What is .gmo?
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 .gmo names for sale at any registrar.
.gmo entered the DNS root zone on May 3, 2014, 12 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.
GMO Internet, Inc. also runs one other TLD, including .ggee.
On the technical side, .gmo is served by 4 authoritative name servers, 3 of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .gmo, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.gmo).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.gmo FAQ
What country is .gmo?
None. .gmo is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .gmo domain extension?
GMO Internet, Inc. operates .gmo as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .gmo created?
.gmo was delegated to the DNS root zone on May 3, 2014.
Is .gmo a valid domain?
Yes. .gmo is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .gmo addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .gmo domain?
No. .gmo is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for GMO Internet, Inc.
Is .gmo DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .gmo.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 20, 2019. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
