What is .ricoh?
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 .ricoh names for sale at any registrar.
.ricoh entered the DNS root zone on June 22, 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, .ricoh is served by 4 authoritative name servers, 3 of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .ricoh, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.ricoh).
.ricoh FAQ
What country is .ricoh?
None. .ricoh is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .ricoh domain extension?
Ricoh Company, Ltd. operates .ricoh as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .ricoh created?
.ricoh was delegated to the DNS root zone on June 22, 2015.
Is .ricoh a valid domain?
Yes. .ricoh is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .ricoh addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .ricoh domain?
No. .ricoh is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Is .ricoh DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .ricoh.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed June 20, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
