What is .abbvie?
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 .abbvie names for sale at any registrar.
.abbvie entered the DNS root zone on April 6, 2016, 10 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, .abbvie is served by 8 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .abbvie, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
.abbvie FAQ
What country is .abbvie?
None. .abbvie is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .abbvie domain extension?
AbbVie Inc. operates .abbvie as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .abbvie created?
.abbvie was delegated to the DNS root zone on April 6, 2016.
Is .abbvie a valid domain?
Yes. .abbvie is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .abbvie addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .abbvie domain?
No. .abbvie is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for AbbVie Inc.
Is .abbvie DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .abbvie.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed January 28, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
