.es WHOIS Lookup
.es is the country code extension of Spain, managed by the public entity Red.es. Its WHOIS server answers only IP addresses that Red.es has authorised in advance.
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.es WHOIS Lookup: Red.es and Query Access
.es is the country code extension of Spain. It entered the root zone on 14 April 1988, and the Spanish public entity Red.es manages the zone. WHOIS queries go to whois.nic.es on port 43, but Red.es opens that port only to IP addresses it has authorised. IANA lists no RDAP service for .es either, so anyone without authorisation has no machine-readable route to .es registration data.
A query from an unauthorised address gets the Red.es conditions of use back in place of a record. Authorised users receive a narrow record with the domain name and its name servers; it carries no creation or expiry date, no registrar and no holder details. To see how neighbouring registries handle the same fields, open the .pt WHOIS lookup or the .it WHOIS lookup.
About the .es extension
- Extension
- .es
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.es
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- Red.es, a Spanish public entity
- In the root zone since
- 14 April 1988
- WHOIS access
- Authorised IP addresses only, one per user or organisation
- RDAP
- No endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry
- Not published
- Creation and expiry date, registrar, holder details
- Last checked
- 12 August 2026
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WHOIS FAQ
Why does .es WHOIS return conditions of use instead of domain data?
whois.nic.es sends its conditions of use to every address that Red.es has not authorised, in place of the domain data. Red.es grants access to a maximum of one IP address per user or organisation. Under the conditions, the service may be suspended at any time without prior warning. Users undertake not to use it for abusive or speculative domain registrations and to comply with Spanish rules on .es domain names and personal data protection.
How can I find out who owns a .es domain?
A .es WHOIS lookup cannot name the owner, because the record carries no holder name, organisation, address or email. Red.es keeps that data in its register but does not release it on port 43. If you have a legal reason to identify the holder of a .es name, the request has to go to Red.es or to the registrar that manages the domain.
How do I check when a .es domain expires?
The expiry date of a .es domain is not available through WHOIS, and there is no RDAP record to fall back on. For a name you hold, your registrar account shows the renewal date and sends reminders before it passes. For someone else's .es name, the WHOIS record gives you no date from which to work out when it might become free.
Can a .es WHOIS lookup tell me if a domain is available?
No, a .es WHOIS reply cannot confirm that a name is free. An unregistered name produces no record, and so does a query from an unauthorised address, which makes the two cases look the same. Before you treat a .es name as available or taken, check it with a registrar that sells .es domains.
Is the .es zone signed with DNSSEC?
Yes, Red.es signs the .es zone with DNSSEC, and its DS record sits in the root zone. That signature covers the extension itself; a single .es domain is protected only once its own DS record has been published through its registrar. Whether a name is signed shows in its DNS records, which stay public even though WHOIS access is restricted.
Why does .es WHOIS show so much less than .com?
.es is a country code extension, so Red.es is not bound by the ICANN contracts that govern generic extensions. Those contracts require .com records to show the registrar, the creation and expiry dates and an abuse contact. Red.es decides on its own who may query and what the record contains, which leaves a .es reply with little beyond the name servers.