Introduced | 5 August 1988 (added to root zone) |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | DNS Belgium |
Sponsor | DNS Belgium |
Intended use | Entities connected with Belgium |
Actual use | Very popular in Belgium; also used by YouTube for URL shortening |
Registered domains | 1,746,459 (2022-12-10)[1] |
Registration restrictions | None |
Structure | Names can be registered directly at second level; some third-level names under categories such as ac.be for academic institutions also exist |
Documents | Documents |
Dispute policies | ADR |
DNSSEC | yes |
Registry website | dnsbelgium.be |
.be is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belgium. In November 2022, there were 1,746,459 registered domain names using it.[1]