List of top level domains (TLD’s)
A domain name is the address of the website and domain name extension is the last part of the address. A web address consists of three parts, i.e. www, name comes after the www and a few letters after ‘dot’.
There are many types of domain name extensions and each one is capable of representing a particular identity. Top level domains suggests the nature of the website, they are classified into different types based on country, purpose or supporter. TLD’s that are country specific are called as country code top level domains or CcTLD’s, TLD’s which are classified according to their purpose are termed as Generic TLD’s.
Country code TLD’s help users to identify a website as originating from a specific country. Example, .au and .uk extension represent that the website is from the Australia and UK respectively. Country code TLD’s have some geographical restrictions, it is mainly used to target traffic from a particular country
Generic TLD’s usually represent the purpose or the type of the website. There is a wide range of generic TLD’s available depending on the nature of your business. The most common TLD is .com which denotes commercial. You may also use .info, .edu, .net or .org according to your requirements. There are some sponsored TLD’s which are administered by organizations, groups, agencies, etc. Example – .mobi – for mobile, .travel – for travel.
Domain name extensions make your website address unique by assigning a character, identity or location. If you use a TLD according to location or website nature, then website have have more chances to rank high in search engines.
List of Country Code Top Level Domains
S No | Name | Country |
---|---|---|
1 | .ac | Ascension Island |
2 | .ad | Andorra |
3 | .ae | United Arab Emirates |
4 | .af | Afghanistan |
5 | .ag | Antigua and Barbuda |
6 | .ai | Anguilla |
7 | .al | Albania |
8 | .am | Armenia |
9 | .an | Netherlands Antilles |
10 | .ao | Angola |
11 | .aq | Antarctica |
12 | .ar | Argentina |
13 | .as | American Samoa |
14 | .at | Austria |
15 | .au | Australia |
16 | .aw | Aruba |
17 | .ax | Åland |
18 | .az | Azerbaijan |
19 | .ba | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
20 | .bb | Barbados |
21 | .bd | Bangladesh |
22 | .be | Belgium |
23 | .bf | Burkina Faso |
24 | .bg | Bulgaria |
25 | .bh | Bahrain |
26 | .bi | Burundi |
27 | .bj | Benin |
28 | .bm | Bermuda |
29 | .bn | Brunei |
30 | .bo | Bolivia |
31 | .br | Brazil |
32 | .bs | Bahamas |
33 | .bt | Bhutan |
34 | .bv | Bouvet Island |
35 | .bw | Botswana |
36 | .by | Belarus |
37 | .bz | Belize |
38 | .ca | Canada |
39 | .cc | Cocos Islands |
40 | .cd | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
41 | .cf | Central African Republic |
42 | .cg | Republic of the Congo |
43 | .ch | Switzerland |
44 | .ci | Côte d’Ivoire |
45 | .ck | Cook Islands |
46 | .cl | Chile |
47 | .cm | Cameroon |
48 | .cn | People’s Republic of China |
49 | .co | Colombia |
50 | .cr | Costa Rica |
51 | .cs | Czechoslovakia |
52 | .cu | Cuba |
53 | .cv | Cape Verde |
54 | .cw | Curaçao |
55 | .cx | Christmas Island |
56 | .cy | Cyprus |
57 | .cz | Czech Republic |
58 | .dd | East Germany |
59 | .de | Germany |
60 | .dj | Djibouti |
61 | .dk | Denmark |
62 | .dm | Dominica |
63 | .do | Dominican Republic |
64 | .dz | Algeria |
65 | .ec | Ecuador |
66 | .ee | Estonia |
67 | .eg | Egypt |
68 | .eh | Western Sahara |
69 | .er | Eritrea |
70 | .es | Spain |
71 | .et | Ethiopia |
72 | .eu | European Union |
73 | .fi | Finland |
74 | .fj | Fiji |
75 | .fk | Falkland Islands |
76 | .fm | Federated States of Micronesia |
77 | .fo | Faroe Islands |
78 | .fr | France |
79 | .ga | Gabon |
80 | .gb | United Kingdom |
81 | .gd | Grenada |
82 | .ge | Georgia |
83 | .gf | French Guiana |
84 | .gg | Guernsey |
85 | .gh | Ghana |
86 | .gi | Gibraltar |
87 | .gl | Greenland |
88 | .gm | The Gambia |
89 | .gn | Guinea |
90 | .gp | Guadeloupe |
91 | .gq | Equatorial Guinea |
92 | .gr | Greece |
93 | .gs | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
94 | .gt | Guatemala |
95 | .gu | Guam |
96 | .gw | Guinea-Bissau |
97 | .gy | Guyana |
98 | .hk | Hong Kong |
99 | .hm | Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
100 | .hn | Honduras |
101 | .hr | Croatia |
102 | .ht | Haiti |
103 | .hu | Hungary |
104 | .id | Indonesia |
