All newly created extensions belong to the group of gTLDs or 'generic Top Level Domains', as opposed to the country codes, which has consequences for their management.

[citation needed] On the other hand, a survey by the Flemish government in 2013 showed that 62% of the 258 municipalities are positive about the new extension.

[citation needed] On 7 February 2014 DNS Belgium (now renamed) signed the contract with ICANN for the management of .vlaanderen and .brussels.

ICANN reported on 21 March that year that the applications for .vlaanderen and .brussels have passed the technical tests.

This also means that all data of the different phases are officially recorded: At the end of January 2016, the number of registrations stood at approximately 7000.