TLD List

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This is a list of all TLDs (top-level-domains) with their policies for second and third level domains. This is to help with bug 319643, bug 252342, bug 8743, bug 66383, bug 264632, ... It will take some time to check every domain, since there isn't a good list available.

Type Comment Examples
A Only second level domains *.com, *.nl
B Only third level domains *.co.uk
C Mixed second and third level domains *.be, *.ac.be
D Other

TLDs in the root DNS

http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
# Version 2007020901, Last Updated Sat Feb 10 09:07:01 2007 UTC
TLD Type List of 3rd-level domains Comments
AC C com.ac edu.ac gov.ac net.ac mil.ac org.ac
AD C nom.ad
AE C ae net.ae co.ae gov.ae ac.ae sch.ae org.ae mil.ae pro.ae name.ae
AERO C
AF C ??
AG C com.ag org.ag net.ag co.ag nom.ag
AI C off.ai com.ai net.ai org.ai
AL B gov.al edu.al org.al com.al net.al
AM C com.am net.am org.am
(others ?)
AN C ???
AO B ???
AQ A
AR B com.ar net.ar org.ar
????
ARPA B e164.arpa in-addr.arpa ip6.arpa uri.arpa urn.arpa
AS A
AT C gv.at ac.at co.at or.at
AU D com.au net.au asn.au org.au id.au csiro.au
For gov.au and edu.au : wa nsw vic qld sa tas nt act
mostly B, but gov.au and edu.au are split geographically
AW C com.aw
AX A
AZ C com.az net.az org.az ???
BA C ???
BB C com.bb edu.bb gov.bb net.bb org.bb
BD B com.bd edu.bd net.bd gov.bd org.bd mil.be
BE C ac.be There are commercial 3rd level domains (to.be, com.be, co.be, xa.be, ap.be) but not official
fgov.be is the government, but I'm not sure that counts
BF C gov.bf
BG A
BH C ???
BI C ???
BIZ A
BJ C ???
BM C possibly com.bm edu.bm org.bm gov.bm net.bm
BN B com.bn edu.bn org.bn net.bn
BO C bo com.bo org.bo net.bo gov.bo gob.bo edu.bo tv.bo mil.bo int.bo
BR B agr.br am.br art.br edu.br com.br coop.br esp.br far.br fm.br g12.br gov.br imb.br ind.br inf.br mil.br net.br org.br psi.br rec.br srv.br tmp.br tur.br tv.br etc.br adm.br adv.br arq.br ato.br bio.br bmd.br cim.br cng.br cnt.br ecn.br eng.br eti.br fnd.br fot.br fst.br ggf.br jor.br lel.br mat.br med.br mus.br not.br ntr.br odo.br ppg.br pro.br psc.br qsl.br slg.br trd.br vet.br zlg.br dpn.br nom.br
BS C bs com.bs net.bs org.bs (others ?)
BT C bt com.bt edu.bt gov.bt net.bt org.bt
BV
BW C bw co.bw org.bw (others ?)
BY C gov.by mil.by
BZ C ???
CA C .ca .ab.ca .bc.ca .mb.ca .nb.ca .nf.ca .nl.ca .ns.ca .nt.ca .nu.ca .on.ca .pe.ca .qc.ca .sk.ca .yk.ca
CAT A
CC A
CD C .cd .com.cd .net.cd .org.cd (others ?)
CF A
CG
CH C? .ch .com.ch .net.ch .org.ch .gov.ch
CI
CK C .co.ck and others
CL A
CM
CN C .cn .ac.cn .com.cn .edu.cn .gov.cn .net.cn .org.cn .ah.cn .bj.cn .cq.cn .fj.cn .gd.cn .gs.cn .gz.cn .gx.cn .ha.cn .hb.cn .he.cn .hi.cn .hl.cn .hn.cn .jl.cn .js.cn .jx.cn .ln.cn .nm.cn .nx.cn .qh.cn .sc.cn .sd.cn .sh.cn .sn.cn .sx.cn .tj.cn .xj.cn .xz.cn .yn.cn .zj.cn
CO B .com.co .edu.co .org.co .gov.co .mil.co .net.co .nom.co
COM A
COOP C
CR B ac.cr co.cr ed.cr fi.cr go.cr or.cr sa.cr
CU C .cu .com.cu .edu.cu .org.cu .net.cu .gov.cu .inf.cu
CV
CX C .cx .gov.cx
CY B com.cy biz.cy info.cy ltd.cy pro.cy net.cy org.cy name.cy tm.cy ac.cy ekloges.cy press.cy parliament.cy
CZ A
DE A?
