.co.uk Domains
Register your .co.uk domain
Run a British business and British customers expect this address. Nominet has kept it as the UK's commercial standard for four decades. Register from $10.99/yr, renewal costs displayed before any commitment.
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The Extension
Why .co.uk?
UK commerce lives at .co.uk. Nominet has administered it since the early internet, and British customers type those letters out of habit, believing them without thinking. Serve the UK and the extension does quiet credibility work for you, on every business card you hand over and every search result you appear in.
No residency test applies. Anyone anywhere can register one. Nominet also withholds an individual registrant's personal details from the public WHOIS as standard, without being asked. We print the renewal price next to the registration price, so the yearly cost never ambushes you later.
Good Fit
.co.uk works best for
- UK businesses of every size
- Tradespeople and local services
- International brands serving British customers
- Holding the matching .uk so both versions of the name are yours
What You Get
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The UK default
A British customer guesses .co.uk the way everyone else guesses .com. Expectations met sell more.
Local search signal
Search engines read the extension as a marker of UK relevance. The help on local queries is real, though modest.
Privacy by policy
By default Nominet keeps an individual's personal details off the public WHOIS. That protection is baked into the extension.
Common Questions
Questions about .co.uk
Must I live in the UK before I can register .co.uk?
You don't. There's no residency requirement on .co.uk, and registrants anywhere in the world can take one. It still makes the most sense for a site genuinely serving UK customers, because that is the signal those letters send to readers and search engines alike.
What's the relationship between .co.uk and .uk?
Two separate registrations, both sitting under Nominet. The traditional business form is .co.uk; the shorter modern version, .uk, arrived in 2014. Nothing stops different owners holding each one, which is why established brands tend to buy the pair and redirect whichever they don't use.
Is .co.uk or .com better for a UK business?
If your customers are mostly British, take .co.uk: it matches what they type and flags local relevance. Selling across borders, .com travels further. Plenty of UK businesses simply keep both, run one as the primary and point the other at it. Forced to pick one, pick where the customers live.
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