Netherlands uses .nl, 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.
OVHcloud is the one registrar this site tracks that meets all three local conditions in the Netherlands: a storefront in an official language, billing in EUR, and .nl for sale. Of the 9 local storefronts read on 2026-09-28, TransIP prints the lowest standing .nl price: €19.97 incl. VAT, computed from €16.50 ex. VAT; €0.49 first year. SIDN accredits 846 registrars to sell .nl; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .nl in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in the Netherlands, not a recommendation in it.
Registrars accredited by SIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland)
These 849 companies are accredited by the Netherlands registry to sell .nl. Every figure below is a fact the registry publishes, read from its accredited-registrar list on 2026-09-20.
SIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland) publishes 849 registrars under contract for .nl. Of those, it lists 149 as offering DNSSEC and 700 as not offering it.
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 Dutch site, bill in EUR and sell .nl?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Netherlands 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. 1 of the 20 registrars below meets all three.
The English storefront was read and Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 German and English and Italian storefronts were read and Dutch 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 Dutch 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 Dutch 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 .nl: SIDN-accredited registrars, read from their own storefronts
Nine Dutch retail brands from SIDN's accredited list plus the two tracked registrars with a Dutch storefront were opened in a real browser on 2026-09-28. Two brands (Vimexx, Combell) returned 404 on the page tried and were not read; Gandi's Dutch address redirects to its English storefront.
Ordered by the standing .nl 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 21% 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.
Ordered by the standing .nl 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 21% 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 .nl price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
VVersioThe page prints .nl at €25,99 with a €0,10 first-year promotion but no VAT wording anywhere on the page read, so whether 25,99 includes 21% BTW is not established and it cannot be set beside the others.
YYourhostingOnly a first-year promotion (€0,10) is printed; the page read states neither the standing price nor the VAT treatment.
MMijndomeinThe page read prints no .nl price; the figure appears only after a domain search.
HHostnetThe page states its VAT basis but prints no .nl figure; the price appears only after a domain search.
AAntagonistThe page states its VAT basis but prints no .nl figure on the page read.
NNeostradaEuro prices and the VAT basis are printed, but none is tied to .nl on the page read.
Not read on 2026-09-28: Vimexx (HTTP 404 on the page tried on 2026-09-28. Nothing read.); Combell (HTTP 404 on the page tried on 2026-09-28. Nothing read.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
Operates a Dutch-language storefront, which is an official language of Netherlands. Bills in EUR. Page in French. ".com 7,99 € HT", renewal "13,49 € HT"; HT (hors taxes) appears throughout the pricing section. Sells .nl, 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 Dutch-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 Netherlands: 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.
Purpose: Netherlands national ccTLD, administered by SIDN.
Eligibility: No nationality requirement. Registrants without a Dutch postal address must designate an admin contact reachable at a Dutch address: most non-Dutch registrars provide this as part of the registration, or accept the registrant's own NL contact if present.
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.
SIDN was an early DNSSEC adopter; signing rates on .nl are among the highest of any ccTLD. WHOIS is GDPR-redacted for natural persons.
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.
.nlSIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland)signed in the root zone
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 Netherlands?
.nl is sold by 6 of the registrars whose prices we verify, renewing from $7.48: less than the cheapest verified .com at $10.18.
At $7.48 a year, .nl is 14th of 295 by price among the extensions we verify: $2.70 less than the cheapest verified .com. Registering locally costs less here than registering the default.
Netherlands 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 the Netherlands compare. We list 849 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 Netherlands?+
OVHcloud is the one registrar this site tracks that meets all three local conditions in the Netherlands: a storefront in an official language, billing in EUR, and .nl for sale. Of the 9 local storefronts read on 2026-09-28, TransIP prints the lowest standing .nl price: €19.97 incl. VAT, computed from €16.50 ex. VAT; €0.49 first year. SIDN accredits 846 registrars to sell .nl; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .nl in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in the Netherlands, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .nl domain?+
No: open to anyone worldwide, but registrants without a Dutch address must provide an admin contact with a Dutch postal address.
Which global registrars sell .nl?+
Cloudflare Registrar, Porkbun, Namecheap, GoDaddy, Spaceship, Dynadot, NameSilo, OVHcloud, IONOS. SIDN was an early DNSSEC adopter; signing rates on .nl are among the highest of any ccTLD. WHOIS is GDPR-redacted for natural persons.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Netherlands?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in Euro (EUR). TransIP, Hostnet, Versio, MijnDomein, and Antagonist bill in EUR with 21% BTW (Dutch VAT) itemised and accept iDEAL, SEPA direct debit, and Bancontact. Global registrars bill in USD; B2C EU registrants pay VAT in addition.
What payment methods work in Netherlands?+
TransIP, Hostnet, Versio, MijnDomein, and Antagonist bill in EUR with 21% BTW (Dutch VAT) itemised and accept iDEAL, SEPA direct debit, and Bancontact. Global registrars bill in USD; B2C EU registrants pay VAT in addition.
