What is .homegoods?
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 .homegoods names for sale at any registrar.
.homegoods entered the DNS root zone on July 15, 2016, 10 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.
The TJX Companies, Inc. also runs 6 other TLDs, including .homesense, .marshalls, .tjmaxx, .tjx and .tkmaxx.
On the technical side, .homegoods is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .homegoods, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
Same registry, other endings
6 other TLDs share this operator.
.homegoods FAQ
What country is .homegoods?
None. .homegoods is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .homegoods domain extension?
The TJX Companies, Inc. operates .homegoods as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .homegoods created?
.homegoods was delegated to the DNS root zone on July 15, 2016.
Is .homegoods a valid domain?
Yes. .homegoods is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .homegoods addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .homegoods domain?
No. .homegoods is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for The TJX Companies, Inc.
Is .homegoods DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .homegoods.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed May 11, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
