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Is .fr safe? The state of .fr domain security — France
.fr is safer than the internet average. Across 4,366,592 graded .fr domains, 63.2% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 2.3% earn a B or better. Most .fr domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
In the .fr zone — covering France — 48.4% of 2,650,395 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DNSSEC adoption is 21.3% here, notably higher than the 6.3% census-wide rate.
Note: .fr is used as a proxy for France based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .fr domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .fr domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 1,151 | 0% |
| A | 7,152 | 0.2% |
| B | 90,231 | 2.1% |
| C | 531,344 | 12.2% |
| D | 978,961 | 22.4% |
| F | 2,757,753 | 63.2% |
Does .fr make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .fr doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .fr domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .fr safe?
On average, .fr is safer than the internet average: 63.2% of its 4,366,592 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .fr domains?
36.8% of .fr domains score above an F and 2.3% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .fr make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .fr too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .fr domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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