Company Domains
Gusto.com Was Registered in 1995. Gusto Didn't Exist Until 2011.
gusto.com is 16 years older than the company that uses it, and the Internet Archive has the site on record from 1998.
Key takeaways
- gusto.com was first registered on 23 August 1995 and its registration runs until 22 August 2034.
- Gusto was founded in 2011, 16 years after the domain was registered.
- The Internet Archive’s earliest saved copy of the site is from 31 January 1998.
- Crunchbase lists about $746M of total equity funding, which is money raised, not valuation.
gusto.com was first registered on 23 August 1995. Gusto was founded in 2011. The domain is 16 years older than the company that now uses it.
Gusto has raised about $746M in equity, according to Crunchbase. That is not a valuation, and the figure is rounded. That puts Gusto at number 420 of the 1,856 companies in the list used for this series.
The company at a glance
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
| Total equity funding | $746M raised, not valuation (Crunchbase, rounded) |
The domain at a glance
| Extension | .com |
| Name length | five letters |
| First registered | 23 August 1995 |
| Age | 31 years |
| Registered until | 22 August 2034 |
| First archived | 31 January 1998 (Internet Archive) |
| Registrar | GoDaddy.com, LLC |
| Locked | Yes, against transfer |
| DNS | Cloudflare |
| Google Workspace | |
| Other extensions | gusto.co.uk loads its own site; gusto.io does not respond; gusto.ai loads its own site; gusto.net loads its own site |
What the registry records
The registry gives gusto.com a creation date of 23 August 1995 and a registration that runs until 22 August 2034. The registrar is GoDaddy.com, LLC, and the domain carries registry locks against transfer.
The current registration of gusto.com is 31 years old. 1,395 of the 1,912 companies in the Crunchbase list use a .com address.
A registry creation date is the start of the current registration, not a sale date, and the record does not name earlier holders.
The archive before the company
The Internet Archive’s earliest saved copy of gusto.com is from 31 January 1998 and is titled “The Internet Access Company”. It holds copies from 88 separate months before Gusto was founded. It has no copy for 1999. In total it holds copies from 258 separate months.
An archived page title shows what a site called itself, not who ran it.
The company and the name
gusto.co.uk, gusto.ai and gusto.net each load their own sites, and who runs them has not been checked. gusto.io resolves but returned no page. The DNS is hosted on Cloudflare and email runs on Google Workspace.
The company behind the name
Gusto is headquartered in San Francisco.
What was paid
No verified public record was found of what Gusto paid for gusto.com, so no price is given.
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Sources
Registry data checked 7 November 2026. Funding is from the Crunchbase Unicorn Board, which rounds its figures.
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Frequently asked questions
When was gusto.com registered?
gusto.com was first registered on 23 August 1995, according to the .com registry record. The registration runs until 22 August 2034.
How much did Gusto pay for gusto.com?
No verified public record was found of what Gusto paid for gusto.com, so no price is given.
