.edeka

Overview

• .edeka is a Community gTLD and Brand TLD applied for by EDEKA Verband kaufmännischer Genossenschaften e.V.
• The string refers to the EDEKA group, an association of regional grocery retail cooperatives in Germany.

History

• Application was part of ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applied-for string was revealed on 13 June 2012.
• The .edeka TLD was delegated to the DNS root zone on 21 January 2016.
• The registry operator listed for .edeka is Afilias.
• The applicant named Katrin Ohlmer at Dotzon as the primary contact on the application.

Usage and Audience

• The .edeka TLD is intended for the EDEKA community, which comprises:
  • EDEKA e.V. (the top-body association)
  • Nine regional cooperatives and their affiliated companies (including EDEKABANK and wholesale distributors)
  • Approximately 4,500 grocery retailers who are members/shareholders of the cooperatives and merchants operating about 6,300 stores
• As a Brand and Community gTLD, it targets EDEKA group entities, affiliates and community members within the EDEKA cooperative movement.

Registration Rules

• .edeka is designated as a Closed TLD (Single Registrant TLD).
• The applicant (EDEKA e.V.) is the community applicant and the top body within the described EDEKA community; registration control is not open to the general public.

SEO and Brand Impact

• .edeka is a Brand TLD intended to signal affiliation with the EDEKA group and its cooperative retail community.
• Use of the TLD is aligned with EDEKA's corporate and community identity, leveraging the group's long-standing presence in German grocery retail and its market leadership.

Notable Facts

• EDEKA is a longstanding grocery retail group based in Hamburg, Germany; the application materials note the group's 2010 turnover exceeded €43 billion and over 100 years of involvement in grocery retailing.

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domain:       EDEKA

organisation: EDEKA Verband kaufmännischer Genossenschaften e.V.
address:      New-York-Ring 6
address:      Hamburg Hamburg 22297
address:      Germany

contact:      administrative
name:         CEO
organisation: DOTZON GmbH
address:      Akazienstr 28
address:      Berlin 10823
address:      Germany
phone:        +49 173 2019240
fax-no:       +49 30 49802727
e-mail:       edeka@dotzon.com

contact:      technical
name:         Howard Eland, Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Inc.
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1.425.298.2200
fax-no:       +1.425.671.0020
e-mail:       tldtech@identity.digital

nserver:      A0.NIC.EDEKA 2a01:8840:12:0:0:0:0:25 65.22.16.25
nserver:      A2.NIC.EDEKA 2a01:8840:15:0:0:0:0:25 65.22.19.25
nserver:      B0.NIC.EDEKA 2a01:8840:13:0:0:0:0:25 65.22.17.25
nserver:      C0.NIC.EDEKA 2a01:8840:14:0:0:0:0:25 65.22.18.25
ds-rdata:     5236 8 2 1423f0e6f60e7ba10535b7b7b88dea2b02a8ce3309e68ed2e9698687cdb95065

whois:        whois.nic.edeka

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://edeka.de

created:      2016-01-08
changed:      2025-06-17
source:       IANA