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.ro Domain: Romania ccTLD Guide

Updated October 2026

.ro is the country-code top-level domain for Romania.

Overview

Used by Romanian businesses and individuals, and by foreign companies wanting a Romanian-market address.

The National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics (ICI Bucharest) is the sponsoring organisation for .ro in the IANA record, which gives 26 February 1993 as the creation date. The registry operates as RoTLD and works through accredited registrars, resellers and hosting providers. DNSSEC is supported.

Names can be registered directly under .ro or beneath generic second-level labels such as com.ro and org.ro. Some second-level labels are reserved and carry special rules. Every registration is governed by a registration agreement, and the registry may request further documents or refuse a registration that does not meet its rules.

For disputes the registry has adopted ICANN's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, and registrants agree to follow it when they register. The registrant data of natural persons is not displayed in the public WHOIS database, while data of legal persons may be published.

The registry also runs periodic technical checks of delegated name servers (zone checks) and may delete domains that fail to meet its conditions.

Who can register

.ro is open to anyone. Legal persons give a registration number (plus a fiscal code if in the EU), and individuals give an identity document number such as a passport number.

Second-level endings: Also .com.ro, .org.ro.

Before you buy a .ro name

• Check the renewal price as well as the first-year price. Our cost calculator shows what a name really costs over time.
• Make sure you meet the eligibility rules yourself, without relying on a trustee if you can avoid it.
• Search for trademarks and for the same name in .com.
• Say the name out loud: will people type it correctly?

Weighing up a specific .ro name? TLD.is gives an AI appraisal that explains a name's strengths and weaknesses.

Frequently asked questions

What country is .ro?

.ro is the country-code top-level domain for Romania.

Who runs the .ro domain?

The .ro registry is managed by ICI (National Institute for R&D in Informatics) - RoTLD.

Can I register a .ro domain from another country?

.ro is open to anyone. Legal persons give a registration number (plus a fiscal code if in the EU), and individuals give an identity document number such as a passport number.

Does Google treat .ro as a country domain?

Yes. Google normally treats .ro as a signal that a site targets Romania.

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Sources checked: en.wikipedia.org · v4.gandi.net · www.iana.org. Last reviewed October 2026.

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