List of Internet top-level domains:

List of Internet top-level domains

The following is a list of Internet top-level domains. The top-level domain article provides the background information.

gTLD

Entity

Notes

.aero

air-transport industry

Must verify eligibility for registration; only those in various categories of air-travel-related entities may register.

.asia

Asia-Pacific region

This is a TLD for companies, organizations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.

.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 by commercial entities in accordance with the domain's charter.

.cat

Catalan

This is a TLD for Web sites in the Catalan language or related to Catalan culture.

.com

commercial

This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.

.coop

cooperatives

The .coop TLD is limited to cooperatives as defined by the Rochdale Principles.

.edu

educational

The .edu TLD is limited to accredited postsecondary institutions (nearly all 2 and 4-year colleges and universities in the U.S. and increasingly overseas, e.g., Australia and China).

.gov

U.S. governmental

The .gov TLD is limited to U.S. governmental entities and agencies (mostly but not exclusively federal).

.info

information

This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.

.int

international organizations

The .int TLD is strictly limited to organizations, offices, and programs which are endorsed by a treaty between two or more nations.

.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.

.mil

U.S. military

The .mil TLD is limited to use by the U.S. military.

.mobi

mobile devices

Must be used for mobile-compatible sites in accordance with standards.

.museum

museums

Must be verified as a legitimate museum.

.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.

.net

network

This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.

.org

organization

This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.

.pro

professions

Currently, .pro is reserved for licensed or certified lawyers, accountants, physicians and engineers in France, Canada, UK and the U.S. A professional seeking to register a .pro domain must provide their registrar with the appropriate credentials.

.tel

Internet communication services

.travel

travel and tourism industry related sites

Must be verified as a legitimate travel-related entity.

ccTLD

Country/dependency/region

Notes

Andorra

Albania

Armenia

Angola

Defined as per the Antarctic Treaty as everything south of latitude 60°S.

Austria

Includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands and Coral Sea Islands.

Aruba

Åland

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belgium

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

Bahamas

Bhutan

Not in use (Norwegian dependency; see .no).

Belarus

Belize

Canada

Subject to Canadian Presence Requirements (see .ca).

.cc

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

(Australian territory: do not confuse with Cocos islands in Guam).

.cd

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Formerly Zaire.

.cf

Central African Republic

.cg

Republic of the Congo

.ch

Switzerland

(Confoederatio Helvetica, Confédération helvétique)

Chile

Domain registrations require local presence in Chile.

.cm

Cameroon

A local entity/company in Cameroon is required to register a domain name.

.cn

People's Republic of China

Registration allowed worldwide. Hong Kong and Macau also maintain TLDs.

Cuba

Cyprus

Germany

(Deutschland)

Denmark

Algeria

(Dzayer)

.ec

Ecuador

.ee

Estonia

(Eesti) Only available for Estonia registered brands and companies.

.eg

Egypt

.er

Eritrea

.es

Spain

(España)

Restricted to institutions (under the .europa.eu subdomain), companies, and individuals in the European Union (or in other overseas or autonomous regions of member countries).

Finland

Fiji

Federated States of Micronesia

Used for some radio related websites outside Micronesia, notably Last.fm and Rinse FM

.fo

Faroe Islands

.fr

France

Can only be used by organisations or persons with a presence in France (including overseas).

.ga

Gabon

.gb

United Kingdom

Seldom used; the primary ccTLD used is .uk for United Kingdom.

Grenada

(See also .fr).

Ghana

Guinea

Still used for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (see also .fr).

Greece

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Guam

Guyana

Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

.hm

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

.hn

Honduras

.hr

Croatia

(Hrvatska)

Haiti

Hungary

(Éire) Only available for Ireland registered brands and companies. Foreign companies can register if doing business in Ireland or provide TM.

Israel

India

Under INRegistry since April 2005 (except: gov.in, mil.in, ac.in, edu.in, res.in).

.io

British Indian Ocean Territory

.iq

Iraq

.ir

Iran

.is

Iceland

(Ísland)

.it

Italy

Restricted to companies and individuals in the European Union.

Jersey

Jamaica

Jordan

Japan

Kenya

(Khmer, former Kâmpŭchea)

Comoros

Saint Kitts and Nevis

.kp

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Kuwait

Laos

(Currently being marketed as the unofficial domain for Los Angeles).

