New gTLD Applicants

The following list is comprised of known, verified applications for TLDs being applied for in ICANN's New gTLD Program. It is broken down by what "type" of gTLD the applicant is applying for. For a list of companies providing a variety of gTLD-related services, see here.

Brand Applicants

The following are proposed Brand gTLD/DotBrand ventures:^[1]^[2]^[3]

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.adidas	Adidas Group		Rumored
.afl	Australian Football League	ARI Registry Services	Melbourne IT is acting as Application Consultant. Confirmed^[4]
.aigo	aigo Digital Technology
.canon	Canon	GMO Registry	Confirmed^[5]
.deloitte	Deloitte	OpenRegistry	Confirmed^[6]
.facebook	Facebook Inc.		Rumored
.godaddy	GoDaddy		Confirmed^[7]
.google	Google		Confirmed^[8]
.kpn	KPN	OpenRegistry	Confirmed^[9]
.lpl	LPL Financial	OpenRegistry	Confirmed^[10]
.microsoft	Microsoft		Rumored
.neustar	Neustar	Neustar	Confirmed^[11]
.hitachi	Hitachi Ltd.	GMO Registry	Confirmed^[12]
.iinet	iiNET	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[13]
.sas	Scandinavian Airlines System Group		Confirmed^[14]
.starhub	StarHub	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[15]
.unicef	UNICEF		Confirmed^[16]

Geographic Applicants

The following are proposed GeoTLD ventures:^[17]^[18]^[19]

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.africa	DotConnectAfrica (DCA) AfTLD ARC		String Contention
.afrique	Africa Top Level Domains (AfTLD)
.arab	League of Arab States		Supported by ITU, Confirmed^[20]
.athens
.bangaluru	Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. with India TL Domain	Minds + Machines	Confirmed^[21]
.bayern	dotBayern e.V. Bayern Connect	Minds + Machines (Bayern Connect)^[22]	String Contention
.berlin	dotBERLIN GmbH Unite Berlin		String Contention, Confirmed^[23]^[24]
.bzh	PointBZH
.budapest	Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.	Minds + Machines	Confirmed^[25]
.capetown	UniForum SA	UniForum SA	Confirmed^[26]
.chicago
.cymru	The Welsh Government	Nominet	Confirmed^[27]
.durban	UniForum SA	UniForum SA	Confirmed^[28]
.eac	East African Community (EAC)
.eng	dot.eng
.florida	dotFlorida LLC		Alexander Schubert is the founder^[29]
.fra	A-FRA
.gent	The City of Gent	OpenRegistry	Confirmed,^[30] Partnered with City TLD
.hamburg	Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH
.hof	The City of Hof with HFO Telecom AG
.joburg	UniForum SA	UniForum SA	Confirmed^[31]
.ker	dotKer
.koeln	dotKöln
.kyoto	Kyoto Gakuen University		Confirmed^[32]
.london
.madrid	Punto Madrid
.masr	National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
.melbourne	Government of Victoria	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[33]
.miami	Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.	Minds + Machines	Confirmed^[34]
.moscow	Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
.mumbai	Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. with India TL Domain (Unclear)	Minds + Machines (Unclear)^[35]
.nagoya	GMO Registry	GMO Registry	Confirmed^[36]
.nrw	Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.	Minds + Machines	Confirmed, NRW stands for the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia
.nyc	NYC's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT)	Neustar	Confirmed^[37]
.okinawa	Business Ralliart Inc. GMO Registry		Confirmed, String Contention Possible^[38]^[39]
.osaka	GMO Registry Interlink Business Ralliart Inc. Future Spirits		Confirmed, String Contention Possible^[40]
.paris
.que	PointQuébec
.quebec	PointQuébec
.riga	dotRiga		Alexander Schubert is the Project Manager^[41]
.roma	Roma TLD S.r.l.		Member of DotCities
.ryukyu	Business Ralliart Inc. GMO Registry		Confirmed, String Contention Possible^[42]^[43]
.saarland	dotSaarland eV
.scot	Dot Scot Registry
.seattle
.seoul	The City of Seoul
.sydney	Government of New South Wales	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[44]
.tat	dot tat
.tokyo	DotTokyo	GMO Registry
.toulouse
.val	puntVAL
.vegas	Dot Vegas Inc.
.victoria	Government of Victoria	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[45]
.vlaanderen	DNS.be	DNS.be	Working with Nic.at on application. Confirmed^[46]
.volga	Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
.wales	The Welsh Government	Nominet	Confirmed^[47]
.wien	DotWien
.yokohama	Yokohama City	GMO Registry	Confirmed^[48]

Generic/Community Applicants

The following are niche, generic, or community gTLDs:^[49]^[50]^[51]

