What is .gea?
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 .gea names for sale at any registrar.
.gea 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, .gea is served by 3 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .gea, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.gea).
.gea FAQ
What country is .gea?
None. .gea is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .gea domain extension?
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft operates .gea as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .gea created?
.gea was delegated to the DNS root zone on August 28, 2015.
Is .gea a valid domain?
Yes. .gea is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .gea addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .gea domain?
No. .gea is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft.
Is .gea DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .gea.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed June 15, 2022. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
