.bldg
Is .bldg a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.bldg is not contested. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. It is XServer.
A shorthand for "building" that fits named properties and real-estate projects, but most will still pick a full-word address.
owners and managers of named buildings, property developers, architecture studios and proptech startups wanting a building-flavoured identity
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: an open, unrestricted category word for the built-environment trade, sold to builders, developers and construction firms who want the sector itself as their suffix rather than a brand or a credential.
Same bet in that the primary registrant is a physical structure labelling itself with what it is (parkview.apartments / parkview.bldg), a descriptor TLD whose demand depends on individual properties wanting their own web identity.
Same bet of taking the trade's own clipped shorthand for property/buildings rather than the full word, betting that insiders read the abbreviation instantly and outsiders tolerate it.
What a .bldg domain is
.bldg is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Commerce. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .bldg domain extension real yet?
.bldg is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .bldg domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .bldg name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .bldg was .build, delegated on 18 January 2014.
Is .bldg a real TLD?
Not yet. .bldg is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .bldg is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- XServer · first recordedICANN
“XCI2688T-T46588 · XServer Cloud Incorporated · primary”ICANN
“BEI2691T-T99138 · Bellatrix Exploration, Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-53 KKWT2621T-T78272 · Knock Knock WHOIS There, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-53 LFGL2683T-T10005 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-53 NA2631T-T74490 · Registry Services, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-53 SS2654T-T73111 · Hair Apparent, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-53 XCI2688T-T22077 · XServer Cloud Incorporated · replacement string of .official · Deactivated XL2625T-T16424 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .portal · Deactivated”ICANN
- Band chosen: 10-29 (vanity/narrow). The string is a postal-style abbreviation of "building", legible to English speakers but not a word, so a primary identity on it needs a sentence of explanation. By analogy (flagged as analogy, no figures asserted): full-word construction and property strings such as .build, .construction, .homes and .house exist in the 2012-round space and have found only modest, price- or promotion-driven uptake rather than becoming a primary-identity default for builders or landlords; an abbreviated variant is likely to sit below those, since the full-word options already cover the same buyers with a clearer signal. It is not in the 30-49 band because there is no evident registration-at-volume pattern for abbreviated nouns outside the legal-suffix family (.llc, .ltd), and the aftermarket for building-named addresses would be thin and project-specific. It is not in the 1-9 band because there is a plausible, if small, end-use: a named tower, campus or mixed-use development using <name>.bldg as a vanity address, and proptech or facilities-management tools adopting it as a brand suffix. The record shows a single confirmed applicant, XServer Cloud Incorporated, which is stated neutrally and bears only on adoption likelihood through whatever channel and pricing strategy it chooses; the facts block records no category tag and no pricing or distribution plan. Main market uncertainty: whether the operator positions .bldg as a low-cost volume string or as a premium address for named properties; the latter would support a few credible primary-identity sites but a very small base, the former would raise counts without brand signal.