diff --git a/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx b/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
index 878cb7ba5a..e41c699927 100644
--- a/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -13,14 +13,30 @@ import {
 import { Cluster, useCluster } from "providers/cluster";
 import { useTokenRegistry } from "providers/mints/token-registry";
 import { TokenInfoMap } from "@solana/spl-token-registry";
+import { Connection } from "@solana/web3.js";
+import { getDomainInfo, hasDomainSyntax } from "utils/name-service";
+
+interface SearchOptions {
+  label: string;
+  options: {
+    label: string;
+    value: string[];
+    pathname: string;
+  }[];
+}
 
 export function SearchBar() {
   const [search, setSearch] = React.useState("");
+  const searchRef = React.useRef("");
+  const [searchOptions, setSearchOptions] = React.useState<SearchOptions[]>([]);
+  const [loadingSearch, setLoadingSearch] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [loadingSearchMessage, setLoadingSearchMessage] =
+    React.useState<string>("loading...");
   const selectRef = React.useRef<StateManager<any> | null>(null);
   const history = useHistory();
   const location = useLocation();
   const { tokenRegistry } = useTokenRegistry();
-  const { cluster, clusterInfo } = useCluster();
+  const { url, cluster, clusterInfo } = useCluster();
 
   const onChange = (
     { pathname }: ValueType<any, false>,
@@ -33,7 +49,54 @@ export function SearchBar() {
   };
 
   const onInputChange = (value: string, { action }: InputActionMeta) => {
-    if (action === "input-change") setSearch(value);
+    if (action === "input-change") {
+      setSearch(value);
+    }
+  };
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    searchRef.current = search;
+    setLoadingSearchMessage("Loading...");
+    setLoadingSearch(true);
+
+    // builds and sets local search output
+    const options = buildOptions(
+      search,
+      cluster,
+      tokenRegistry,
+      clusterInfo?.epochInfo.epoch
+    );
+
+    setSearchOptions(options);
+
+    // checking for non local search output
+    if (hasDomainSyntax(search)) {
+      // if search input is a potential domain we continue the loading state
+      domainSearch(options);
+    } else {
+      // if search input is not a potential domain we can conclude the search has finished
+      setLoadingSearch(false);
+    }
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [search]);
+
+  // appends domain lookup results to the local search state
+  const domainSearch = async (options: SearchOptions[]) => {
+    setLoadingSearchMessage("Looking up domain...");
+    const connection = new Connection(url);
+    const searchTerm = search;
+    const updatedOptions = await buildDomainOptions(
+      connection,
+      search,
+      options
+    );
+    if (searchRef.current === searchTerm) {
+      setSearchOptions(updatedOptions);
+      // after attempting to fetch the domain name we can conclude the loading state
+      setLoadingSearch(false);
+      setLoadingSearchMessage("Loading...");
+    }
   };
 
   const resetValue = "" as any;
@@ -44,13 +107,9 @@ export function SearchBar() {
           <Select
             autoFocus
             ref={(ref) => (selectRef.current = ref)}
-            options={buildOptions(
-              search,
-              cluster,
-              tokenRegistry,
-              clusterInfo?.epochInfo.epoch
-            )}
+            options={searchOptions}
             noOptionsMessage={() => "No Results"}
+            loadingMessage={() => loadingSearchMessage}
             placeholder="Search for blocks, accounts, transactions, programs, and tokens"
             value={resetValue}
             inputValue={search}
@@ -65,6 +124,7 @@ export function SearchBar() {
             onInputChange={onInputChange}
             components={{ DropdownIndicator }}
             classNamePrefix="search-bar"
+            isLoading={loadingSearch}
           />
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -196,6 +256,39 @@ function buildTokenOptions(
   }
 }
 
+async function buildDomainOptions(
+  connection: Connection,
+  search: string,
+  options: SearchOptions[]
+) {
+  const domainInfo = await getDomainInfo(search, connection);
+  const updatedOptions: SearchOptions[] = [...options];
+  if (domainInfo && domainInfo.owner && domainInfo.address) {
+    updatedOptions.push({
+      label: "Domain Owner",
+      options: [
+        {
+          label: domainInfo.owner,
+          value: [search],
+          pathname: "/address/" + domainInfo.owner,
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    updatedOptions.push({
+      label: "Name Service Account",
+      options: [
+        {
+          label: search,
+          value: [search],
+          pathname: "/address/" + domainInfo.address,
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  }
+  return updatedOptions;
+}
+
+// builds local search options
 function buildOptions(
   rawSearch: string,
   cluster: Cluster,
@@ -287,6 +380,7 @@ function buildOptions(
       });
     }
   } catch (err) {}
+
   return options;
 }
 
diff --git a/explorer/src/utils/name-service.tsx b/explorer/src/utils/name-service.tsx
index 517e2c1426..7c56310a4b 100644
--- a/explorer/src/utils/name-service.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/utils/name-service.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { PublicKey, Connection } from "@solana/web3.js";
 import {
   getFilteredProgramAccounts,
+  getHashedName,
+  getNameAccountKey,
+  getNameOwner,
   NAME_PROGRAM_ID,
   performReverseLookup,
 } from "@bonfida/spl-name-service";
@@ -11,10 +14,48 @@ import { Cluster, useCluster } from "providers/cluster";
 const SOL_TLD_AUTHORITY = new PublicKey(
   "58PwtjSDuFHuUkYjH9BYnnQKHfwo9reZhC2zMJv9JPkx"
 );
+
 export interface DomainInfo {
   name: string;
   address: PublicKey;
 }
+export const hasDomainSyntax = (value: string) => {
+  return value.length > 4 && value.substring(value.length - 4) === ".sol";
+};
+
+async function getDomainKey(
+  name: string,
+  nameClass?: PublicKey,
+  nameParent?: PublicKey
+) {
+  const hashedDomainName = await getHashedName(name);
+  const nameKey = await getNameAccountKey(
+    hashedDomainName,
+    nameClass,
+    nameParent
+  );
+  return nameKey;
+}
+
+// returns non empty wallet string if a given .sol domain is owned by a wallet
+export async function getDomainInfo(domain: string, connection: Connection) {
+  const domainKey = await getDomainKey(
+    domain.slice(0, -4), // remove .sol
+    undefined,
+    SOL_TLD_AUTHORITY
+  );
+  try {
+    const registry = await getNameOwner(connection, domainKey);
+    return registry && registry.registry.owner
+      ? {
+          owner: registry.registry.owner.toString(),
+          address: domainKey.toString(),
+        }
+      : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
 
 async function getUserDomainAddresses(
   connection: Connection,