DJ A?
DK A
DM C .dm com.dm net.dm org.dm edu.dm gov.dm
DO B .edu.do .gov.do .gob.do .com.do .org.do .sld.do .web.do .net.do .mil.do .art.do
DZ C .dz .com.dz .org.dz .net.dz .gov.dz .edu.dz .asso.dz .pol.dz .art.dz
EC C .ec .com.ec .info.ec .net.ec .fin.ec .med.ec .pro.ec .org.ec .edu.ec .gov.ec .mil.ec (others ?)
EDU A
EE C .ee .com.ee .org.ee .fie.ee .pri.ee (others ?)
EG B .eun.eg .edu.eg .sci.eg .gov.eg .com.eg .org.eg .net.eg .mil.eg
ER
ES C .es .com.es .nom.es .org.es .gob.es .edu.es (others ?)
ET B .com.et .gov.et .org.et .edu.et .net.et .biz.et .name.et .info.et
EU A
FI A
FJ B biz.fj com.fj info.fj name.fj net.fj org.fj pro.fj ac.fj gov.fj mil.fj school.fj
FK B .co.fk .org.fk .gov.fk .ac.fk .nom.fk .net.fk
FM A?
FO A?
FR C .fr .tm.fr .asso.fr .nom.fr .prd.fr .presse.fr .com.fr .gouv.fr
GA ?
GB not used
GD ?
GE C .ge .com.ge .edu.ge .gov.ge .org.ge .mil.ge .net.ge .pvt.ge
GF ?
GG C .gg .co.gg .net.gg .org.gg (others ?)
GH B com.gh edu.gh gov.gh org.gh mil.gh
GI C .gi .com.gi .ltd.gi .gov.gi .mod.gi .edu.gi .org.gi
GL A
GM A
GN] B .com.gn .ac.gn .gov.gn .org.gn .net.gn
GOV A?
GP not used
GQ ?
GR C .gr .com.gr .edu.gr .net.gr .org.gr .gov.gr
GS ?
GT ?
GU B ???
GW ?
GY ?
HK C .hk .com.hk .edu.hk .gov.hk .idv.hk .net.hk .org.hk
HM A?
HN C .hn .com.hn .edu.hn .org.hn .net.hn .mil.hn .gob.hn
HR C .hr .iz.hr .from.hr .name.hr .com.hr
HT C .ht .com.ht .net.ht .firm.ht .shop.ht .info.ht .pro.ht .adult.ht .org.ht .art.ht .pol.ht .rel.ht .asso.ht .perso.ht .coop.ht .med.ht .edu.ht .gouv.ht
HU C .hu co.hu info.hu org.hu priv.hu sport.hu tm.hu 2000.hu agrar.hu bolt.hu casino.hu city.hu erotica.hu erotika.hu film.hu forum.hu games.hu hotel.hu ingatlan.hu jogasz.hu konyvelo.hu lakas.hu media.hu news.hu reklam.hu sex.hu shop.hu suli.hu szex.hu tozsde.hu utazas.hu video.hu
ID B ac.id co.id or.id go.id
IE C .ie .gov.ie
IL B ac.il co.il org.il net.il k12.il gov.il muni.il idf.il
IM D co.im ltd.co.im plc.co.im net.im gov.im org.im nic.im ac.im 4th level domains are possible within co.im
IN C .in .co.in .firm.in .net.in .org.in .gen.in .ind.in .nic.in .ac.in .edu.in .res.in .gov.in .mil.in many governement domains in nic.in instead of gov.in
INFO A
INT C? should be A, but there exists a europa.eu.int too
IO C ???
IQ unused at the moment
IR C .ir .ac.ir .co.ir .gov.ir .net.ir .org.ir .sch.ir
IS C ??? ac.is, org.is, etc ... exists, but didn't found a list
IT D .it .gov.it others ... most are 2nd level, but 3rd and 4th level geographical names exists like pisa.it and pontedera.pisa.it
JE C .je .co.je .net.je .org.je
JM B .edu.jm .gov.jm .com.jm .net.jm org.jm
JO C .jo .com.jo .org.jo .net.jo .edu.jo .gov.jo .mil.jo
JOBS A?
JP D .jp ac.jp ad.jp co.jp ed.jp go.jp gr.jp lg.jp ne.jp or.jp
Geo-names: hokkaido.jp aomori.jp iwate.jp miyagi.jp akita.jp yamagata.jp fukushima.jp ibaraki.jp tochigi.jp gunma.jp saitama.jp chiba.jp tokyo.jp kanagawa.jp niigata.jp toyama.jp ishikawa.jp fukui.jp yamanashi.jp nagano.jp gifu.jp shizuoka.jp aichi.jp mie.jp shiga.jp kyoto.jp osaka.jp hyogo.jp nara.jp wakayama.jp tottori.jp shimane.jp okayama.jp hiroshima.jp yamaguchi.jp tokushima.jp kagawa.jp ehime.jp kochi.jp fukuoka.jp saga.jp nagasaki.jp kumamoto.jp oita.jp miyazaki.jp kagoshima.jp okinawa.jp sapporo.jp sendai.jp yokohama.jp kawasaki.jp nagoya.jp kobe.jp kitakyushu.jp
