====== What is a registry? ======

A registry is an organization that manages the centralized database of domain names registered in a TLD zone. In the schema of domain name management, they are immediately above, and must not be confused with, a registrar (Gandi).

**Each TLD has its own policies and procedures.**

It is the authoritative source of information, which updates whois and root nameservers for the TLD with the content of its database. 



Registries for each TLD are:

^Registry^	TLD^	
|Afilias|	.info,.in,.me,.aero,.bz,.hn,.mn,.sc,.vc|		
|AFNIC|	.fr,.re*|		
|Centralnic|	.la,.xx.com,.xx.net|			
|CZ .NIC|	.cz|			
|Cocca|	.ht,.gs,.am,.fm,.sb,.tl,.mu,.cx|
|Denic|	.de|			
|DK Hostmaster|	.dk|			
|domreg LT|	.lt|			
|DNS .BE|	.be|			
|Dot Asia|	.asia|			
|Dot Cooperation LLC|	.coop|			
|EETT|	.gr|			
|Eurid|	.eu|			
|FCCN|	.pt|			
|Ficora|	.fi|			
|GDI|	.ws|			
|GNR|	.name|			
|HKDNR|	.hk|			
|IIS|	.se|			
|IP mirror|	.jp,.sg|		
|mTLD|	.mobi|			
|My.co|	.co|			
|NASK|	.pl|			
|NeuLevel|	.biz,.us,.cn,.tw|
|nicAT|	.at|			
|nic .im|	.im|			
|nic .it|	.it|			
|nic .ru|	.ru|			
|NomiNet|	.co.uk,.org.uk|		
|Norid|	.no|			
|PIR|	.org|			
|PuntCAT|	.cat|			
|Red.es|	.es|			
|Red Cientifica Peruana|	.pe|			
|Registry MX|	.mx|			
|Registry Pro|	.pro|			
|Restena DNS-LU|	.lu|			
|SIDN|	.nl|			
|Switch|	.ch,.li|		
|Telnic|	.tel|			
|VeriSign|	.com,.net,.tv,.cc|
|World Names|	.nu|