What is .lexus?
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 .lexus names for sale at any registrar.
.lexus entered the DNS root zone on July 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.
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION also runs one other TLD, including .toyota.
On the technical side, .lexus 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 .lexus, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.lexus).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.lexus FAQ
What country is .lexus?
None. .lexus is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .lexus domain extension?
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION operates .lexus as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .lexus created?
.lexus was delegated to the DNS root zone on July 26, 2015.
Is .lexus a valid domain?
Yes. .lexus is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .lexus addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .lexus domain?
No. .lexus is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION.
Is .lexus DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .lexus.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed June 20, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
