.UK domain registration requirements

.UK domain registration requirements

.UK is the ccTLD for the United Kingdom. You can also register a .CO.UK domain name with us, as well as .ORG.UK and .ME.UK domains.

GDPR regulations have made providing additional information for registration of the .UK domains optional. Accordingly, NiceNIC also does not require that you specify your identity type (i.e., non-UK individual or organization) or provide any additional information such as company number unless you choose to.

However, you do need to make sure that the Registrant Name and contact information that you supply for your UK domains are valid, up-to-date, and meet Registry standards. Please check What does good registrant data look like? for more information.

The Registrant name (company or individual) of a .UK domain must contain at least 4 characters, and of these 3 or more must be letters. I.e., if a domain name is registered for organization the 'Company name' field must contain at least 4 characters, and of these 3 or more must be letters. Otherwise registration will fail with error: Parameter value syntax error, with processor code '2005' and reason 'V328 Registrant name does not meet minimum requirements as this field must contain at least 4 characters and of these 3 or more must be letters'.

Due to the GDPR changes, it is possible to use PO Boxes for new registrations.

To comply with GDPR standards, the .UK Registry does not show domain contact information in Whois. However, if the domain owner themselves are required to show their contact data in the public Whois (as with government or nonprofit organizations, for example), they can choose to opt-in, thereby publicly displaying their contact information.