.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
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- History
- Registration
- Regional variants
- Other uses
- References
- External links
.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.