Finding a Country code Top Level Domain Registry

Domains with common extensions –  such as .com, .org, but also .shop, .blog, .love, – can be checked on the ICANN website for ownership & availability.

For Country Code top level domain extensions – such as .fr for France, .nz for New Zealand, you need to go to a specific Registrar for that country code domain.  Below you’ll find a list with some country level registries for main english-speaking countries. If you need info for another country, please scroll down further below for more info.

Country level registries where you can safely check domain name availability

• United Kingdom: https://www.nominet.uk/
• USA: https://www.about.us/ (you must be a US citizen or US based business to be able to register)
• Canada: https://cira.ca/ (you need to have a local prescense to be able to register)
• Australia: https://www.auda.org.au/ (you must be Australian to register)
• New Zealand: https://www.dnc.org.nz/
• Ireland: https://www.iedr.ie/ (you must prove a valid claim to the desired name and a tangible connection to the island of Ireland)
• South Africa: https://registry.net.za/
• Germany: https://www.denic.de/en/
• Netherlands: https://www.sidn.nl/

If you country is not on this list, you can find it by Googling: your-country-name domain registry, so for example, Spain domain registry or Brazil domain registry, etc. And then look for the result that has something in there that indicates it’s the overarching domain registry for your country.

On Wikipedia you’ll find a table with all these country code domains.

You can click on each country code to find out more information about what organization deals with registering of those domains.

Go to the Wikipedia Country Code Top Level Domain list to look for your country code.

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