What is .kia?
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 .kia names for sale at any registrar.
.kia entered the DNS root zone on September 26, 2015, 11 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.
On the technical side, .kia is served by 4 authoritative name servers, 3 of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .kia, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.kia).
.kia FAQ
What country is .kia?
None. .kia is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .kia domain extension?
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION operates .kia as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .kia created?
.kia was delegated to the DNS root zone on September 26, 2015.
Is .kia a valid domain?
Yes. .kia is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .kia addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .kia domain?
No. .kia is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for KIA MOTORS CORPORATION.
Is .kia DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .kia.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed June 20, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
