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Area code 201

Area code 201 serves New Jersey, including Hackensack, Jersey City and Union City (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947 and shares its area with 551.

Numbers starting with 201 drew 1,923 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,047 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 201 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New JerseyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
Same area as 551
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
779 of 792held by 34 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2053NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 201 numbers

Reports where the number on the consumer's caller ID (or, for the FCC, the number the caller asked them to call back) starts with 201. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

FTC reports, Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026

1,923

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,047

Different 201 numbers reported

2,569

FCC complaints naming a 201 number, by month

November 2023 to October 2026. Source: FCC Consumer Complaints Data.

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MonthComplaints
November 202320
December 202312
January 202419
February 202415
March 202421
April 202418
May 202426
June 202419
July 202436
August 202447
September 202426
October 202427
November 202439
December 202438
January 202536
February 202533
March 202528
April 202545
May 202548
June 202528
July 202518
August 202523
September 202514
October 20250
November 202511
December 202516
January 202615
February 202615
March 202622
April 202630
May 202632
June 202629
July 202650
August 202642
September 202661
October 202653

What people said 201 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,142 of 1,923 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other840
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends223
Dropped call or no message211
Medical and prescriptions189
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)141
Energy, solar, and utilities49

Most reported 201 numbers

Numbers with at least five reports from three or more places in the last twelve months. Many of them are likely spoofed.

Places served by 201

NANPA lists 27 rate centers for 201. A rate center is the town or district a block of numbers is tied to for billing; sorted here by how many exchanges each holds.
  • Hackensack160
  • Jersey City138
  • Union City54
  • Rutherford39
  • Ramsey30
  • Fair Lawn28
  • Oradell26
  • Cliffside25
  • Teaneck23
  • Morristown22
  • Englewood21
  • Bayonne20
  • Kearny20
  • Ridgewood20
  • Leonia19
  • Park Ridge18
  • Newark17
  • Wyckoff15
  • Cragmere14
  • Hasbrouck Heights14
  • Closter13
  • Dumont12
  • Oakland10
  • Westwood10
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Caldwell, Succasunna, Passaic.

Phone companies holding 201 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 63% of these exchanges are pooled: their numbers are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to other carriers, so the holder below is not always the company serving a given number.

Exchanges held, top 8 of 34 carriers

NANPA central office code assignments, file of November 11, 2026.

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.266
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC69
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC66
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NJ64
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NJ52
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ46
Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ32
Paetec Itel, LLC30

When today's 201 exchanges were assigned

Exchanges still assigned, by year of assignment. Exchanges returned since are not counted.

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YearExchanges
200154
20022
20031
20043
20054
20067
200710
20089
20099
201014
201124
201210
20132
20142
20151
20161
20175
20181
20212
20223
20233
20242
20261

Check a 201 number

A check shows the carrier and rate center of the number's exchange and every FTC and FCC report about that exact number. Why the number on screen can be fake.

Other area codes in New Jersey

NANPA area code database and central office code file of November 11, 2026; FCC complaints November 1, 2023 to November 11, 2026; FTC reports August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. How the data is used.

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