The .gmbh Domain: A German Corporate Signal
.gmbh was recorded in the root zone on 3 March 2016, and the IANA entry names Binky Moon, LLC as the contracting party. The zone was first delegated to Extra Dynamite, LLC and moved to its present holder in the 2018 bulk transfer. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 39,269 registrations, of which 33,137 appear in the zone file.
The abbreviation stands for a company form that is common across German-speaking markets, and it sets a corporate tone at address level. That makes it a familiar ending for firms selling into Germany, Austria and Switzerland, or looking for suppliers there. Try candidates with a .gmbh domain search, and if you would rather not signal a market at all, compare the .global page.
Among the policies the registry publishes, .ltd is the only ending with an organisational status form; for .gmbh no eligibility condition and no status document has been published. Nobody asks for your commercial register entry at the point of registration, and an address carrying this ending does not show that the party behind it holds that legal form. Read it both ways: when assessing a supplier, check the register rather than the address; and when building your own, remember that trading-name rules apply regardless of what a domain says.
.GMBH Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- Root zone record 3 March 2016
- Registered names 39,269 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 33,137 names, about 84%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .gmbh domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.gmbh 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
$35.50 / years -
Transfer
$36.39 / years -
Renewal
$39.19 / years -
Restore
$134.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.81
Included With Every .gmbh 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.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.gmbh Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .gmbh 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 yours for the term you chose. You can renew at any point before expiry to keep it uninterrupted, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.gmbh Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.gmbh Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .gmbh domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.gmbh Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.gmbh Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 1 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 1 days
- Payment Period 1 days
- Redemption Period 1 days
- Deletion Hold Period 1 days
- Renewal Time 1 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .gmbh Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registry has published no eligibility condition and no status document for this ending.
Among its published policies, .ltd is the only ending with an organisational status form. Rules on company names and how a business describes itself come from the law where you operate and apply regardless of the domain, so stating your actual company form on the page is both accurate and safer.
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Usually the two are held together; this ending does not stand in for a national address.
A country ending is stronger in local search and in habit, while this one foregrounds the company form and stands out in corporate correspondence. The common arrangement is to keep the main site on the country ending and reserve this address for corporate pages or company email.
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Through the commercial register, not through the address.
The abbreviation at the end of a domain is not a register entry and is not checked at registration. Look on the company's own site for the registered name, the register number and a postal address; if those are absent, verification is not possible anyway. You can also see who holds the domain from the whois search page.
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Of 39,269 registrations, 33,137 appear in the zone file — about 84%.
That rate is among the higher ones here and points to corporate rather than speculative use. For a search it means a short one-word company name is probably taken, while combinations adding a sector or a city remain findable. Testing several candidates at once through the bulk domain name search speeds things up.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
On a corporate address the real exposure is email: if mail records do not carry across cleanly, invoices and order correspondence bounce quietly and you find out days later. Take a copy of the existing mail records before you begin, then start from the domain transfer page.
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