.it WHOIS Lookup
.it is the country code extension of Italy, and IIT-CNR runs its registry. Look up a .it name to see its holder, registrar and expiry date.
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.it WHOIS Lookup: Registration Dates and Blocks
Italy's extension entered the root zone on 23 December 1987. Its registry is run by IIT-CNR, the informatics institute of the National Research Council, and WHOIS queries go to whois.nic.it. IANA lists no RDAP service for .it, so this plain-text reply is the only machine-readable source of .it registration data. A reply uses 11 distinct field labels.
The domain section of a .it reply gives a one-word status such as ok, a Signed line and three dates, for creation, last update and expiry. Separate blocks follow for the registrant, the admin contact, the technical contacts and the registrar, and the name servers close the reply. The whois.com.tr result screen draws the registrant, admin contact, registrar and name servers from these blocks. For other European registries, open the .fr WHOIS lookup or the .es WHOIS lookup.
About the .it extension
- Extension
- .it
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.it
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- IIT-CNR (informatics institute of Italy's National Research Council)
- In the root zone since
- 23 December 1987
- RDAP
- None listed with IANA for .it
- Reply blocks
- Registrant, Admin Contact, Technical Contacts, Registrar, Nameservers
- 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 .it WHOIS lookup show who owns the domain?
Yes, the Registrant block of a .it reply normally gives the holder organisation's name and postal address, and the Admin Contact block can name a real person. Neither block has an email or phone field. To reach the holder, contact the registrar named in the Registrar block. Domains held by private individuals may show fewer details.
How do I find out when a .it domain expires?
The expiry date of a .it domain is in the Expire Date line, written as a plain date with no time. Created and Last Update, by contrast, include the time of day. The whois.com.tr result screen turns these dates into the domain's age and the time left before it expires. Renewal goes through the registrar shown in the Registrar block.
What does Signed: no mean in a .it WHOIS record?
Signed: no means the .it domain you looked up has no DNSSEC signature of its own. The .it zone is signed, but each domain is signed separately, through a setting at its registrar. To confirm a signature independently, look for DS records for the domain in DNS.
Why does .it WHOIS say the result could be a subgroup of the data?
The .it registry opens every WHOIS reply with that notice because port 43 may return only part of what its database holds. Additional information is published at web-whois.nic.it. If you are tracing every contact attached to a .it domain, for example before buying it or filing a complaint, look the name up there as well.
What do the dates inside .it contact blocks mean?
The Created and Last Update lines inside each .it contact block belong to that contact record and move independently of the domain dates. A Registrant block with a recent Last Update under an old domain shows that the holder's details changed without a new registration. Comparing the blocks tells you which party was updated last.
How can I tell whether a .it domain is still free?
When a .it name is unregistered, the registry reports it as available and returns no dates or contact blocks, and whois.com.tr shows it as free to register. A reply that contains a Registrant block means someone already holds the name. A free name can be registered through any registrar that sells .it.