105 | .ie | Ireland |
106 | .il | Israel |
107 | .im | Isle of Man |
108 | .in | India |
109 | .io | British Indian Ocean Territory |
110 | .iq | Iraq |
111 | .ir | Iran |
112 | .is | Iceland |
113 | .it | Italy |
114 | .je | Jersey |
115 | .jm | Jamaica |
116 | .jo | Jordan |
117 | .jp | Japan |
118 | .ke | Kenya |
119 | .kg | Kyrgyzstan |
120 | .kh | Cambodia |
121 | .ki | Kiribati |
122 | .km | Comoros |
123 | .kn | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
124 | .kp | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
125 | .kr | Republic of Korea |
126 | .kw | Kuwait |
127 | .ky | Cayman Islands |
128 | .kz | Kazakhstan |
129 | .la | Laos |
130 | .lb | Lebanon |
131 | .lc | Saint Lucia |
132 | .li | Liechtenstein |
133 | .lk | Sri Lanka |
134 | .lr | Liberia |
135 | .ls | Lesotho |
136 | .lt | Lithuania |
137 | .lu | Luxembourg |
138 | .lv | Latvia |
139 | .ly | Libya |
140 | .ma | Morocco |
141 | .mc | Monaco |
142 | .md | Moldova |
143 | .me | Montenegro |
144 | .mg | Madagascar |
145 | .mh | Marshall Islands |
146 | .mk | Macedonia |
147 | .ml | Mali |
148 | .mm | Myanmar |
149 | .mn | Mongolia |
150 | .mo | Macau |
151 | .mp | Northern Mariana Islands |
152 | .mq | Martinique |
153 | .mr | Mauritania |
154 | .ms | Montserrat |
155 | .mt | Malta |
156 | .mu | Mauritius |
157 | .mv | Maldives |
158 | .mw | Malawi |
159 | .mx | Mexico |
160 | .my | Malaysia |
161 | .mz | Mozambique |
162 | .na | Namibia |
163 | .nc | New Caledonia |
164 | .ne | Niger |
165 | .nf | Norfolk Island |
166 | .ng | Nigeria |
167 | .ni | Nicaragua |
168 | .nl | Netherlands |
169 | .no | Norway |
170 | .np | Nepal |
171 | .nr | Nauru |
172 | .nu | Niue |
173 | .nz | New Zealand |
174 | .om | Oman |
175 | .pa | Panama |
176 | .pe | Peru |
177 | .pf | French Polynesia |
178 | .pg | Papua New Guinea |
179 | .ph | Philippines |
180 | .pk | Pakistan |
181 | .pl | Poland |
182 | .pm | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
183 | .pn | Pitcairn Islands |
184 | .pr | Puerto Rico |
185 | .ps | State of Palestine |
186 | .pt | Portugal |
187 | .pw | Palau |
188 | .py | Paraguay |
189 | .qa | Qatar |
190 | .re | Réunion |
191 | .ro | Romania |
192 | .rs | Serbia |
193 | .ru | Russia |
194 | .rw | Rwanda |
195 | .sa | Saudi Arabia |
196 | .sb | Solomon Islands |
197 | .sc | Seychelles |
198 | .sd | Sudan |
199 | .se | Sweden |
200 | .sg | Singapore |
201 | .sh | Saint Helena |
202 | .si | Slovenia |
203 | .sj | Svalbard and |
204 | Jan Mayen Islands | |
205 | .sk | Slovakia |
206 | .sl | Sierra Leone |
207 | .sm | San Marino |
208 | .sn | Senegal |
209 | .so | Somalia |
210 | .sr | Suriname |
211 | .ss | South Sudan |
212 | .st | São Tomé and Príncipe |
213 | .su | Soviet Union |
214 | .sv | El Salvador |
215 | .sx | Sint Maarten |
216 | .sy | Syria |
217 | .sz | Swaziland |
218 | .tc | Turks and Caicos Islands |
219 | .td | Chad |
220 | .tf | French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
221 | .tg | Togo |
222 | .th | Thailand |
223 | .tj | Tajikistan |
224 | .tk | Tokelau |
225 | .tl | East Timor |
226 | .tm | Turkmenistan |
227 | .tn | Tunisia |
228 | .to | Tonga |
229 | .tp | East Timor |
230 | .tr | Turkey |
231 | .tt | Trinidad and Tobago |
232 | .tv | Tuvalu |
233 | .tw | Taiwan |
234 | .tz | Tanzania |
235 | .ua | Ukraine |
236 | .ug | Uganda |
237 | .uk | United Kingdom |
238 | .us | United States of America |
239 | .uy | Uruguay |
240 | .uz | Uzbekistan |
241 | .va | Vatican City |
242 | .vc | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
243 | .ve | Venezuela |
244 | .vg | British Virgin Islands |
245 | .vi | United States Virgin Islands |
246 | .vn | Vietnam |
247 | .vu | Vanuatu |
248 | .wf | Wallis and Futuna |
249 | .ws | Samoa |
250 | .ye | Yemen |
251 | .yt | Mayotte |
252 | .yu | SFR Yugoslavia |
253 | .za | South Africa |
254 | .zm | Zambia |
255 | .zr | Zaire |
256 | .zw | Zimbabwe |
List of Generic Top Level Domains
S No | Name | Abstraction |
---|---|---|
1 | .com | commercial |
2 | .org | organization |
3 | .net | network |
4 | .int | international organizations |
5 | .edu | U.S. higher education |
6 | .gov | U.S. national and state government agencies |
7 | .mil | U.S. military |
8 | .abogado | lawyers |
9 | .academy | academic institutes |
10 | .accountants | accountants and accounting firms |
11 | .actor | actors |
