.us

us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in February 1985. Registrants of us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations – or foreign entities with a presence in the United States or a territory of the United States. Most registrants in the U.S. have registered for .com, .net, .org and other gTLDs, instead of us, which has primarily been used by state and local governments, even though private entities may also register us domains. The domain is managed by Registry Services, LLC, an acquired subsidiary domain name registr

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".us" is the Internet domain name ending reserved for the United States, established in 1985 and restricted to U.S. citizens, residents, organizations, and foreign entities with a U.S. presence. While it's available for anyone meeting these requirements, it has primarily been used by state and local governments rather than becoming popular with private businesses, which have typically chosen other domain options like .com or .org instead.

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Key facts

Top level domain.name: us
Top level domain.image: DotUS domain logo.png
Top level domain.type: Country code top-level domain
Top level domain.status: Active
Top level domain.registry: Registry Services, LLC (owned by GoDaddy)
Top level domain.sponsor: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Top level domain.intendeduse: Entities connected with the United States
Top level domain.actualuse: Used in the United States but not as widely as gTLDs
Top level domain.registereddomains: 2,053,374
Top level domain.dateregistereddomains: December 2023
Top level domain.restrictions: Connection with the U.S. requirement can be enforced by challenge but rarely is
Top level domain.structure: 2nd-level registrations allowed; originally only 3rd- or 4th-level registrations in a complex hierarchy
Top level domain.document: RFC 1480; USDoC agreements with Neustar; Other policies
Top level domain.disputepolicy: usTLD Dispute Resolution Policy (usDRP)
Top level domain.dnssec: Yes