Germany uses .de, open to registrants worldwide. Below: who operates each namespace, what its rules actually constrain, the accredited local registrars, and how global registrars compare on price where we hold a sourced figure.
IONOS and OVHcloud are the registrars this site tracks that meet all three local conditions in Germany: a storefront in an official language, billing in EUR, and .de for sale. Of the 8 local storefronts read on 2026-09-28, netcup prints the lowest standing .de price: €5.04 incl. VAT, then united-domains at €19.00 incl. VAT; €5.00 first year. DENIC accredits 286 registrars to sell .de; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .de in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Germany, not a recommendation in it.
Registrars accredited by DENIC eG
These 286 companies are accredited by the Germany registry to sell .de. Every figure below is a fact the registry publishes, read from its accredited-registrar list on 2026-09-20.
DENIC eG publishes 286 registrars under contract for .de. Of those, it lists 0 as offering DNSSEC.
We do not reproduce all 286 names here. Any order we printed them in would imply a ranking, and we have tested none of them. The registry's own list is the authority: DENIC eG registrar list, read 2026-09-20.
We have not tested any of these registrars, so nothing here carries a price, a score or a ranking. Comparing them on price and service is work we have not done, and saying which is better would be invention.
Which registrars have a German site, bill in EUR and sell .de?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Germany rather than merely to the world from it: an interface in an official language, billing in the local currency, and selling the local namespace. All three must hold. 2 of the 20 registrars below meet all three.
The English storefront was read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefronts were read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All prices are in USD" is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, so this is a recorded 'no' on every non-USD currency rather than an absence.
The English storefronts were read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Nine currencies in the selector, which is more than any other registrar tracked here. Whether the card is charged in the selected currency or in USD after a conversion is NOT established: https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/change-currency was read on the same date and says nothing about how charges are made or about an exchange rate. Until that is established these do not pass the currency condition, because the condition exists to protect a buyer from a conversion fee and a display-only currency does not.
The English storefront was read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All pricing is per year and in USD." is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, as Porkbun's is; recorded as a 'no' on every non-USD currency.
The English storefront was read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The French and English and Spanish storefronts were read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English and French and Spanish and Portuguese and Turkish and Ukrainian and Italian and Hungarian and Polish and Czech and Slovak and Croatian and Greek and Indonesian and Swedish and Danish and Finnish storefronts were read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and German was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Thirteen currencies in the selector (AU$, R$, CA$, ¥, €, £, ₹, MX$, ₱, ﷼, ฿, ₺, USD $). Whether the card is charged in the selected currency is not established by the page, so none passes the currency condition.
A dash is ignorance, not a failing grade: it means we have not established that condition either way. Several registrars render their language and currency switchers in JavaScript, which the read behind this table cannot see, so we record nothing rather than a false “no”. A currency that appears only in a display selector does not count as billing in that currency, because a converted price charged in dollars is exactly the case this condition exists to catch.
Where to buy a .de: DENIC-accredited registrars, read from their own storefronts
Eight German retail brands from DENIC's member list plus the two tracked registrars with a German storefront were opened in a real browser on 2026-09-28. Checkdomain and INWX returned 404 on the page tried, Key-Systems 403, and Host Europe printed no price; Gandi's German address redirects to its English storefront.
Ordered by the standing .de price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-28: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 19% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
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Registrar
.de standing price, incl. VAT
First year
Renewal
source
1
NnetcupGerman storefront, bills in EUR
€5.04as printed, inkl. 19% MwSt.Priced per month at 0,42 €; 12 x 0,42 = 5,04 € a year, as netcup bills monthly.
Ordered by the standing .de price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-28: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 19% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
Read, not ranked
A local-language storefront, but no .de price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
HHetznerThe page prints .de at € 5.83 a year but no VAT wording on the page read, so whether it includes 19% MwSt is not established.
Oone.comPriced per month (0,07 € then 1,50 €) with no VAT wording on the page read; the standing yearly figure and its VAT basis are not established.
Not read on 2026-09-28: Checkdomain (HTTP 404 on the page tried on 2026-09-28. Nothing read.); INWX (HTTP 404 on the page tried on 2026-09-28. Nothing read.); Key-Systems (domaindiscount24) (HTTP 403 to a browser request on 2026-09-28. Nothing read.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
Operates a German-language storefront, which is an official language of Germany. Bills in EUR. Page in German. Price printed "1,30 € 0,08€ /Monat für 12 Monate" for .de, with "Preise inkl. MwSt." beside it. Sells .de, and we hold a sourced price for it.
Operates a German-language storefront, which is an official language of Germany. Bills in EUR. Page in French. ".com 7,99 € HT", renewal "13,49 € HT"; HT (hors taxes) appears throughout the pricing section. Sells .de, and we hold a sourced price for it.
Ordered by our overall score where a registrar carries one. A registrar we have not tested can meet all three local conditions and is listed for it, without a score and never above a scored one.
does not bill in EUR; no German-language storefront established
Verified .com renewal of $11.08. Not the cheapest .com we verify: Spaceship renews at $10.18, 9% less. Porkbun is the pick here for catalogue breadth, not for price. WHOIS privacy: free, included by default.
Buying a gTLD through an English-language registrar that bills in dollars is a real and common choice, so it is named with the trade stated rather than dropped. It is not a recommendation in Germany: the conditions it misses are in the column above.
