.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.

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.be is the internet address suffix designated for Belgium, similar to how .uk belongs to the United Kingdom or .fr to France. As of November 2022, nearly 1.75 million websites and online services use .be addresses, making it one of the ways people and businesses identify themselves online as Belgian.

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Key facts

Top level domain.name: .be
Top level domain.image: DNS Belgium logo (en).svg
Top level domain.introduced: 5 August 1988
Top level domain.type: Country code top-level domain
Top level domain.status: Active
Top level domain.registry: DNS Belgium
Top level domain.sponsor: DNS Belgium
Top level domain.registereddomains: 1,746,459
Top level domain.dateregistereddomains: 2022-12-10
Top level domain.intendeduse: Entities connected with Belgium
Top level domain.actualuse: Very popular in Belgium; also used by YouTube for URL shortening
Top level domain.restrictions: None
Top level domain.structure: Names can be registered directly at second level; some third-level names under categories such as ac.be for academic institutions also exist
Top level domain.document: Documents
Top level domain.disputepolicy: ADR
Top level domain.website: www.dnsbelgium.be
Top level domain.dnssec: Yes

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Official website: dnsbelgium.be

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inception: 1988-00-00
Commons category: .be

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.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.

== History == The domain became active in 1989 and was administrated by Pierre Verbaeten of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. In 2000, the control of the TLD was transferred to DNS Belgium.