What is .sbi?
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 .sbi names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .sbi on April 16, 2016. Like most of the newer endings, it was applied for in the 2012 New gTLD Program round and its registry agreement was signed on March 12, 2015.
STATE BANK OF INDIA also runs one other TLD, including .statebank.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .sbi, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .sbi haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.sbi).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.sbi FAQ
What country is .sbi?
None. .sbi is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .sbi domain extension?
STATE BANK OF INDIA operates .sbi as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .sbi created?
.sbi was delegated to the DNS root zone on April 16, 2016.
Is .sbi a valid domain?
Yes. .sbi is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .sbi addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .sbi domain?
No. .sbi is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for STATE BANK OF INDIA.
Is .sbi DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .sbi.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 16, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