complicated rules for geo-names: bug 252342
KE B ???
KG C ???
KH B per.kh com.kh edu.kh gov.kh mil.kh net.kh org.kh
KI B? ???
KM A?
KN ?
KR C .kr .co.kr .or.kr others???
KW B .com.kw .edu.kw .gov.kw .net.kw .org.kw .mil.kw
KY C .ky .edu.ky .gov.ky .com.ky .org.ky .net.ky
KZ B .org.kz .edu.kz .net.kz .gov.kz .mil.kz .com.kz
LA A
LB B net.lb org.lb gov.lb edu.lb com.lb
LC B com.lc org.lc edu.lc gov.lc
LI C? .li .com.li .net.li .org.li .gov.li (others?)
LK C .lk .gov.lk .sch.lk .net.lk .int.lk .com.lk .org.lk .edu.lk .ngo.lk .soc.lk .web.lk .ltd.lk .assn.lk .grp.lk .hotel.lk
LR B .com.lr .edu.lr .gov.lr .org.lr .net.lr
LS B .org.ls .co.ls
LT C .lt .gov.lt .mil.lt others?
LU C .lu .gov.lu .mil.lu .org.lu .net.lu others?
LV C .lv .com.lv .edu.lv .gov.lv .org.lv .mil.lv .id.lv .net.lv .asn.lv .conf.lv
LY C .ly .com.ly .net.ly .gov.ly .plc.ly .edu.ly .sch.ly .med.ly .org.ly .id.ly
MA C .ma .co.ma .net.ma .gov.ma .org.ma others?
MC C .mc .tm.mc .asso.mc
MD A?
MG C .mg .org.mg .nom.mg .gov.mg .prd.mg .tm.mg .com.mg .edu.mg .mil.mg others!!! I didn't find a full list, but there could be many as suggested on their NIC
MH ? unused ?
MIL C? army.mil navy.mil ...
MK C .mk .com.mk .org.mk others?
ML B ???
MM B?
MN A
MO C .mo .com.mo .net.mo .org.mo .edu.mo .gov.mo
MOBI C weather.mobi music.mobi ...
MP A
MQ A
MR A?
MS ?
MT C .mt .org.mt .com.mt .gov.mt .edu.mt .net.mt
MU C .mu .com.mu .co.mu others?
MUSEUM C
MV B .aero.mv .biz.mv .com.mv .coop.mv .edu.mv .gov.mv .info.mv .int.mv .mil.mv .museum.mv .name.mv .net.mv .org.mv .pro.mv
MW B ac.mw co.mw com.mw coop.mw edu.mw gov.mw int.mw museum.mw net.mw org.mw
MX B .com.mx .net.mx .org.mx .edu.mx .gob.mx
MY B .com.my .net.my .org.my .gov.my .edu.my .mil.my .name.my
MZ ?
NA ?
NAME C used to be B, but now has second level too
NC A?
NE ?
NET A
NF ?
NG B .edu.ng .com.ng .gov.ng .org.ng .net.ng
NI B? .gob.ni .com.ni .edu.ni .org.ni .nom.ni .net.ni
NL C .nl .000.nl/.999.nl personal domainames are 3th level behind a 3 digit numeric code like johnsmith.752.nl
NO C .no mil.no stat.no kommune.no herad.no priv.no vgs.no fhs.no museum.no fylkesbibl.no folkebibl.no idrett.no [geo].no gs.[county].no geographic names listed here (includes normal and IDN versions)
NP B com.np org.np edu.np net.np gov.np mil.np
NR C .nr .gov.nr .edu.nr .biz.nr .info.nr .nr org.nr .com.nr .net.nr co.nr is not a official TLD, but acts like one
NU A
NZ B .ac.nz .co.nz .cri.nz .gen.nz .geek.nz .govt.nz .iwi.nz .maori.nz .mil.nz .net.nz .org.nz .school.nz
OM B com.om co.om edu.om ac.com sch.om gov.om net.om org.om mil.om museum.om biz.om pro.om med.om
ORG A
PA B com.pa ac.pa sld.pa gob.pa edu.pa org.pa net.pa abo.pa ing.pa med.pa nom.pa
PE B com.pe org.pe net.pe edu.pe mil.pe gob.pe nom.pe
PF C .pf .com.pf .org.pf .edu.pf
PG B .com.pg .net.pg
PH C .ph .com.ph .gov.ph others?
PK C .pk .com.pk .net.pk .edu.pk .org.pk .fam.pk .biz.pk .web.pk .gov.pk .gob.pk .gok.pk .gon.pk .gop.pk .gos.pk
PL C .pl .com.pl .biz.pl .net.pl .art.pl .edu.pl .org.pl .ngo.pl .gov.pl .info.pl .mil.pl
