Who can register a .eu domain?
Registration starts at $5.88 and renewal at $5.88 a year.
Who may register
Registrant must be an EU/EEA citizen (resident anywhere), or a resident or established organisation in the EU/EEA.
What it costs
| Registration | $5.88 / year |
|---|---|
| Renewal | $5.88 / year |
| Transfer | $5.88 |
| Smallest possible first bill | $5.88 |
Standard price from Porkbun. Premium and reserved names return the same registry answer as an ordinary free one, so every quote here is a floor rather than a price.
What each registrar charges
| Registrar | First year | Renewal | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porkbun | $5.88 | $5.88 | $17.64 cheapest over 3 years |
| Dynadot | $5.02 | $6.41 | $17.84 cheapest first year |
The cheapest name to buy here is not the cheapest name to keep. Dynadot has the lowest first year at $5.02, and Porkbun costs less over 3 years. A comparison ranked on the advertised price gets this backwards.
Ranked on the 3-year total rather than the first year, and the horizon is printed because a ranking with a hidden one is a guess about how long you mean to keep the name. Registrars we hold no figure from are absent rather than shown as unpriced.
Source
Read from the registry's own policy page: https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/rules-for-eu-domains/. Read on 2026-07-29.
Is a .eu name free?
Availability comes from the registry itself over RDAP, with a WHOIS fallback where a registry publishes no RDAP service. A throttled or unreachable registry is reported as unconfirmed rather than available. It is the one wrong answer that costs somebody money.
You can check from a terminal or from an assistant instead:
curl https://dotsweep.com/check/yourname.eu