.at WHOIS Lookup
Austria's .at domains are registered through nic.at GmbH. Look up a .at name to see its registrar, its name servers and the contact records behind it.
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.at WHOIS Lookup: nic.at Records and Handles
.at is the country code extension of Austria, in the root zone since 20 January 1988 and run by nic.at GmbH. Its WHOIS server, whois.nic.at, replies in plain text with short lower-case labels such as domain, registrar and nserver, seventeen different labels in all. The holder is listed only as a handle, an ID ending in -NICAT, and every technical contact has a handle of its own.
Further along the reply, each handle is resolved in a separate block with person name, organisation, street address, postal code, city, country, phone, fax and email. That makes .at one of the extensions where a holder's address can appear in the WHOIS reply itself. The whois.com.tr result screen lists the registrar and name servers, and the Full WHOIS output tab keeps every contact block. For the neighbouring registries, see the .de WHOIS lookup and the .ch WHOIS lookup.
About the .at extension
- Extension
- .at
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.at
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- nic.at GmbH
- In the root zone since
- 20 January 1988
- Contact data
- Holder and technical contacts via handles, with address blocks
- Not published
- Creation and expiry date, status codes
- Last checked
- 12 August 2026
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WHOIS FAQ
Does a .at WHOIS lookup show who owns the domain?
Yes, a .at record can show the holder's name, organisation, postal address, phone number and email. The holder line itself carries only a handle, so the details have to be read from the contact block with that same handle further along the reply. Do not expect this for every .at name, though, because data protection rules may close those lines when the holder is a private person.
What is a handle in a .at WHOIS record?
A handle is the ID of a contact record in the nic.at database, such as the holder or a technical contact. The contact is stored once, and every domain it looks after points to the same handle. If two .at names show the same holder handle, they are tied to the same contact record. A domain can also list several tech-c handles, each standing for a different person or team.
When was a .at domain registered, and when does it expire?
A .at WHOIS record cannot tell you, because nic.at publishes neither a creation date nor an expiry date. The only date sits on the changed line, which moves forward whenever the record is edited, for example after a name server update. It is written without separators, as in 20241113 19:36:02, so a date parser built for .com output will not read it.
Why are there no status codes in a .at WHOIS record?
A .at record has no EPP status codes because nic.at uses its own reply format, and ICANN requires those codes only from generic extensions. Whether a .at name carries a transfer or delete lock therefore cannot be read from WHOIS. That information stays with the registrar named on the registrar line, so ask the registrar if you plan to move the domain.
Is there an RDAP service for .at domains?
No, nic.at has no RDAP endpoint in IANA's bootstrap registry. Since 28 January 2025, RDAP has been the definitive source for generic extensions, and country code registries such as nic.at stayed outside that change. Registration data for .at comes only from the WHOIS service on port 43, as plain text.
How can I tell if a .at domain is still available?
An unregistered .at name is easy to spot, because nic.at returns no handle, no name server and no contact block for it. The whois.com.tr result screen marks such a name as available, and you can register it through any registrar that offers .at domains. A taken name comes back with a registrar line and a holder handle instead.