Who operates the .fr registry?

AFNIC (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération) is the official .fr registry operator.

Can anyone register a .fr domain?

No. .fr is restricted to individuals and organizations located in the EU/EEA, or those with a French trademark or company registration.

Does .fr support DNSSEC?

Yes. AFNIC supports DNSSEC for .fr registrations.

How many .fr domains are there?

Approximately 3.3 million .fr domains are active, making it one of Europe's larger ccTLDs.

Does .fr WHOIS show registrant details?

Personal details are redacted under French GDPR law. Organization names may be shown for company registrants.

.fr WHOIS Lookup

Look up any .fr domain instantly. FetchWhois queries AFNIC's RDAP server and returns the full registration record — registrar, key dates, nameservers, DNSSEC and contact details — for any French .fr domain.

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How the .fr WHOIS lookup works

Live .fr results from AFNIC's authoritative RDAP server.

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Enter a .fr domain name

Type the .fr domain into the search box. .fr is the official TLD of France with over 3 million active registrations.

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FetchWhois queries AFNIC's RDAP server

AFNIC (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération) operates .fr. We query their RDAP server live via the IANA bootstrap.

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Read the .fr registration record

Registrar, dates, status, nameservers and DNSSEC data are returned. AFNIC restricts .fr to EU-resident entities.

.fr domains: France's national TLD

.fr is the country-code TLD for France, operated by AFNIC. Unlike many ccTLDs, .fr has registration restrictions: registrants must be individuals or organizations located in the European Union, European Economic Area, or with a registered trademark or company in France. This means .fr is not open to all worldwide registrants, giving French domains a degree of geographic credibility that open TLDs lack.

WHOIS lookups for .fr domains use AFNIC's RDAP server, returning standard registration data. French data protection law (implementing GDPR) means personal registrant details are typically redacted. DNSSEC is well supported. .fr has over 3 million active registrations — smaller than .de but a key TLD for French businesses and government bodies.

.fr WHOIS Lookup — Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about WHOIS, ICANN and RDAP domain lookups.