.bzh Domains: Showing a Tie to Brittany, in France
.bzh entered the root zone on 29 May 2014, and its registry is not a commercial company but an association: 'Association www.bzh', based in Quimper in the Brittany region of France. The three letters come from Breizh, the Breton name for the region. The registry defines the ending for any company, association, local authority or individual wishing to show a positive attachment to Brittany, its culture or its languages.
This is the only extension in this group with an eligibility condition, and the condition continues after registration. Among the accepted ways to establish the tie, the registration terms list a postal address in the five Breton departments, a substantial part of the site devoted to the region or to the Breton language, and membership of the association. The registry's site reports more than 13,700 names registered as of 10 August 2026. Test candidates with a domain name search.
.BZH Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Association www.bzh (an association based in Quimper)
- Region and country Brittany — France
- Root zone record 29 May 2014
- Eligibility condition A tie to Brittany is required
- Registrations More than 13,700 (registry site, 10 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .bzh domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 12 servers
.bzh Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$69.90 /year -
Transfer
$72.79 /year -
Renewal
$78.39 /year -
Restore
$167.90
Included With Every .bzh Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
.bzh Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .bzh domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .bzh address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .bzh domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .bzh returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.bzh Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.bzh Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .bzh domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 12 servers
.bzh Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .bzh Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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People and organisations with a tie to Brittany may register. In its own words, the registry addresses companies, associations, local authorities and individuals showing a positive attachment to the region, its culture or its languages. How that tie is established is set out in the registration terms, and there is more than one route. This is the key difference from the other endings in this group: here a gate exists.
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Yes — a postal address in the region is not the only route. Secondary sources list two further ways to establish the tie: devoting a substantial part of the site to Brittany or to the Breton language, or joining the association. If you satisfy it through content, that content is expected to be published within six months of registration. Ask your registrar for the binding text and read it before ordering.
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The IANA record names 'Association www.bzh' as the sponsoring organisation, an association based in Quimper. That structure is rare in this category and explains why the rules of the ending come from a cultural frame. The project's own registry record showed a technical infrastructure provider in the registry field; that has been added to the correction list, and the content follows the legal entity from IANA.
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According to the project's registry data, privacy service is not available on this extension, so registrant details are not masked. If you register as an individual and would rather not publish a home address, plan to register under an organisation and use a general contact mailbox. After registration, check which fields are public with a whois search; this is awkward to correct later.
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The address brings no ranking on its own, but it does establish context. For a business in Brittany the ending signals belonging at the moment of the click and creates familiarity with local visitors. What decides the outcome is still page content, business listings and consistent address data. Used without any regional connection, the ending works against you on both eligibility and expectation. For another ending built on a regional identity, see .bayern.
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