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.es

Introduced	14 April 1988; 36 years ago (1988-04-14)
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Red.es
Sponsor	Red.es
Intended use	Entities connected with Spain
Actual use	Very popular in Spain, very rarely also used in typosquatting due to misspellings of .eus domains. Also, used for domain hacks in multiple languages.
Registered domains	2,002,412 (2022-12-16)[1]
Registration restrictions	None for second-level registrations after 2005 phase-in of open registration; there are restrictions on some of the specific subdomains
Structure	Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at the third level beneath various second-level subdomains
Documents	Spanish domain-related legislation
Dispute policies	Extrajuridical conflict resolution system for ".es" domain names
Registry website	dominios.es

.es (españa) is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Spain. It is administered by the Network Information Centre of Spain.

Registrations are permitted at the second level or at the third level beneath various generic second level categories. Some qualifications and restrictions apply to third-level registrations depending on which second-level domain they are within. Second-level registrations have had some limitations including requiring registrants to have a connection with Spain, but these restrictions were lifted in a multi-stage process completed by the end of 2005, at which point registrations at the second level of .es were open to anybody worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

The .es domain does not have a conventional WHOIS server operating on port 43, but WHOIS queries can be made using a page on ESNIC's website.