Business use, globally
Namecheap
Support channels: 24/7 live chat, ticket support, knowledge base.
Developers, globally
Cloudflare Registrar
Industry-leading anycast DNS with deep developer tooling. Public API documented.
These two are the site’s global picks and are the same on every country page, which is why they are labelled globally and sit outside the table above. Nothing about a registrar’s API or its support channels changes at a border; what does change is language, billing currency and whether it can sell the local namespace, and that is what the eligibility table measures.
Local presence: No nationality requirement, but registrants without a German address must designate an admin contact with a verifiable German postal address.
DNSSEC: Signed at the root: Supported (one of the earlier ccTLDs to deploy DNSSEC at scale)
IDN: Supported (German umlauts and other Latin extensions)
.de has historically been one of the largest ccTLDs by registration count. Single-character and pure-numeric .de names became registrable in 2009.
Purpose: Germany's national ccTLD, administered by DENIC eG.
Eligibility: No nationality requirement. Registrants without a German postal address must designate an admin-c (administrative contact) reachable at a verifiable German postal address: most non-German registrars provide a contact service for a small annual fee, or accept the registrant's own German contact.
Pricing fetched from each registrar's own pricing page on the date shown. Local registrars may bill in EUR and add VAT/GST/sales tax on top.
DENIC pioneered DNSSEC at scale and has one of the highest signing rates of any ccTLD. WHOIS is published only via DENIC's web tool; bulk WHOIS is not available.
Namespace map
Registered directly under the root label
The Public Suffix List records no delegated second-level namespaces under this delegation: a name is registered directly under the root label, at the second level, rather than under a category such as co. or org.
Verified and sample pricing per registrar for this TLD, with first-year, renewal, ten-year cost and the date each figure was checked
Registrar
First-year
Renewal
10-year cost
WHOIS privacy
Last checked
(verified price)
Spaceship
$9.08
$10.18
$100.70
Free
2026-09-02
(verified price)
Dynadot
$10.88
$10.88
$108.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Porkbun
$11.08
$11.08
$110.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
OVHcloud
$9.20
$14.69
$141.41
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
AAmazon Route 53
$16.00
$16.00
$160.00
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-29
(verified price)
NNameSilo
$17.29
$17.29
$172.90
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Namecheap
$11.28
$18.48
$177.60
Free, with exceptions
2026-08-19
(verified price)
Hover
$18.99
$18.99
$189.90
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
(verified price)
NName.com
$12.99
$19.99
$192.90
Available (Whois Privacy) o…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
IONOS
$1.00
$20.00
$181.00
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-29
(verified price)
Gandi
$11.00
$38.38
$356.42
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
Compared across the 11 registrars whose .com price we have read ourselves.
Most global registrars price domains in USD; local registrars often invoice in EUR.
Can a registrar we track handle Germany?
.de is sold by 7 of the registrars whose prices we verify, renewing from $3.95: less than the cheapest verified .com at $10.18.
At $3.95 a year, .de is the cheapest of all 295 extensions we hold verified prices for: $6.23 less than the cheapest verified .com. Registering locally costs less here than registering the default.
Germany ccTLDs and whether a registrar we verify sells each one
Renewals are all-in and per year, at the cheapest registrar we verify for that extension, checked 2026-09-29. The .com reference is the cheapest verified .com renewal ($10.18). "Listed" counts registrars our country notes record as selling the extension without a price we have read ourselves.
What this page does not tell you: how the registrars based in Germany compare. We list 286 of them by name only, no prices, no scores, no hands-on testing, so any claim here that a local registrar is cheaper, better supported or easier to pay would be invention. Where local billing in Euro (EUR), local-language support, or a registry rule requires a local registrar, that is a reason to use one, and comparing them is work we have not done.
FAQ
What is the best domain registrar in Germany?+
IONOS and OVHcloud are the registrars this site tracks that meet all three local conditions in Germany: a storefront in an official language, billing in EUR, and .de for sale. Of the 8 local storefronts read on 2026-09-28, netcup prints the lowest standing .de price: €5.04 incl. VAT, then united-domains at €19.00 incl. VAT; €5.00 first year. DENIC accredits 286 registrars to sell .de; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .de in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Germany, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .de domain?+
No nationality requirement, but registrants without a German address must designate an admin contact with a verifiable German postal address.
Which global registrars sell .de?+
Cloudflare Registrar, Porkbun, Namecheap, GoDaddy, Spaceship, Dynadot, Gandi, OVHcloud, IONOS, AWS Route 53. DENIC pioneered DNSSEC at scale and has one of the highest signing rates of any ccTLD. WHOIS is published only via DENIC's web tool; bulk WHOIS is not available.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Germany?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in Euro (EUR). INWX, United Domains, IONOS, Strato, and Hetzner bill in EUR with German VAT (Mehrwertsteuer) shown on the invoice and SEPA direct debit available. Global registrars bill in USD and apply VAT only if the registrant is an EU consumer (B2C).
What payment methods work in Germany?+
INWX, United Domains, IONOS, Strato, and Hetzner bill in EUR with German VAT (Mehrwertsteuer) shown on the invoice and SEPA direct debit available. Global registrars bill in USD and apply VAT only if the registrant is an EU consumer (B2C).
