The .BE domain is the country code top-level domain for Belgium. It was introduced in 1988 but became active in 1989. Since 2000 the domain has been operated by the DNS Belgium registry. There are over 1 million domains registered.

Requirements to register a .BE domain

The .BE domain is widely used in Belgium by companies and institutions. However, there are no requirements for the registration of the .be extension, and anyone who would like to register it could do so. An example of a .be domain would be youtu.be who are using the domain as a URL shortening service. If you would like to register a .be domain you can follow our domain registration guide.


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