Barcelona is the first city in the Spanish state to have its own domain since 2016.

Barcelona joined the cities with their own domains when it launched .barcelona in March 2016, becoming the first city in the Spanish state to have its own.

The .barcelona domain has grown over the last four years, with 5,684 registered as of the end of 2019, reflecting a trend of consolidation with numbers practically  the same as the previous year. Of these, 1,071 are new domains and 4,504 renewals. This means the renewal rate is 83.15%, in line with other leading city domains such as .nyc, .london and .berlin.

This high rate of renewals confirms that users value being identified with Barcelona, whether through the geolocalisation of their activity or through identification with the city’s attributes.

The .barcelona domain is open to everyone. All organisations, businesses, individuals and administrations with some sort of link or activity within Barcelona’s area of influence can register .barcelona domains. The money made through the sale of .barcelona domains is also reinvested in projects with a social impact, such as the .barcelona training programme in the neighbourhoods to reduce the digital divide.