What is .boehringer?
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 .boehringer names for sale at any registrar.
.boehringer entered the DNS root zone on November 25, 2015, 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, .boehringer is served by 4 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .boehringer, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.boehringer).
.boehringer FAQ
What country is .boehringer?
None. .boehringer is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .boehringer domain extension?
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH operates .boehringer as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .boehringer created?
.boehringer was delegated to the DNS root zone on November 25, 2015.
Is .boehringer a valid domain?
Yes. .boehringer is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .boehringer addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .boehringer domain?
No. .boehringer is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH.
Is .boehringer DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .boehringer.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed October 15, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
