What is .crown?
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 .crown names for sale at any registrar.
.crown entered the DNS root zone on June 19, 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, .crown 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 .crown, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.crown).
.crown FAQ
What country is .crown?
None. .crown is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .crown domain extension?
Crown Equipment Corporation operates .crown as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .crown created?
.crown was delegated to the DNS root zone on June 19, 2015.
Is .crown a valid domain?
Yes. .crown is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .crown addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .crown domain?
No. .crown is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Crown Equipment Corporation.
Is .crown DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .crown.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed January 22, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
