.pro Domain Search
Search available .pro domains.
Country
United States
Pricing
$2-35/yr
Registrations
1.1M
Launched
2004
.pro by the numbers
About 65k new .pro domains are registered every month, which is 0.8% of every domain registered across all extensions, up 30% on the same months of 2025. A .pro name registered this year averages 10.5 characters, 11.5% contain a hyphen and 23% contain a digit. 99% of them are registered for a single year. Dynadot registers 35% of new .pro domains, and the five largest registrars take 71.5% between them. About 130k .pro domains come up for renewal in May 2027, the busiest month ahead.
65k
New registrations a month
Average across 2026
up 30%
Versus the same months in 2025
0.8%
Of all new domains registered
Across every extension
May 2027
Busiest renewal month ahead
About 130k come up
Show the monthly figures
| Month | New .pro registrations |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | About 51k |
| February 2025 | About 46k |
| March 2025 | About 53k |
| April 2025 | About 58k |
| May 2025 | About 53k |
| June 2025 | About 49k |
| July 2025 | About 49k |
| August 2025 | About 87k |
| September 2025 | About 47k |
| October 2025 | About 49k |
| November 2025 | About 55k |
| December 2025 | About 49k |
| January 2026 | About 35k |
| February 2026 | About 61k |
| March 2026 | About 66k |
| April 2026 | About 75k |
| May 2026 | About 80k |
| June 2026 | About 71k |
| July 2026 | About 65k |
What a new .pro name looks like
The typical .pro registered this year is 10.5 characters long.
How long people register for
Where they get registered
The five largest registrars take 71.5% of new .pro registrations between them.
What happens to them
Measured across 2025.
Estimates rounded from our own WHOIS observations. Last measured September 2026.
Why choose .pro?
Says you do this for a living, without needing to spell it out.
Twenty years old, so it predates and outlasts most alternative extensions.
Good availability for occupation and service names.
No credential check since 2015, despite the professional association.
Priced in the mid range, so first year and renewal stay close together.
Supports DNSSEC through most registrars for added DNS integrity protection.
History
.pro was approved by ICANN in 2002 and launched in 2004 as a credential-checked extension: you had to be a licensed lawyer, doctor or accountant to register one, and names were issued under third-level labels such as law.pro and med.pro. Afilias bought the registry from RegistryPro in 2012 and the professional restrictions were dropped entirely in November 2015, after which registrations climbed steeply. Identity Digital runs it today.
Timeline
Usage and applications
.pro still reads as a credential even though it stopped being one in 2015: consultants, tradespeople, coaches, agencies and freelancers use it to say they do this for a living. The old third-level structure left traces: the oldest .pro registration in our records is pwc.med.pro from 2003, a name shaped by rules that no longer exist. Today the extension registers like any other open one, with about a quarter of new names carrying a digit.
First registered .pro domain
pwc.med.pro
2003
The oldest .pro registration in our WHOIS records, dated 16 May 2003, a third-level name under med.pro, from the years when only credentialed professionals could register and names were issued beneath a profession label.
Registration
Requirements
Open to anyone worldwide since 2015; no professional credentials are checked
Registry
Identity Digital (formerly Afilias, originally RegistryPro)
Key milestones
Do I need professional credentials to register a .pro domain?
Not since 15 November 2015. Before that you had to prove you were a licensed lawyer, doctor or accountant; today nothing is checked and anyone can register.
Why do some old .pro domains have three levels, like law.pro?
Because the original rules issued names beneath a profession label, a lawyer got something.law.pro rather than something.pro. The oldest .pro name in our records, pwc.med.pro from 2003, is shaped by exactly that rule.
Does .pro still signal professional credentials?
It reads that way to most people, which is the useful part, but it no longer guarantees anything. Treat it as positioning rather than as proof, and do not imply the extension verifies you.
Who runs the .pro registry?
Identity Digital. RegistryPro launched it, Afilias bought the registry in 2012, and Afilias merged into Identity Digital in 2022.
Is .pro good for a freelancer or consultant?
It is one of the better fits. The extension does the work of saying this is a profession rather than a hobby, and availability for occupation words is far better than in .com.
What happened to registrations after the restrictions were lifted?
They climbed quickly. The extension added tens of thousands of names within months of opening in late 2015, having been stuck near 120,000 under the credential rules.
How much does .pro cost?
Typically a few dollars to register and somewhere in the teens to thirties to renew, depending on the registrar. It sits in the mid range rather than the promotional tier.
Is .pro used for bulk or spam registration?
Less than most extensions of its size. About a quarter of new .pro names carry a digit, which is middling, well clear of the extensions where most names are machine-generated.
Can I register a .pro domain outside the United States?
Yes. There is no residency or nationality requirement, and there has not been one since the professional restrictions were dropped.
Should I pick .pro or .expert or .consulting?
.pro is shorter than all of them and considerably older, which means more people have seen it. The longer alternatives say more precisely what you do, at the cost of a longer address.