brussels-domain

The .brussels domain extension is the local GeoTLD of Brussels, the capital of Belgium and one of the three headquarters of the various bodies of the European Union. Brussels is also home to numerous large international companies. In addition, many cultural institutes and embassies from all over the world have their headquarters in Brussels. The international press is also very strongly represented with offices.

Award guidelines

This local domain valid for Brussels has very liberal allocation guidelines. That is, there is no restriction in terms of who may register a domain address with this extension. It is possible for the registration to be carried out by a private individual or by a company. And this is the case irrespective of whether the private individual has a domicile in Brussels or the company has a registered office in Brussels. This means that companies, organisations and bloggers not based in Brussels who have a connection to Brussels or write about it can also choose a domain name ending in .brussels.

Great importance

The importance of the domain extension .brussels is very significant for the reason that indeed many companies and organizations since Brussels is one of the seats of the European Union and many there - if not with a local office - would like to be present in Brussels in this way. For the local market and local consumers, the domain extension hardly matters. For some traders, however, the .brussels domain extension is important. This is the case when they sell their products locally and want to show this to consumers straight away. One reason for this is that consumers see immediately that it is a local company or a local product and that the shipping of the goods is faster and perhaps even cheaper or on-site service can be used.

However, one should not forget that Brussels is located in a bilingual region. In addition to English - because of the representation of the European bodies in the city - Dutch is the main language spoken in Brussels. This is because Brussels is located in the Belgian region of Flanders. However, French and German are also spoken by many who live and work in Brussels and feel connected to the city. Finding multilingual websites under the domain extension .brussels is therefore not unlikely.