General
- Extension
- .co.hu
- Type
- Second-level extension
- Meaning
- Second-level zone under .hu (Hungary)
- Parent extension
- .hu
- Registry
- Council of Hungarian Internet Providers (CHIP)
- Registry website
- www.domain.hu
- Registered since
- 7 November 1990 (.hu)
Properties
- DNSSEC in the root zone
- .hu: yes
- Name servers
- .hu: 7 (7 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.hu
- RDAP server
- none reported to IANA
- At 1blu
- on request via kissdomain
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Citizens and legal entities of any country. Anyone not from the EU, the Council of Europe, the EEA, EFTA or a country neighbouring Hungary and without a Hungarian residence permit needs an activity that justifies a .hu domain and must prove it on request. Natural persons aged 18 or over.
- Length
- 2 to 63 characters.
- Characters
- a–z, 0–9, hyphen and á, é, í, ó, ö, ő, ú, ü and ű. No hyphen at the beginning or end, no “--” in positions 3 and 4.
- Term
- 1 to 10 years.
- Disputes
- Alternatív Vitarendező Fórum (AVF).
- New rules
- According to the registry, a new Domainregisztrációs Szabályzat applies from 18 November 2026. The information here is based on the version of 1 July 2026.
Sources: Domain.hu: Domainregisztrációs Szabályzat (valid from 1 July 2026) · Domain.hu: Rules from 18 November 2026 · IANA Root Zone Database: .hu · As of 25 October 2026