General
- Extension
- .es
- Type
- Country-code extension
- Meaning
- Spain
- Registry
- Red.es
- Registry website
- www.nic.es
- Registered since
- 14 April 1988
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 4 (4 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.es
- RDAP server
- none reported to IANA
- At 1blu
- on request via kissdomain
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Natural persons and private organisations from anywhere in the world, provided there is a connection to Spain.
- Length
- At least 3 characters under .es, at least 2 characters under the third-level endings (e.g. .com.es), at most 63 characters.
- Characters
- a–z, 0–9 and hyphen plus the letters of Spain's languages (á, à, é, è, í, ï, ó, ò, ú, ü, ñ, ç, l·l). No hyphen at the beginning or end; the name must not start with "xn--".
- Registrant data
- The applicant's identification data. The applicant is responsible for its accuracy and must report changes without delay.
- Name
- The name must be available, must not be on the lists of prohibited or reserved names and must meet the syntax rules.
- Transfer
- With an AuthCode: it is requested from the current registrar, sent to the administrative contact and valid for 10 days or until used. The new registrar starts the transfer; the administrative contact confirms or cancels it via an e-mail link. Without a response, the request lapses after 10 days. A transfer is possible at any time.
The registry's current rules are binding: www.nic.es.
Sources: dominios.es: How to register a domain · Orden ITC/1542/2005 (Plan Nacional) · Dominios.es: Change registrar · Dominios.es: Transfer procedure · Red.es: Instruction on multilingual characters · IANA Root Zone Database: .es · As of 28 October 2026