12 | .aero | air-transport industry |
13 | .agency | business associations |
14 | .archi | architects and architect firms |
15 | .associates | business associations |
16 | .attorney | attorneys and legal organizations |
17 | .audio | stereo/sound systems, music |
18 | .bar | bars and pubs |
19 | .bargains | coupons and online sellers |
20 | .beer | beer |
21 | .bid | auctions |
22 | .bike | bicycles |
23 | .bio | biodiversity, biographies |
24 | .biz | business |
25 | .black | those who like black |
26 | .blackfriday | Black Friday, retail |
27 | .blue | those who like blue |
28 | .boutique | specialized businesses |
29 | .build | construction industry |
30 | .builders | construction workers |
31 | .buzz | marketing and social networking |
32 | .cab | cabs and taxi companies |
33 | .camera | camera-related businesses |
34 | .camp | camps and camping |
35 | .capital | financial firms |
36 | .cards | general |
37 | .care | healthcare industry |
38 | .careers | Employment |
39 | .cash | financial |
40 | .catering | Food service |
41 | .center | general |
42 | .ceo | CEOs |
43 | .cheap | Resellers |
44 | .christmas | Christmas |
45 | .church | churches |
46 | .city | general |
47 | .claims | retail, auctions |
48 | .cleaning | Cleaning services |
49 | .clinic | healthcare clinics |
50 | .clothing | Apparel |
51 | .club | groups, organizations, assemblies |
52 | .codes | computer and/or encryption code enthusiasts |
53 | .coffee | cafés and coffee aficionados |
54 | .college | Educational |
55 | .community | social groups, neighborhoods |
56 | .company | business associations |
57 | .computer | Technology |
58 | .condos | Real estate |
59 | .construction | Construction industry |
60 | .consulting | hired advisors |
61 | .contractors | Remodeling and independent businesses |
62 | .cooking | sharing recipes |
63 | .cool | General interests |
64 | .coop | Cooperatives |
65 | .country | general |
66 | .credit | Financial institutions |
67 | .creditcard | Financial institutions |
68 | .cruises | Cruise businesses and travel |
69 | .dance | Dance studios and companies |
70 | .date | Online dating |
71 | .dating | Online dating |
72 | .deals | online shopping and couponing |
73 | .democrat | Democractic Party politics |
74 | .dental | dentists |
75 | .desi | Hindustani for the peoples and cultures of South Asia |
76 | .diamonds | diamond and jewelry industry |
77 | .digital | general |
78 | .direct | general |
79 | .directory | general directory |
80 | .discount | general |
81 | .domains | domain registries |
82 | .education | educational institutes |
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84 | .engineering | engineering firms |
85 | .enterprises | business associations |
86 | .equipment | equipment-related businesses |
87 | .estate | real estate businesses |
88 | .events | happenings |
89 | .exchange | generic trade |
90 | .expert | generic expertise |
91 | .exposed | general interest |
92 | .fail | general |
93 | .farm | farms and agriculture |
94 | .finance | financial |
95 | .financial | financial |
96 | .fish | fishing businesses, sports, and interests |
97 | .fishing | fishing businesses, sports, and interests |
98 | .fitness | Fitness and exercise |
99 | .flights | airline businesses and travel |
100 | .florist | florists |
101 | .foo | web development |
102 | .foundation | charitable organizations |
103 | .fund | financial |
104 | .furniture | furniture businesses |
105 | .futbol | soccer |
106 | .gallery | photo and art galleries |
107 | .gift | gift-giving |
108 | .glass | Windows and pipes |
109 | .global | general |
110 | .gop | Republican Party politics |
111 | .graphics | Graphics |
112 | .gratis | Spanish for “free” |
113 | .gripe | Opinion sites |
114 | .guide | Help sites |
115 | .guitars | Guitars |
116 | .guru | Generic expertise |
117 | .haus | German for “house” |
118 | .hiphop | Hip hop culture |
119 | .hiv | AIDS and HIV |
120 | .holdings | real estate or financial business |
121 | .holiday | holiday gift industry |
122 | .horse | horse-related businesses and interest |
123 | .host | network companies |
124 | .house | real estate and construction businesses |
125 | .immobilien | German for “real estate” |
126 | .industries | industrial businesses |
127 | .info | information |
128 | .ink | creative printing or tattooing |
