What is .lidl?
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 .lidl names for sale at any registrar.
.lidl entered the DNS root zone on December 13, 2014, 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.
Schwarz Domains und Services GmbH & Co. KG also runs one other TLD, including .schwarz.
On the technical side, .lidl is served by 4 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .lidl, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.lidl).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.lidl FAQ
What country is .lidl?
None. .lidl is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .lidl domain extension?
Schwarz Domains und Services GmbH & Co. KG operates .lidl as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .lidl created?
.lidl was delegated to the DNS root zone on December 13, 2014.
Is .lidl a valid domain?
Yes. .lidl is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .lidl addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .lidl domain?
No. .lidl is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Schwarz Domains und Services GmbH & Co. KG.
Is .lidl DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .lidl.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed November 6, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
