What is .walmart?
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 .walmart names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .walmart on August 18, 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 July 31, 2015.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. also runs 3 other TLDs, including .george, .grocery and .samsclub.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 6 name servers for .walmart, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .walmart haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.walmart).
Same registry, other endings
3 other TLDs share this operator.
.walmart FAQ
What country is .walmart?
None. .walmart is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .walmart domain extension?
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates .walmart as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .walmart created?
.walmart was delegated to the DNS root zone on August 18, 2016.
Is .walmart a valid domain?
Yes. .walmart is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .walmart addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .walmart domain?
No. .walmart is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Is .walmart DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .walmart.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed November 20, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
