What is .aaa?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .aaa names for sale at any registrar.
.aaa entered the DNS root zone on August 28, 2015, 11 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .aaa is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .aaa, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.aaa).
.aaa FAQ
What country is .aaa?
None. .aaa is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .aaa domain extension?
American Automobile Association, Inc. operates .aaa as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .aaa created?
.aaa was delegated to the DNS root zone on August 28, 2015.
Is .aaa a valid domain?
Yes. .aaa is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .aaa addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .aaa domain?
No. .aaa is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for American Automobile Association, Inc.
Is .aaa DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .aaa.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed December 11, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
