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
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Locality namespace
- States and territories {{anchor|Second-level domains for states}}
- Locality domains
- Alternative locality names
- Affinity namespaces
- Kids.us
- Restrictions on use
- Other top-level domains related to the United States
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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 registry of GoDaddy, on behalf of the United States Department of Commerce.
Domain us is less commonly used by American businesses and enterprises than the internationally more common com.