What is .citic?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .citic names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .citic on April 29, 2014. Like most of the newer endings, it was applied for in the 2012 New gTLD Program round and its registry agreement was signed on January 9, 2014.
CITIC Group Corporation also runs one other TLD, including .中信.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 8 name servers for .citic, 2 of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .citic haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP.
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.citic FAQ
What country is .citic?
None. .citic is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .citic domain extension?
CITIC Group Corporation operates .citic as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .citic created?
.citic was delegated to the DNS root zone on April 29, 2014.
Is .citic a valid domain?
Yes. .citic is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .citic addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .citic domain?
No. .citic is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for CITIC Group Corporation.
Is .citic DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .citic.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed January 3, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