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.adult	ICM Registry	ICM Registry	Confirmed.^[52]^[53]
.art	Aremi Group		Aremi Group claims trademark of .art & Dot Art
.archi	Starting Dot		Short for "architecture". Confirmed^[54]
.bank	Domain Security Company American Bankers Association w/ BITS	Unknown Verisign
.basketball	FIBA (FIBA)	Minds + Machines	Also working with ROAR Domains. Confirmed.^[55]
.bio	Starting Dot		Confirmed^[56]
.blog	Primer Nivel	Qinetics	Confirmed.^[57] String Contention
.club	.CLUB Domains LLC
.dental	Dot Dental TLD and Domains		Rumored to be defunct^[58]
.design	Starting Dot		Confirmed^[59]
.eco	Big Room Inc. Unknown Minds + Machines Venture^[60]	Big Room & Afilias Minds + Machines (Unknown Venture)	Big Room's is a Community Application^[61] String Contention
.eurovision	European Broadcasting Union
.eus	PuntuEus Association
.film	The Film Registry Inc.	AusRegistry^[62]
.free	dotFree Group		Confirmed^[63]
.gay	Dot Gay Alliance dotgay LLC, Scott Seitz (CEO)	Minds + Machines (Dot Gay Alliance)^[64] Neustar (dotgay LLC)	String Contention. Community Application (dotgay LLC)
.gal	Asociación PuntoGal
.gmbh	eco e.V.
.green	DotGreen Registry	Neustar^[65]	Community Application
.halal	Halalan Tayyiban Corp.
.health	International Society for Telemedicine and eHealt with ISOC Belgium
.hiv	dotHIV gemeinnütziger e.V.
.horse	Dot Horse Project LLC	Minds + Machines	Confirmed^[66]
.hotel	DOTHOTEL, Dirk Krischenowski
.irish	Dot-Irish LLC
.immo	Starting Dot		Short for "real-estate" in French. Confirmed^[67]
.jewelers	GJB Partners	ARI Registry Services
.kiwi	Dot Kiwi	Minds + Machines^[68]
.law	TLD INVEST GmbH
.lli	PuntuLLI
.love	dot.Love Inc.,
.mls	MLS Domains Association	CentralNic	String Contention^[69]
.money	gTLD Revolution
.music	Music.us, Constantine Roussos Far Further Minds + Machines		String Contention
.ngo	PIR		Confirmed^[70]
.ong	PIR		Confirmed^[71]
.phone	gTLD Revolution
.porn	ICM Registry	ICM Registry	Confirmed.^[72]^[73]
.restaurant
.radio	BRS Media, Inc. European Broadcasting Union	Minds + Machines^[74] Unknown
.real	Global Real Estate and Technology Consortium
.reise	dotreise GmbH		German for ".travel"
.rocks	DOTROCKS, LLC
.rugby	International Rugby Board	Minds + Machines	Applicant worked with ROAR Domains. Confirmed.^[75]
.secure	Domain Security Company LLC Artemis Internet	Unknown ARI Registry Services^[76]	String Contention
.sex	ICM Registry	ICM Registry	Confirmed.^[77]^[78]
.shop	GMO Registry Commercial Connect, LLC		String Contention
.site	UrbanBrain Inc.		Confirmed (2010)^[79]
.ski	Starting Dot w/ Adrenaline TLD		Confirmed^[80]
.sport	SportAccord dotSport LLC The DotSport Registry	CORE (SportAccord) Unknown Unknown	String Contention, Community Application (SportAccord)
.taxi
.versicherung	dotversicherung-registry GmbH		German for ".insurance"
.vin
.vip	Vipspace Enterprises LLC
.web	gTLD Revolution
.wine

IDN Applicants

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.ДЕТИ	Coordination Center for TLD RU	Coordination Center for TLD RU	Russian for ".children"
.عرب	League of Arab States		Receiving Support from ITU, Arabic for ".arab" Confirmed^[81]
.москва	Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)		IDN version of ".moscow"

Related Pages

References

[1] Applicants, Brand, dot-nxt.com

[2] New TLDs, NewDomains.org

[3] NewTLDs, NewTLDs.tv

[4] News ARI Wins Tender for Melbourne and Sydney, ARiServices.com

[5] Mar 16 2010, Canon.com

[6] Watch the Deloitte Strategy Why A New TLD Bill Barrett Deloitte, NetworkMarketingStrategy.mlmmpbtoday.com

[7] Go Daddy Applying for Three New gTLDs

[8] Google Plots Web Domain Buying Spree, AdAge.com

[9] Leuvense Start Up Haalt Contracten Binnen Voor Deloitte en KPN, DataNews.Knack.be

[10] Leuvense Start Up Haalt Contracten Binnen Voor Deloitte en KPN, DataNews.Knack.be

