The .sarl Domain: A Company Form From French-Speaking Markets
The .sarl domain entered the root zone on 31 July 2014 under an ICANN agreement dated 3 July 2014, and its registry operator is Binky Moon, LLC. The abbreviation comes from the French société à responsabilité limitée. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 2,154 registrations, of which 1,764 appeared in the zone file.
Limited companies in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and French-speaking Africa make up the register. There is no eligibility requirement and the registry does not verify corporate status. Try candidates in .sarl domain search, and see the .ltd and .gmbh pages for the English and German equivalents.
Specification 11 §3(j) requires registrars to take a representation from the registrant that it holds the authorisations, charters and licences needed to operate in the sector; where doubt arises, the registry may consult national supervisory authorities. Yet §4(a) of the same agreement forbids the registry from imposing identity-based limits. The upshot: no document at registration, a statement instead, and no verification of corporate status.
.SARL Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone entry 31 July 2014
- Contract rule A representation on licences is taken; no document is required
- Zone size 2,154 registrations, 1,764 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .sarl domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
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.sarl 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
$39.90 /year -
Transfer
$39.90 /year -
Renewal
$43.89 /year -
Restore
$124.90 -
Late Renewal
$8.78
Included With Every .sarl 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.
.sarl Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .sarl 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 .sarl 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 .sarl 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 $8.78 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 .sarl 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
.sarl Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.sarl Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .sarl domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.sarl Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .sarl Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, the registry does not verify corporate status. One clause of the agreement asks registrars to take a representation that the registrant holds the required authorisations and credentials, but that is a statement rather than a filing. Another clause in the same agreement expressly forbids identity-based limits. Try candidates on the .sarl search page.
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All three name a limited liability form, but each speaks to a different legal culture. This one reads in French-speaking markets, .ltd in English-speaking ones and .gmbh across German-speaking countries. Their registry operators and contractual obligations are not identical either, so do not treat the three as a single family.
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No. The address is not a substitute for a commercial register entry and carries no evidential weight against third parties. Corporate status is certified only by the registry of companies in your country of incorporation. What the address does is communicate: it tells a visitor quickly which legal culture and company form you operate in, and nothing beyond that.
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On 13 August 2026 the zone held 2,154 registrations with 1,764 in the zone file, roughly eighty-two per cent. That high share indicates registrants really do publish sites. Because the zone is small, your full company name has a good chance of being free, so try the full spelling before you fall back on an abbreviation.
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Lift the lock, request the authorisation code and open the request at the gaining registrar. With company-held addresses the commonest obstacle is a contact address belonging to someone who has left the business: the authorisation code goes there and the process stalls. Update the record first, then move. Run it from the domain transfer page.
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