What is .google?
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 .google names for sale at any registrar.
.google entered the DNS root zone on September 15, 2014, 12 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
Charleston Road Registry Inc. operates a large portfolio of 46 TLDs, including .ads, .android, .app, .boo and .cal.
On the technical side, .google is served by 5 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .google, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
Same registry, other endings
45 other TLDs share this operator.
.google FAQ
What country is .google?
None. .google is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .google domain extension?
Charleston Road Registry Inc. operates .google as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .google created?
.google was delegated to the DNS root zone on September 15, 2014.
Is .google a valid domain?
Yes. .google is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .google addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .google domain?
No. .google is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Charleston Road Registry Inc.
Is .google DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .google.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed April 11, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
