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Sponsored · Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

.gov domains

.gov is a sponsored TLD, run by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: names in it are for the community it serves.

Is .gov a good domain?

On 4 November 2026, under 0.1% of .gov domains were listed for sale.

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The registry reported 14,236 .gov domains for September 2025. 17,004 were built on 4 November 2026.

.gov, day by day

4 November 2026
How .gov is used · 17,004 built domains
  • Listed for saleon a domain marketplace00.0%
  • Parkedshowing ads or an expiry page00.0%
  • Hostedon a web host, or with a registrar or DNS service12,03570.8%
  • Not known yet4,96929.2%
What moved · on 4 November 2026
newly built
+9
no longer built
−3
changed nameservers
4
Net
+6
19 September 2026 to 4 November 2026

Built .gov domains on 4 November 2026. The registry’s own figure is the full count.

How many .gov domains are there?

.gov had 14,236 domains in September 2025, according to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

14,236
domains, September 2025

.gov domains, month by month

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Sep 2025 to Sep 2025

every month and every registrar