What is .icbc?
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 .icbc names for sale at any registrar.
.icbc entered the DNS root zone on May 13, 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, .icbc is served by 8 authoritative name servers, 2 of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .icbc, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.icbc).
.icbc FAQ
What country is .icbc?
None. .icbc is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .icbc domain extension?
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited operates .icbc as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .icbc created?
.icbc was delegated to the DNS root zone on May 13, 2015.
Is .icbc a valid domain?
Yes. .icbc is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .icbc addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .icbc domain?
No. .icbc is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited.
Is .icbc DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .icbc.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed December 12, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
