What is .gr?
A little context on Greece: the capital is Athens, the main language is Greek, the currency is the Euro (EUR) and the international dialing code is +30.
Greece shares land borders with 4 countries, so the ccTLDs next door are .al (Albania), .bg (Bulgaria), .tr (Türkiye) and .mk (North Macedonia).
IANA lists ICS-FORTH GR as the manager of .gr, with an address in Greece. The registry's website is http://www.gr. ccTLD managers set their own policies — who can register, which second-level names exist, pricing to registrars — so those rules differ from country to country.
On the technical side, .gr is served by 6 authoritative name servers, 4 of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .gr, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically.
Greece also has another country-code domain in the root zone: .ελ (Greek).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.gr FAQ
What country is .gr?
.gr is the country-code top-level domain for Greece, in Southern Europe.
What is Greece's domain extension?
Greece's website extension is .gr, its country-code top-level domain. It also has .ελ in other scripts. "GR" is its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.
Who owns the .gr domain?
IANA lists ICS-FORTH GR as the manager of .gr: it runs the registry and sets the rules for Greece's ccTLD. Individual .gr names belong to whoever registers them.
Can I register a .gr domain from the US?
It depends on ICS-FORTH GR's policy. Some ccTLDs are open to anyone in the world, while others require a local address, company or trademark. Check the registry (http://www.gr) or an accredited registrar before you buy.
Is .gr DNSSEC-signed?
Yes. The root zone has a DS record for .gr, so DNSSEC validation works all the way down from the root.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed October 16, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
