia Yes Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.ne Niger No Yes
.nf Norfolk Island No Yes
.ng Nigeria No Yes
.ni Nicaragua No No
.nl Netherlands First official country code
TLD.[10]
No Yes Yes
.no Norway Restricted to registration
by a company in Norway.
Individuals in the country
can only register
under .priv.no.
No Yes
.np Nepal No No
.nr Nauru Also used as a free
domain service to the
public as co.nr.
No Yes
.nu Niue Commonly used by
Danish, Dutch and
Swedish websites,
because in those
languages "nu" means
"now".
Yes Yes Yes
.nz New Zealand Yes[a 13]
Yes No
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.om Oman Registrant must have
company or trademark
registered in Oman as
well as a local
administrative contact.
No No
.pa Panama No No
.pe Peru Yes[a 14]
No Yes
.pf French
Polynesia
Polynésie
française
With Clipperton Island No Yes
.pg Papua New
Guinea
No No
.ph Philippines No Yes
.pk Pakistan Operated
by PKNIC since 1992.
No Yes
.pl Poland Yes[a 15]
Yes Yes
.pm Saint-Pierre
and Miquelon
Restricted to individuals
and companies
in European Union,
Switzerland, Norway,
Iceland and
Liechtenstein.[a 10]
Yes[a 16]
Yes
.pn Pitcairn Islands No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.pr Puerto Rico Yes Yes
.ps Palestinian
territories
West Bank and Gaza
Strip.
No Yes
.pt Portugal Yes[a 17]
Yes Yes
.pw Palau Pelew No Yes
.py Paraguay No No
.qa Qatar No No
.re Réunion Restricted to individuals
and companies
in European Union,
Switzerland, Norway,
Iceland and
Liechtenstein.[a 10]
Yes Yes
.ro Romania No Yes
.rs Serbia Republika Srbija No Yes
.ru Russia See also .su, still in use,
and .рф.
No Yes
.rw Rwanda No Yes
.sa Saudi Arabia Registrant must have a
registered trademark in
Saudi Arabia matching
No No
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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D
the domain name to
register or provide
company incorporation
documents of a company
in Saudi Arabia or for
personal registrations a
copy of valid ID. A letter
on the official letterhead
of your organization
addressed to SaudiNIC
requesting the domain
name registration is also
required. Local
administrative contact
required.
.sb Solomon
Islands
British Solomon
Islands
No No
.sc Seychelles Yes Yes
.sd Sudan No Yes
.se Sweden Yes[a 18]
Yes Yes
.sg Singapore No Yes
.sh Saint Helena Yes[a 19]
Yes Yes
.si Slovenia Yes[a 20]
Yes Yes
.sj Svalbardand
Jan
MayenIslands
Not in use (Norwegian
dependencies; see .no). No No No
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.sk Slovakia Restricted to Slovakian
companies, organisations
and citizens
No Yes
.sl Sierra Leone No Yes
.sm San Marino Domain name must be
same as company name
or trademark
No Yes
.sn Senegal No Yes
.so Somalia Relaunched on
November 1st, 2010
No No Yes
.sr Suriname No Yes
.ss South Sudan No
.st São Tomé and
Príncipe
No Yes
.su Soviet Union Still in Use. Yes[a 21]
Yes Yes
.sv El Salvador No No
.sy Syria No Yes
.sz Swaziland No No
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.tc Turks and
Caicos Islands
No Yes
.td Chad Tchad Chadian (.td) domains
are available for
registration to entities
connected with Chad
only.
No Yes
.tf French
Southern and
Antarctic Lands
Terres australes
et antarctiques
françaises
Seldom used. Restricted
to individuals and
companies in European
Union, Switzerland,
Norway, Iceland and
Liechtenstein.[a 10]
Yes Yes
.tg Togo No Yes
.th Thailand Yes Yes No
.tj Tajikistan No Yes
.tk Tokelau Also used as a free
domain service to the
public.
No Yes
.tl East Timor Timor-Leste Old code .tp is still in use. No Yes
.tm Turkmenistan Yes[a 22]
Yes Yes
.tn Tunisia No Yes
Nam
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DNSSE
C
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.to Tonga Often used unofficially
for Torrent, Turin, Toront
o, or Tokyo
Yes No Yes
.tp East Timor Timor Português ISO code has changed to
TL; .tl is now assigned
but .tp is still in use.
No Yes
.tr Turkey .nc.tr used by Northern
Cyprus Yes
[a 23] No Yes
.tt Trinidad and
Tobago
Yes Yes
.tv Tuvalu Used as an abbreviation
of television, the domain
is currently operated by
dotTV,
a VeriSign company; the
Tuvalu government owns
twenty percent of the
company.
No Yes
.tw Taiwan Registration allowed
worldwide, local
presence not required.
Yes[a 24]
Yes Yes
.tz Tanzania Must have a presence in
Tanzania
No No
.ua Ukraine Україна/Ukraina Ukrainian trademark
required
Yes Yes
.ug Uganda Yes Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
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.uk United
Kingdom
ISO 3166-1 code is gb,
but .uk correctly
correlates with the state
of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland. The
use of .gb would exclude
Northern Ireland
Yes No
.us United States
of America
Commonly used by US
State and local
governments instead
of .gov TLD
Yes Yes
.uy Uruguay No No
.uz Uzbekistan No Yes
.va Vatican City Limited to the official
sites of the Vatican/Holy
See
No No
.vc Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines
Partial
[7] Yes
.ve Venezuela No No
.vg British Virgin
Islands
No Yes
.vi United States
Virgin Islands
No Yes
Nam
e Entity Explanation Notes IDN
DNSSE
C
SL
D
.vn Vietnam Yes[a 25]
No Yes
.vu Vanuatu No Yes
.wf Wallis and
Futuna
Restricted to individuals
and companies
in European Union,
Switzerland, Norway,
Iceland and
Liechtenstein.[a 10]
Yes Yes
.ws Samoa Formerly Western
Samoa
Marketed to be used in
general WebSites Yes No No
.ye Yemen No No
.yt Mayotte Restricted to individuals
and companies
in European Union,
Switzerland, Norway,
Iceland and
Liechtenstein.[a 10]
Yes Yes[a 16]
Yes
.yu SFR
Yugoslavia
FR Yugoslavia
After dissolution of
Yugoslavia used for
Serbia and Montenegro.
Not used after 2010.
No No
.za South Africa Zuid-Afrika No No
.zm Zambia No No
.zw Zimbabwe No No