.pl

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.pl
DNS-NASK.svg
IntroducedJuly 30, 1990;35 years ago (1990-07-30)
TLD type Country code
StatusActive
Registry NASK
SponsorNASK
Intended useEntities connected with Poland
Actual useVery popular in Poland
Registered domains2,569,407 (1 December 2025) [1]
Registration restrictionsNo restrictions stated
StructureRegistrations can be made directly at second level, or at third level beneath various second level labels
Dispute policies PIIT arbitration (for Polish entities)
WIPO expedited arbitration (for foreign entities)
DNSSEC yes
Registry website dns.pl

.pl is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Poland, administered by NASK, the Polish research and development organization. It is one of the founding members of CENTR.

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History

The .pl domain was created in 1990, following the mitigation of the COCOM embargo on technological collaboration with post-communist countries. The first subdomain in .pl was .pwr.pl, belonging to the Wrocław University of Technology.

In 2008 the number of registered .pl domain names exceeded one million, whereas at the end of 2013 the registry comprised more than 2.4 million domain names. [2] [1]

Each domain must be registered in the National Domain Name Registry.

Second-level domains

Several functional and regional domain endings exist. Most popular are:

Functional domains

Regional domains

There are 118 regional domain endings in the .pl zone. [3] Some of them are:

References

  1. 1 2 "DNS | Report on the .pl domain name market for Q2 2025". www.dns.pl. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  2. ↑ "Statistics of domain names registered in NASK". dns.pl. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "List of regional domain names". NASK Domain Name Registry. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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