[11] Neustar to Establish Its own Brand Specific GTLD, Neustar.biz

[12] Releases 2011/03, PRWeb.com

[13] Whats in a Domain Name Its a Bargain at 2000000

[14] Another dotBrand Confirmed Sas, DomainIncite.com

[15] Exclusive Starhub Confirms Dot Brand gTLD bid, DomainIncite.com

[16] UNICEF.org

[17] Geographic, Dot-nxt.com

[18] New TLDs, NewDomains.org

[19] NewTLDs, NewTLDs.tv

[20] News370, TRA.gov.ae

[21] MM In Bizarre Negaluru gTLD Bid, DomainIncite.com

[22] Top Level Domain Holdings to Help Register Bayern Domain, ProactiveInvestors.co.uk

[23] DotBERLIN.de

[24] UniteBerlin.de

[25] TLDH adds Budapest to its Location Top Level Domains

[26] Three South African City gTLDs Announced, DomainIncite.com

[27] Latest, Nominet.org

[28] Three South African City gTLDs Announced, DomainIncite.com

[29] DotFlorida Team, DotFlorida.org

[30] OpenRegistry Wins Gent Registry Deal, DomainIncite.com

[31] Three South African City gTLDs Announced, DomainIncite.com

[32] tKyoto Twitter, 5.1.2012, twitter.com

[33] News ARI Wins Tender for Melbourne and Sydney, ARIServices.com

[34] DomainIncite.com

[35] Corporate update Minds Machines Chosen As registry Provider for Mumbai, TLDH.org

[36] GMO Registry Recieves Letter of Support from City

[37] News, InformationWeek.com

[38] Japan Gets Two New Geo TLD Projects, DomainIncite.com

[39] News Article, GMO.jp

[40] 4 Companies Given Ok for Osaka, DomainIncite.com

[41] Contact, DotRiga.org

[42] Japan Gets Two New Geo TLD Projects, DomainIncite.com

[43] News Article, GMO.jp

[44] ARI Wins Tender For Melbourne and Sydney, ARIServices.com

[45] News ARI Wins Tender For Melbourne and Sydney, ARIServices.com

[46] MM Joins Music Fight, DomainIncite.com

[47] Latest, Nominet.org

[48] BusNews, Japan.Internet.com

[49] New TLDs, NewDomains.org

[50] Community, dot-nxt.com

[51] NewTLDs, NewTLDs.tv

[52] ICM Owner of XXX Applies for Sex Porn Adult to Give XXX Owner Grandfather Rights, TheDomains.com

[53] ICM Registry Applies For Sex Porn and Adult, DomainNameWire.com

[54] Another Contention Battle Confirmed as Starting Dot Reveals Five gTLD Bids, DomainIncite.com

[55] Fiba To Apply For Basketball Top level Domain, DomainNameWire.com

[56] Another Contention Battle Confirmed as Starting Dot Reveals Five gTLD Bids, DomainIncite.com

[57] First Blog New gTLD Applicant Revealed, DomainIncite.com

[58] Status, NewgTLDsite, twitter.com

[59] Another Contention Battle Confirmed as Starting Dot Reveals Five gTLD Bids, DomainIncite.com

[60] Dot Eco, MindsAndMachines.com

[61] Web Wars, VanMag.com

[62] AboutUs, FilmRegistryInc.com

[63] Status, RT, dotFree, 2.27.2012, Twitter.com

[64] About, DotGayAlliance

[65] tGreen Selects neustar to Provide Registry and DNS Support to Green TLD, PRNewsWire.com

[66] TLDH Signs ANother City gTLD Budapest, DomainIncite.com

[67] Another Contention Battle Confirmed as Starting Dot Reveals Five gTLD Bids, DomainIncite.com

[68] TLDH Files First 20 gTLD Applications, ElliotsBlog.com

[69] Dot MLS Rights Fight, News.Dot-nxt.com

[70] PourQuoiONG, NGOtld.org

[71] PourQuoiONG, NGOtld.org

[72] ICM Owner of XXX Applies for Sex Porn Adult to Give XXX Owner Grandfather Rights, TheDomains.com

[73] ICM Registry Applies For Sex Porn and Adult, DomainNameWire.com

[74] BRS Media Selects Minds Machines For Radio Registry Services, MindsAndMachines.com

[75] PressRelease, IRB.com

[76] How NCC plans to revolutionize domain name security with .secure gTLD, domainincite.com

[77] ICM Owner of XXX Applies for Sex Porn Adult to Give XXX Owner Grandfather Rights, TheDomains.com

[78] ICM Registry Applies For Sex Porn and Adult, DomainNameWire.com

[79] New Internet NameSpace on the Horizon UrbanBrain announces Dotsite site, PRnewswire.com

[80] Another Contention Battle Confirmed as Starting Dot Reveals Five gTLD Bids, DomainIncite.com

[81] News370, TRA.gov.ae

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