.us TLD audit hub
United States ccTLD — restricted to US-bound entities and individuals.
The .us TLD is the United States country code, delegated by IANA and administered by Registry Services LLC under contract with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Unlike .com, .us has a real residency requirement: registrants must either be US citizens, US permanent residents, US-incorporated entities, or have a verifiable US presence. The registry can and does cancel domains that fail to meet these criteria after audit. There are also strict prohibitions on WHOIS privacy in the namespace — full registrant contact information must be publicly visible, which is unusual among modern TLDs and which has hurt voluntary adoption among privacy-conscious individuals. Government, education and military have their own dedicated TLDs (.gov, .edu, .mil) so .us tends to attract small US businesses, hobbyist sites, and individuals who want an explicitly American identity online. SEO treats .us as a strong US-only geotargeting signal, which can be useful for regional commerce but limiting for global brands. Pricing is at the lower end of the gTLD market.