.lb

Lebanon

Must be registered with a company in Lebanon to register

Liberia

Lesotho

Latvia

Libya

Morocco

Monaco

Moldova

Republic of Macedonia

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Mali

Myanmar

Some second-level domains are reserved for special use .mn

.mo

Macau

Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

.mp

Northern Mariana Islands

(See also .fr).

Malta

Malawi

Mexico

Must be registered with a company in Malaysia to register.

Namibia

(See also .fr).

Niger

Nigeria

First official country TLD that was assigned to a country.

.no

Norway

Must be registered with a company in Norway to register.

.np

Nepal

.nr

Nauru

.nu

Niue

Commonly used by Danish, Dutch and Swedish websites, because in those languages 'nu' means “now”.

Oman

Panama

Peru

With Clipperton Island (See also .fr).

Poland

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Palestinian territories

PA-controlled West Bank and Gaza Strip.

.pt

Portugal

Only available for Portuguese registered brands and companies.

Palau

Qatar

(See also .fr)

Romania

Serbia

(See also former .yu still in use).

.ru

Russia

(See also former .su still in use).

Rwanda

Sudan

Sweden

Svalbard and

Jan Mayen Islands

Not in use (Norwegian dependencies; see .no).

Senegal

Somalia

São Tomé and Príncipe

former

Still in use.

Syria

Turks and Caicos Islands

.td

Chad

.tf

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Seldom used (see also .fr).

Togo

Tokelau

Also used as a free domain service to the public.

.tl

East Timor

Old code .tp is still in use.

Tunisia

Tonga

ISO code has changed to TL; .tl is now assigned but .tp is still in use.

Turkey

Tuvalu

Much used by television broadcasters. Also sold as advertising domains.

.tw

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Registration allowed worldwide, local presence not required.

Ukraine

Uganda

United States of America

(Commonly used by U.S. State and local governments instead of .gov TLD).

Uruguay

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

.ve

Venezuela

.vg

British Virgin Islands

Vietnam

Vanuatu

(See also .fr).

Samoa

Formerly Western Samoa.

.ye

Yemen

.yt

Mayotte

(See also .fr).

.yu

Yugoslavia

Now used for Serbia and Montenegro.

(Zuid-Afrika).

Zambia

IDNA TLD^[2]

Language

Word

.xn--0zwm56d

simplified Chinese (Han script)

测试. (ICANN’s example.test: http://例子.测试/)

.xn--11b5bs3a9aj6g

Hindi (Devanagari script)

परीक्षा. (ICANN’s example.test: http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा/)

.xn--80akhbyknj4f

Russian (Cyrillic script)

испытание. (ICANN’s example.test: http://пример.испытание/)

.xn--9t4b11yi5a

Korean (Hangul script)

테스트. (ICANN’s example.test: http://실례.테스트/)

.xn--deba0ad

Yiddish (Hebrew script)

טעסט. (ICANN’s example.test: http://בײַשפּיל.טעסט/)

.xn--g6w251d

traditional Chinese (Han script)

測試. (ICANN’s example.test: http://例子.測試/)

.xn--hgbk6aj7f53bba

Persian (Perso-Arabic script)

آزمایشی. (ICANN’s example.test: http://مثال.آزمایشی/)

.xn--hlcj6aya9esc7a

Tamil (Tamil script)

பரிட்சை. (ICANN’s example.test: http://உதாரணம்.பரிட்சை/)

.xn--jxalpdlp

Greek (Greek script)

δοκιμή. (ICANN’s example.test: http://παράδειγμα.δοκιμή/)

.xn--kgbechtv

Arabic (Perso-Arabic script)

إختبار. (ICANN’s example.test: http://مثال.إختبار/)

.xn--zckzah

Japanese (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana scripts)

テスト. (ICANN’s example.test : http://例え.テスト/)

Infrastructure

Entity

Notes

.arpa

Address and Routing Parameter Area

This is an Internet infrastructure TLD.

References

^ IANA maintained list of top-level domains
^ The IDNA TLDs have been added for the purpose of testing the use of IDNA at the top level, and are likely to be temporary. Each of the eleven TLDs encodes a word meaning "test" in some language. See the ICANN announcement of 15 October 2007 and the IDN TLD evaluation gateway.