What is .emerck?
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 .emerck names for sale at any registrar.
.emerck entered the DNS root zone on October 22, 2014, 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, .emerck 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 .emerck, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.emerck).
.emerck FAQ
What country is .emerck?
None. .emerck is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .emerck domain extension?
Merck KGaA operates .emerck as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .emerck created?
.emerck was delegated to the DNS root zone on October 22, 2014.
Is .emerck a valid domain?
Yes. .emerck is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .emerck addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .emerck domain?
No. .emerck is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Merck KGaA.
Is .emerck DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .emerck.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 27, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