Geographic: .waw.pl .warszawa.pl .wroc.pl .wroclaw.pl .krakow.pl .poznan.pl .lodz.pl .gda.pl .gdansk.pl .slupsk.pl .szczecin.pl .lublin.pl .bialystok.pl .olsztyn.pl.torun.pl and more...
here are more domains visible
PM unused
PN ?
PR C .pr .biz.pr .com.pr .edu.pr .gov.pr .info.pr .isla.pr .name.pr .net.pr .org.pr .pro.pr
PRO C law.pro med.pro cpa.pro
PS C .ps .edu.ps .gov.ps .sec.ps .plo.ps .com.ps .org.ps .net.ps
PT C .pt .com.pt .edu.pt .gov.pt .int.pt .net.pt .nome.pt .org.pt .publ.pt
PW B?
PY B .net.py .org.py .gov.py .edu.py .com.py
QA B ???
RE ?
RO C? .ro Non-official 2nd level domains are .co.ro .ne.ro .or.ro .sa.ro .srl.ro
RU C .ru .com.ru .net.ru .org.ru .pp.ru .msk.ru .int.ru .ac.ru others!!!
RW C .rw .gov.rw .net.rw .edu.rw .ac.rw .com.rw .co.rw .int.rw .mil.rw .gouv.rw
SA B .com.sa .edu.sa .sch.sa .med.sa .gov.sa .net.sa .org.sa .pub.sa
SB B .com.sb .gov.sb .net.sb .edu.sb others?
SC C .sc .com.sc .gov.sc .net.sc .org.sc .edu.sc
SD C .sd .com.sd .net.sd .org.sd .edu.sd .med.sd .tv.sd .gov.sd .info.sd
SE C .se .org.se .pp.se .tm.se .brand.se .parti.se .press.se .komforb.se .kommunalforbund.se .komvux.se .lanarb.se .lanbib.se .naturbruksgymn.se .sshn.se .fhv.se .fhsk.se .fh.se .mil.se
Geographical: .ab.se .c.se .d.se .e.se .f.se .g.se .h.se .i.se .k.se .m.se .n.se .o.se .s.se .t.se .u.se .w.se .x.se .y.se .z.se .ac.se .bd.se
SG C .sg .com.sg .net.sg .org.sg .gov.sg .edu.sg .per.sg .idn.sg
SH C ???
SI A?
SJ unused
SK ?
SL ?
SM A
SN A
SO unused
SR A? .rs.sr is Republika Srpska
ST A?
SU A
SV B .edu.sv .com.sv .gob.sv .org.sv .red.sv
SY B? .gov.sy .com.sy .net.sy others?
SZ A?
TC ?
TD A?
TF ?
TG C?
TH B .ac.th .co.th .in.th .go.th .mi.th .or.th .net.th
TJ C .tj .ac.tj .biz.tj .com.tj .co.tj .edu.tj .int.tj .name.tj .net.tj .org.tj .web.tj .gov.tj .go.tj .mil.tj
TK A
TL see .tp
TM C?
TN B .com.tn .intl.tn .gov.tn .org.tn .ind.tn .nat.tn .tourism.tn .info.tn .ens.tn .fin.tn .net.tn
TO C .to .gov.to others?
TP C .tp .gov.tp others? should become unused, replaced with tp
TR D .com.tr .info.tr .biz.tr .net.tr .org.tr .web.tr .gen.tr .av.tr .dr.tr .bbs.tr .name.tr .tel.tr .gov.tr .bel.tr .pol.tr .mil.tr .k12.tr .edu.tr .bel.tr is used for geographical names
TRAVEL A thirth levels seems to be explicitely forbidden
TT C .tt .co.tt .com.tt .org.tt .net.tt .biz.tt .info.tt .pro.tt .name.tt .edu.tt .gov.tt us.tt is not an official 2nd-level domain, but acts as one
TV C .tv .gov.tv others?
TW C .tw .edu.tw .gov.tw .mil.tw .com.tw .net.tw .org.tw .idv.tw .game.tw .ebiz.tw .club.tw 網路.tw 組織.tw 商業.tw there are 3 IDN domains in this list !
TZ B .co.tz .ac.tz .go.tz .or.tz .ne.tz
UA C .ua .com.ua .gov.ua .net.ua .edu.ua .org.ua
Geographical names: .cherkassy.ua .ck.ua .chernigov.ua .cn.ua .chernovtsy.ua .cv.ua .crimea.ua .dnepropetrovsk.ua .dp.ua .donetsk.ua .dn.ua .ivano-frankivsk.ua .if.ua .kharkov.ua .kh.ua .kherson.ua .ks.ua .khmelnitskiy.ua .km.ua .kiev.ua .kv.ua .kirovograd.ua .kr.ua .lugansk.ua .lg.ua .lutsk.ua .lviv.ua .nikolaev.ua .mk.ua .odessa.ua .od.ua .poltava.ua .pl.ua .rovno.ua .rv.ua .sebastopol.ua .sumy.ua .ternopil.ua .te.ua .uzhgorod.ua .vinnica.ua .vn.ua .zaporizhzhe.ua .zp.ua .zhitomir.ua .zt.ua
UG C .ug .co.ug .ac.ug .sc.ug .go.ug .ne.ug .or.ug
UK B