129 | .institute | Established business associations |
130 | .insure | Insurance companies |
131 | .international | international entities |
132 | .investments | financial |
133 | .jetzt | German for “now” |
134 | .jobs | Employment |
135 | .juegos | Spanish for “games” |
136 | .kaufen | German for “buy” |
137 | .kitchen | food industry and remodeling |
138 | .kim | people named Kim |
139 | .land | real estate |
140 | .lawyer | lawyers and legal organizations |
141 | .lease | financing |
142 | .life | general |
143 | .lighting | lighting |
144 | .limited | general |
145 | .limo | limousine businesses |
146 | .link | connecting to information |
147 | .loans | Banks and lenders |
148 | .ltda | companies in South America |
149 | .luxury | businesses catering to the wealthy |
150 | .maison | French for “house” |
151 | .management | business management |
152 | .marketing | marketing services |
153 | .media | general media interests |
154 | .menu | restaurants |
155 | .mobi | mobile devices |
156 | .moda | Italian and Spanish for “fashion” |
157 | .moe | Japanese otaku culture |
158 | .museum | museums |
159 | .name | individuals, by name |
160 | .ninja | general expertise |
161 | .onl | online |
162 | .OOO | General |
163 | .organic | organic gardeners, farmers, foods, etc. |
164 | .partners | businesses |
165 | .parts | manufacturing and consumer auto |
166 | .photo | photography and photo-sharing |
167 | .photography | photography and photo-sharing |
168 | .photos | photography and photo-sharing |
169 | .pics | photography and photo-sharing |
170 | .pictures | photography and photo-sharing |
171 | .pink | those who like pink |
172 | .place | general |
173 | .plumbing | plumbing businesses |
174 | .post | postal services |
175 | .press | publishing and journalism |
176 | .pro | professions |
177 | .productions | studio businesses |
178 | .products | retail or whole-sale businesses |
179 | .properties | real estate |
180 | .pub | bars and pubs |
181 | .recipes | recipes and cooking |
182 | .red | those who like red |
183 | .reise | German for “travel” |
184 | .reisen | German for “travel” |
185 | .ren | Renren users |
186 | .rentals | short-term ownership |
187 | .repair | general repair/maintenance businesses |
188 | .report | business services |
189 | .republican | Republican Party politics |
190 | .rest | restaurants |
191 | .reviews | Public reviews |
192 | .rich | businesses catering to the wealthy |
193 | .rocks | general |
194 | .rodeo | Rodeo interest |
195 | .schule | German “school” |
196 | .services | business services |
197 | .sexy | adult entertainment |
198 | .shiksha | education entities in India |
199 | .shoes | shoes |
200 | .singles | online dating |
201 | .social | general interest |
202 | .solar | solar-power |
203 | .solutions | business services |
204 | .soy | Spanish for “I am” |
205 | .space | space |
206 | .supplies | manufacturing industries |
207 | .supply | manufacturing industries |
208 | .support | help pages |
209 | .surf | Surfing |
210 | .surgery | healthcare industry |
211 | .systems | technology |
212 | .tattoo | tattoo aficionados |
213 | .tax | financial |
214 | .technology | technology |
215 | .tel | Internet communication services |
216 | .tienda | Spanish for “shop” |
217 | .tips | general help topics |
218 | .today | general |
219 | .tools | manufacturing industries |
220 | .town | generic geographic |
221 | .toys | toy businesses |
222 | .trade | businesses |
223 | .training | training and how-tos |
224 | .travel | travel and tourism industry related sites |
225 | .university | young adults, university life |
226 | .uno | Spanish websites targeting Latino consumers |
227 | .vacations | travel |
228 | .versicherung | German for “insurance” |
229 | .ventures | funding for start-ups |
230 | .viajes | Spanish for “travel” |
231 | .villas | real estate and or travel businesses |
232 | .vision | eye-care businesses |
233 | .vodka | Vodka-related businesses and interest |
234 | .voting | polling sites |
235 | .voyage | travel |
236 | .wang | general |
237 | .watch | Watches |
238 | .webcam | Web cam shows and video sharing |
239 | .website | generic |
240 | .wed | engaged couples and wedding |
241 | .wiki | wikis |
242 | .works | General interests |
243 | .wtf | general |
244 | .xxx | adult entertainment |
245 | .xyz | general |
246 | .zone | general |