.CAT
IS IDENTITY
The domain you choose says a lot about you
YOUR .CAT IS MUCH MORE THAN A NAME ON THE INTERNET
Every time you create or renew your .cat domain, you are helping to fund an ecosystem of projects that make Catalan exist, grow and be useful on the web. No other domain works like this.A community with resources and stories that inspire
The .cat is not just a domain. We are people who promote Catalan in the digital sphere. People who love our language and feel that .cat represents us. We are the ones who want to inspire future generations to keep creating culture, heritage and territory on the Internet.
Here you will find a community to connect with. You will also find resources, tutorials, support and tools to help your project grow.
A domain for Catalan speakers
The .cat is part of Accent Obert, a non-profit foundation that reinvests its profits in digital projects for Catalan. We work to strengthen a more open, representative Internet that is rooted in the Catalan-speaking community.
We also protect the .cat so that it can only be used by websites that include Catalan or that deal with our language and culture. This ensures the proper use of the domain and that .cat domains are available for those who truly need them.
The .cat supports the eleven specific characters of Catalan
We work to ensure that using ç, l·l or open accents is not a problem on the Internet!
Did you know that .cat supports the eleven specific characters of Catalan (à; ç; è; é; í; ï; l·l; ò; ó; ú; ü) and supports internationalised domain names (IDN)?
Better visibility in search engines
An independent study concluded that .cat domains consistently achieve a better position in search results. This trend holds true for searches carried out in both Catalan and Spanish, and from both Catalan-speaking territories and beyond.
These results indicate that .cat reinforces the relevance and identification of content in search engines.
Your data is protected
We ensure that all your domain information is secure with tools such as Whois and protection measures such as DNSSEC. This means that your digital environment is safer and less vulnerable to risks or suspicious content.
We not only take care of your data, but we also combine efforts to prevent DNS abuse. When we detect domains with suspicious behaviour, we alert the registrant so they can act in time and minimise any security threat.
We speak your language. We understand you and help you in your own language.
If you have any questions, whether about registering a .cat domain or making the most of it, we are by your side. Our team will be happy to help you by email or phone. And they will do so in your language.
We also support communities such as entrepreneurs and organisations, providing them with tools and accompanying them in driving their digital projects forward.
TOOLS TO MAKE YOUR WORK EASIER
We have developed a set of free .cat tools to enrich your digital experience.
We're already 118,141 .cat domains, the equivalent of all Tarragona!
Projects that are already .cat
Great projects are already sporting their .cat
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE .CAT DOMAIN
What is the .cat community?
What is the .cat community?
The .cat community is the set of people, organisations and projects that have chosen to carry out their digital activity in Catalan. It is the digital reflection of a language and a culture that lives, works and communicates on the Internet in Catalan.
Who belongs to it
All individuals, organisations and businesses that:
- Have a .cat domain for their digital project.
- Use any of the free tools we offer (ja.cat, jo.cat, va.cat, ssl.cat, among others) to live fully in Catalan on the Internet.
- Take part in the programmes and initiatives we drive to promote digital Catalan, such as the .cat Grant for teachers or the Wapps Awards.
You can also be part of the .cat community.
Can I have a .cat with accents, ç or l·l?
Can I have a .cat with accents, ç or l·l?
Yes, since its launch, the .cat domain accepts the eleven specific characters of the Catalan language (à, ç, è, é, í, ï, l·l, ò, ó, ú, ü). These types of domains are said to support IDN (Internationalized Domain Name or internationalised domain name), since they accept characters beyond the standard Latin alphabet, characters that are not ASCII.
In addition, if you register a domain with any of these characters, we automatically and free of charge provide you with the same domain without these characters. For example, if you register fundació.cat (with accent), you also get fundacio.cat automatically, so that anyone can visit your website even from keyboards without these characters.
Does the .cat domain improve my SEO ranking?
Does the .cat domain improve my SEO ranking?
Yes. An independent study led by Fernando Macià, a recognised voice in SEO and director of the consultancy Human Level, concluded that websites with a .cat domain get better visibility in search results than the equivalent ones with other extensions.
You can consult the complete study with all the data and the methodology.
During 2026 we are running a new edition of the study, broader and updated. Some of the new features:
- It includes 11 international geoTLDs, to validate the results beyond the Catalan case.
- It includes evidence on the behaviour of .cat in search engines based on artificial intelligence, one of the new ways through which people find information on the Internet.
- The study has the support of the ICANN Grants.
The results will be published during the first quarter of 2027. You will be able to download the study when it is ready from this same page.
How can I contact .cat? Will you assist me in Catalan?
How can I contact .cat? Will you assist me in Catalan?
It is very important for us to provide good service to the users who have questions about the .cat domain. That is why you can contact us in the following ways:
- Email: suport@domini.cat
- Phone: +34 936 750 354
- Address: Plaça Nova, 5, 7th floor, 08002 Barcelona
Yes, we will serve you in Catalan.