.ac.uk .co.uk .gov.uk .ltd.uk .me.uk .mil.uk .mod.uk .net.uk .nic.uk .nhs.uk .org.uk .plc.uk .police.uk .sch.uk||exceptions: .bl.uk .british-library.uk .icnet.uk .jet.uk .nel.uk .nls.uk .national-library-scotland.uk .parliament.uk
.sch.uk uses 4th level domains

UM C? unused
US C .us .ak.us .al.us .ar.us .az.us .ca.us .co.us .ct.us .dc.us .de.us .dni.us .fed.us .fl.us .ga.us .hi.us .ia.us .id.us .il.us .in.us .isa.us .kids.us .ks.us .ky.us .la.us .ma.us .md.us .me.us .mi.us .mn.us .mo.us .ms.us .mt.us .nc.us .nd.us .ne.us .nh.us .nj.us .nm.us .nsn.us .nv.us .ny.us .oh.us .ok.us .or.us .pa.us .ri.us .sc.us .sd.us .tn.us .tx.us .ut.us .vt.us .va.us .wa.us .wi.us .wv.us .wy.us there are still some 4th level domain within the geographical ones (localities, k12, pvt.k12, cc, tec, lib, state, gen)
UY B .edu.uy .gub.uy .org.uy .com.uy .net.uy .mil.uy
UZ A?
VA B vatican.va
VC A?
VE B .com.ve .net.ve .org.ve .info.ve .co.ve .web.ve
VG ?
VI C .vi .com.vi .org.vi .edu.vi .gov.vi
VN C .vn .com.vn .net.vn .org.vn .edu.vn .gov.vn .int.vn .ac.vn .biz.vn .info.vn .name.vn .pro.vn .health.vn
VU A?
WF unused
WS A
YE B? .com.ye .net.ye others?
YT unused
YU B .ac.yu .co.yu .org.yu .edu.yu
ZA B .ac.za .city.za .co.za .edu.za .gov.za .law.za .mil.za .nom.za .org.za .school.za .alt.za .net.za .ngo.za .tm.za .web.za list of sld's
ZM B .co.zm .org.zm .gov.zm .sch.zm .ac.zm
ZW B .co.zw .org.zw .gov.zw .ac.zw

TLDs not in the root DNS

TLD Comments
EH Western Sahara
KP North Korea
ME Montenegro
RS Republic of Serbia

Miscellaneous TLDs

TLD Comments
ARPA Used for IP routing; unknown whether it is required in the effective TLD list.

Links

Comments

I'll start converting this list to the syntax defined in bug 331510, but I won't have time before the end of July --Jhermans 16:36, 10 June 2006 (PDT)

Over the next few months, I will start to update some of the details using information from the appropriate registries since I am helping out with the effective TLD list with a couple of other people. I have already added the .ax TLD and removed the .post one, which has not been approved and is not in the root DNS. --Rubena 15:37, 10 February 2007 (GMT)