Domain .com.br - national domain: Brazil

.com.br domain information

.com.br is the most widely used second-level domain under Brazil's country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) .br, managed by NIC.br under the Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (CGI.br). Formal registration requires a Brazilian tax ID and a local administrative contact. Let's Domains provides a local trustee service at no extra cost, making it possible for foreign businesses and individuals worldwide to register a .com.br domain without a legal entity in Brazil.

How to register a .com.br domain without a local presence in Brazil

Brazil's domain registry formally requires that .com.br registrants have a local presence: a Brazilian tax ID — CNPJ for companies, CPF for individuals — and an administrative contact based in Brazil. For most international businesses, that's a significant barrier.

Let's Domains removes it. We provide a local trustee service at no extra cost, acting as the local administrative contact on your behalf and handling the registry requirements that Brazilian law mandates. You retain full control over how the domain is used — the trustee arrangement covers the formalities of registration, not the operation of your website.

A few conditions apply. The trustee service provider reviews each domain name and reserves the right to decline registration if the name infringes a third-party trademark or is related to gambling. By using the service, you accept the terms of the trustee agreement. Registration takes up to 3 working days from the moment your order is processed.

Transfers, owner changes, and reactivation

Transfers of .com.br domains work differently from most other extensions. There is no authinfo code — instead, the current subscriber submits signed forms directly to NIC.br to initiate the transfer. Renewal is not included in the transfer fee; the domain's existing expiry date carries over unchanged.

Owner changes also require signed documentation from both the current and new registrant, or can be processed through the trustee service for foreign entities. Like a transfer, an owner change does not extend the domain's validity period.

Don't worry — our team will guide you through the documentation required for both processes.

One important difference from most TLDs: if your .com.br domain expires, you have only 14 days to restore it. After that window closes, the domain cannot be recovered. The reactivation fee applies from 4 days before the expiry date. Auto-renewal is strongly recommended — this is a much shorter recovery window than most other extensions.

Can a foreigner register a .com.br domain?

Yes. Foreign companies and individuals can easily register a .com.br domain using a trustee service. While the registry normally requires local residency and tax IDs, Let's Domains acts as your legal proxy. This allows any international business to secure their brand in Brazil instantly, without the need for complex corporate setups or local paperwork.

Why .com.br matters — Brazil's digital market

Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America and home to over 215 million people, with one of the highest internet penetration rates in the region. E-commerce in Brazil has grown consistently for over a decade, driven by a young, mobile-first population and expanding consumer spending.

.com.br is the dominant domain extension for commercial activity in the country. Brazilian consumers are significantly more likely to trust a .com.br address than an equivalent .com when searching and browsing locally. It signals that a business is genuinely present in Brazil, accessible in Portuguese, and operating within the country's legal and commercial framework. For any company entering the market — whether through e-commerce, SaaS, logistics, or professional services — a .com.br domain is one of the most direct signals of local commitment available.

.com.br SEO benefits for the Brazilian market

.com.br is a country-code top-level domain that Google explicitly associates with Brazil. Unlike some extensions that Google treats as generic, .com.br is geotargeted by default — which means Google Search, and in particular google.com.br, gives natural priority to .br domains in local results.

If you run SEO or paid search in Brazil from a .com domain, you start at a structural disadvantage compared to a local competitor on .com.br. For product searches, service queries, and local keyword rankings in Portuguese, .com.br carries a built-in geographic relevance signal that .com cannot replicate without significant additional technical work, such as hreflang tags, separate hosting configurations, and a longer track record of Brazilian user signals.

In practice, if Brazil is a real commercial market for your business rather than a future possibility, register .com.br now. Google's treatment of ccTLDs means the geotargeting advantage compounds over time with every local backlink, Portuguese-language content piece, and Brazilian visitor your site accumulates.

Alternatives to a .com,br domain

It is also possible to register:

• .net.br,
•  .org.br

domains through the same trustee service.

Information about the .com.br domain registry

.com.br - country code top-level domain name (ccTLD): Brazil

The available domain TLDs: .com.br

Registry: Comite Gestor da Internet no Brasil

Website: https://registro.br/

Public WHOIS server: whois.registro.br