Country-Code Domains in Europe

Updated October 2026

54 country-code extensions belong to Europe. Here they are with their registries and a summary of who can register.

Country codes in Europe

Europe has some of the most-used country-code domains in the world, including .de, .uk and .nl, where many people prefer their national extension to .com. Many European registries are open to registrants across the EU or worldwide, and the region also has the pan-European .eu.

Open worldwide33

Local presence required17

Restricted2

Not open2

Check with registry0

Extension	Country or territory	Who can register	Registry
.ad	Andorra	Open worldwide	Andorra Telecom
.al	Albania	Local presence required	Electronic and Postal Communications Authority - AKEP
.at	Austria	Open worldwide	nic.at GmbH
.ax	Åland Islands	Open worldwide	Alands landskapsregering
.ba	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Local presence required	University Tele-Informatic Center (UTIC)
.be	Belgium	Open worldwide	DNS Belgium vzw/asbl
.bg	Bulgaria	Local presence required	Register.BG
.by	Belarus	Open worldwide	Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC
.ch	Switzerland	Open worldwide	SWITCH (SWITCH Information Technology Services)
.cz	Czechia	Open worldwide	CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.
.de	Germany	Open worldwide	DENIC eG
.dk	Denmark	Open worldwide	Punktum dk A/S
.ee	Estonia	Open worldwide	Eesti Interneti Sihtasutus (Estonian Internet Foundation)
.es	Spain	Open worldwide	Red.es (Entidad Pública Empresarial Red.es)
.eu	European Union	Local presence required	EURid vzw
.fi	Finland	Open worldwide	Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency)
.fo	Faroe Islands	Local presence required	FO Council
.fr	France	Local presence required	AFNIC
.gb	United Kingdom (reserved, not used)	Not open	Reserved by IANA
.gg	Guernsey	Open worldwide	Island Networks
.gi	Gibraltar	Local presence required	Sapphire Networks
.gr	Greece	Open worldwide	ICS-FORTH (.gr/.ελ Registry)
.hr	Croatia	Local presence required	CARNET (Croatian Academic and Research Network)
.hu	Hungary	Local presence required	ISzT Nonprofit Kft. (Council of Hungarian Internet Providers)
.ie	Ireland	Local presence required	IEDR (IE Domain Registry CLG)
.im	Isle of Man	Open worldwide	Government of the Isle of Man (Domicilium)
.is	Iceland	Open worldwide	ISNIC (Internet á Íslandi)
.it	Italy	Local presence required	Registro .it (IIT-CNR)
.je	Jersey	Open worldwide	Island Networks
.li	Liechtenstein	Open worldwide	SWITCH Teleinformatics Services
.lt	Lithuania	Open worldwide	Kaunas University of Technology
.lu	Luxembourg	Open worldwide	DNS-LU (RESTENA)
.lv	Latvia	Open worldwide	Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia (NIC.LV)
.mc	Monaco	Local presence required	Direction des Télécommunications (Monaco)
.md	Moldova	Open worldwide	STISC (Service for Information Technology and Cyber Security)
.me	Montenegro	Open worldwide	doMEn d.o.o.
.mk	North Macedonia	Restricted	MARnet (Macedonian Academic Research Network)
.mt	Malta	Local presence required	NIC Malta
.nl	Netherlands	Open worldwide	Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland (SIDN)
.no	Norway	Local presence required	Norid AS
.pl	Poland	Open worldwide	NASK (Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa)
.pt	Portugal	Open worldwide	Associação DNS.PT
.ro	Romania	Open worldwide	ICI (National Institute for R&D in Informatics) - RoTLD
.rs	Serbia	Open worldwide	Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS)
.ru	Russia	Local presence required	Coordination Center for TLD RU
.se	Sweden	Open worldwide	The Swedish Internet Foundation (Internetstiftelsen)
.si	Slovenia	Open worldwide	ARNES (Academic and Research Network of Slovenia)
.sj	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Not open	Norid
.sk	Slovakia	Open worldwide	SK-NIC
.sm	San Marino	Open worldwide	NIC.sm (Telecom Italia San Marino)
.su	Soviet Union (legacy)	Local presence required	Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN)
.ua	Ukraine	Local presence required	Hostmaster Ltd.
.uk	United Kingdom	Open worldwide	Nominet UK
.va	Vatican City	Restricted	Holy See (Vatican Internet Service)