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Area code 213

Area code 213 serves California, including Los Angeles, Montebello and Compton (Pacific time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947 and shares its area with 323 and 738.

Numbers starting with 213 drew 2,219 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,585 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 213 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
CaliforniaLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
Same area as 323, 738
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
786 of 792held by 45 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2046NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 213 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 213. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,219

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,585

Different 213 numbers reported

3,322

FCC complaints naming a 213 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202376
December 202332
January 202435
February 202445
March 202433
April 202451
May 202449
June 202452
July 202448
August 202479
September 202430
October 202463
November 202431
December 202433
January 202530
February 202529
March 202527
April 202536
May 202541
June 202523
July 202541
August 202552
September 202542
October 20252
November 202519
December 202551
January 202653
February 202642
March 202628
April 202636
May 202647
June 202636
July 202650
August 202657
September 202660
October 202673

What people said 213 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,077 of 2,219 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other864
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends362
Dropped call or no message292
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)262
Home improvement and cleaning55
Medical and prescriptions34

Most reported 213 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 213

NANPA lists 16 rate centers for 213. 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.
  • Los Angeles: DA 01362
  • Los Angeles: DA 10113
  • Los Angeles: DA 0784
  • Los Angeles: DA 0935
  • Los Angeles: DA 1321
  • Los Angeles: DA 1421
  • Montebello21
  • Los Angeles: DA 0420
  • Los Angeles: DA 0619
  • Los Angeles: DA 0218
  • Los Angeles: DA 0518
  • Los Angeles: DA 0316
  • Los Angeles: DA 1112
  • Los Angeles: DA 1212
  • Los Angeles: DA 088
  • Compton: Gardena DA6

Phone companies holding 213 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 73% 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 45 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Pacific Bell137
T-Mobile USA, Inc.120
Onvoy, LLC - CA65
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC58
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA44
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA41
Metropcs Networks, LLC40
Fractel, LLC34

When today's 213 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200136
20025
20032
20053
20064
20072
20083
20091
20111
20134
20149
201519
201611
201717
201810
201934
202041
202148
202239
202337
202471
202520

Check a 213 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 California

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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