Who is Porkbun?

Porkbun is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar from Oregon in the US Pacific Northwest, founded in March 2015 as a companion registrar to its parent company Top Level Design, the registry behind extensions such as .design. It has grown on low prices and reports more than three million domains under management.

What it is
Domain registrar, DNS provider, Web hosting
Operated by
Porkbun LLC
Based in
Oregon, United States
Founded
2015
ICANN accreditation
Yes, IANA ID 1861

Who owns Porkbun?

It was founded by Top Level Design, the registry company behind extensions such as .design and .gay, as a way to sell domains directly to customers.

Porkbun in axath Analytics

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Last reviewed October 9, 2026.

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