Upcoming TLDs / .firm
Can you register a .firm domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .firm would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
company name
"Firm" refers to a business organization, especially one formed by a partnership of two or more people, that offers professional services or engages in commercial trade.
a company offering a professional service
Firm commonly refers to a business or professional organization.
"Firm" is an English word meaning a business organization, company, or professional partnership; as an adjective, solid, stable, or steadfast.
A firm is an organized business, professional practice, or other entity operating under a shared name, purpose, and identity. It may provide products, services, expertise, or representation across industries, professions, and commercial activities.
FIRM means strong, stable or not easily moved. As a noun, it is a business organization. Solid by definition.
Who applied for .firm
Link Freedom Group / LFG
Link Freedom Group Ltd, MT, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Link Freedom Group (LFG) aspires to become a best-in-class, vertically integrated domain name registration authority, see linkfreedomgroup.link. This TLD is part of a carefully curated portfolio of strings that LFG intends to pursue in ICANN’s 2026 New gTLD Program. In assembling this portfolio, LFG focused on securing meaningful, memorable, and commercially compelling strings that resonate strongly with end users and offer long-term growth potential.
Registry Services, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and Purpose of the Applied-for gTLD
NETDREAM PTE. LTD.
SG, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and Objectives
Neigh Sayer, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .FIRM is to provide a namespace associated with the concept of firm as a business or professional organization. The .FIRM gTLD is intended to serve a broad range of registrants and users, including individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with, relate to, or wish to be associated with the concept represented by the applied-for string.
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC, KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose: The mission of .firm is to give businesses that call themselves firms a namespace that matches their own vocabulary. Intended registrants include firms of every size across consulting, strategy, research, creative, design, technology, marketing and media, together with the directories, recruiters and publishers that serve them. Intended users are the clients, candidates and partners who engage firms worldwide. Following delegation, the applicant will, as registry operator of the .firm TLD, conduct a phased launch, implement all ICANN-required rights protection …
Squarespace Registry LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
".FIRM" is proposed as an open namespace for any organized group of people operating under a shared identity, purpose, or practice. Professional services organizations represent the most immediate and prominent registrant category: law firms, accounting practices, management consulting firms, financial advisory groups, architecture and engineering practices, and medical group practices all operate under the word "firm" in its most established sense. The namespace extends naturally to any organized entity operating with a collective identity and a defined purpose: a research collective, a …
XYZ.COM LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose. This gTLD will be operated as an open, unrestricted generic top-level domain. Its purpose is to expand naming choice in the DNS by making this term available at the top level for any lawful use chosen by the registrant. Registrations will be available to all registrants on a first-come, first-served basis through ICANN-accredited registrars, subject only to the Registry Agreement, ICANN Consensus Policies, and applicable law. The applicant will not operate this gTLD on an exclusive basis.
What happens next
- April 30, 2026: Application window opened (done)
- August 12, 2026: Application window closed (done)
- October 7, 2026: Reveal Day: ICANN published every applied-for string (done)
- October 21, 2026: Replacement period ended (applicants could switch to a backup string) (done)
- November 17, 2026: String Confirmation Day: the final list of applied-for strings
- March 16, 2027: Community input and objections period ends
Dates from ICANN’s Reveal Day announcement, checked October 27, 2026. We re-check the applications every day and this page changes when they do.
When will .firm be available?
ICANN has not set a date. The final list of applied-for strings comes on String Confirmation Day (November 17, 2026), community input and objections run until March 16, 2027, and ICANN processes applications after a prioritization draw in 2027. Registration opens only after ICANN delegates .firm and its registry announces launch dates.