What is .progressive?
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 .progressive names for sale at any registrar.
.progressive entered the DNS root zone on April 20, 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.
On the technical side, .progressive 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 .progressive, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.progressive).
.progressive FAQ
What country is .progressive?
None. .progressive is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .progressive domain extension?
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company operates .progressive as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .progressive created?
.progressive was delegated to the DNS root zone on April 20, 2016.
Is .progressive a valid domain?
Yes. .progressive is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .progressive addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .progressive domain?
No. .progressive is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Progressive Casualty Insurance Company.
Is .progressive DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .progressive.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 11, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
