.fr WHOIS Lookup
.fr is France's country code extension, run by AFNIC. Look up a .fr name to see who holds it, which registrar manages it and when it expires.
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.fr WHOIS Lookup: AFNIC Records and Status Lines
France's extension entered the root zone on 2 September 1986. It is run by AFNIC, the Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération, a non-profit body that answers WHOIS queries at whois.nic.fr and serves the same data as JSON through RDAP at rdap.nic.fr. The .fr zone also carries a DNSSEC signature.
A .fr reply can carry 33 distinct labels, which makes it one of the most detailed in Europe. The domain block gives the registrar, creation date, expiry date and last update, followed by the name servers. Status comes twice, as AFNIC's own status word and as standard eppstatus codes. Holder, admin and technical contacts appear as handles ending in -FRNIC, each spelled out later with name, address, phone and email. The .re WHOIS lookup reads from the same database, and the .it WHOIS lookup shows a neighbouring registry.
About the .fr extension
- Extension
- .fr
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.fr
- RDAP endpoint
- https://rdap.nic.fr
- Registry
- AFNIC (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération)
- In the root zone since
- 2 September 1986
- Labels in a reply
- 33, including AFNIC's own hold, eligstatus and reachstatus
- RDAP
- rdap.nic.fr
- Last checked
- 12 August 2026
Looking for whether a name is still free, rather than who holds it? run a domain name search
WHOIS FAQ
Does a .fr WHOIS lookup show who owns the domain?
Yes, a .fr reply usually names the holder when the domain belongs to a company or organisation. The holder-c handle leads to a contact block with the organisation name, postal address, country, phone and email. Its anonymous line shows whether the holder asked for those details to be hidden. Domains of private individuals may have them withheld.
How do I find the expiry date of a .fr domain?
The expiry date of a .fr domain is printed in the Expiry Date line, with the registration date in created and the latest change in last-update. The whois.com.tr result screen reads those lines and shows how old the domain is and how much of its term remains. Renewal is arranged through the registrar named in the reply.
What is the difference between status and eppstatus in a .fr record?
status is AFNIC's one-word summary of the domain, such as ACTIVE, while eppstatus lists standard codes that name each blocked operation. A well-protected .fr name can carry four of them together, covering update, transfer, deletion and recovery. Their server prefix marks a lock set at registry level. Read the eppstatus lines before you plan a transfer.
What does reachstatus mean in a .fr WHOIS reply?
reachstatus records whether AFNIC treats a contact as reachable, and it sits in every contact block beside eligstatus, the eligibility check. When it reads ok, reachmedia, reachsource and reachdate say how, by whom and when the contact was confirmed. A holder block can read not identified while the admin contact of the same domain is confirmed by email, so write to the contact marked ok.
What does hold: NO mean on a .fr domain?
hold: NO means AFNIC has not suspended the domain, so it stays in the DNS. A domain on hold remains registered but stops resolving, taking its website and email offline. Lock codes only block changes to the record, while a hold switches the name off. If a .fr site vanishes before its expiry date, check this line first.
Is a .fr domain free to register if WHOIS finds no match?
Yes, when AFNIC finds no match, the .fr name is unregistered and the reply carries no domain, contact or name server block. whois.com.tr then reports it as open for registration. Any reply that does include a domain block means the name is taken, even when it is on hold or its site does not load.