The .gmbh Domain: A German Corporate Signal
.gmbh was recorded in the root zone on 9 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. Under the registry agreement, registration is limited to entities designated, or pending designation, as a GmbH whose existence can be validated with the public authorities in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. Try candidates with a .gmbh domain search, and if you would rather not signal a market at all, compare the .global page.
The registry agreement's public interest commitments (Specification 11) limit .gmbh registration to entities designated, or pending designation, as a GmbH, whose existence must be verifiable with the public authorities in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. Registrars must also obtain the registrant's representation that it holds the registration and designation required under applicable law. So an address with this ending presumes a GmbH behind it; when assessing a supplier, still check the commercial 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 9 March 2016
- Registered names 39,269 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 33,137 names, about 84%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .gmbh domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 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 /year -
Transfer
$36.39 /year -
Renewal
$39.19 /year -
Restore
$134.90 -
Late Renewal Surcharge
+$7.81 on top of the renewal fee
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
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .gmbh 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 .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 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 .gmbh 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 $7.81 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 .gmbh 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
.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 No documents are required to register a .gmbh domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.gmbh Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .gmbh Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Yes. The registry agreement limits registration to entities designated, or pending designation, as a GmbH.
The entity's existence must be verifiable with the public authorities in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein or Switzerland, and registrars take the registrant's representation that it holds the necessary registration and designation. 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 no substitute for a register entry: the agreement has registrars take the registrant's representation of GmbH status, and the real proof is the commercial register. 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 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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