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Area code 215

Area code 215 serves Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia Zone 1, Philadelphia Zone 2 and Philadelphia Suburban Zone 33 (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947 and shares its area with 267 and 445.

Numbers starting with 215 drew 1,814 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 851 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 215 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
Same area as 267, 445
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
783 of 792held by 25 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2054NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 215 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 215. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,814

FCC complaints since November 2023

851

Different 215 numbers reported

2,443

FCC complaints naming a 215 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202317
December 202320
January 202416
February 202423
March 202413
April 202418
May 202420
June 202423
July 202429
August 202432
September 202411
October 202448
November 202430
December 202420
January 202535
February 202551
March 202578
April 202558
May 202541
June 202531
July 202532
August 202519
September 202514
October 20251
November 20256
December 202517
January 20264
February 202612
March 20269
April 202615
May 20267
June 202611
July 202619
August 202613
September 202625
October 202620

What people said 215 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,266 of 1,814 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other816
Dropped call or no message325
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends208
Medical and prescriptions181
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)69
Energy, solar, and utilities35

Most reported 215 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 215

NANPA lists 36 rate centers for 215. 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.
  • Philadelphia Zone 1255
  • Philadelphia Zone 2107
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 3367
  • Philadelphia Zone 464
  • Philadelphia Zone 349
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 3923
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 3422
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 4321
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 4017
  • Lansdale15
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 4115
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 3814
  • Doylestown12
  • Morrisville12
  • Newtown9
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 449
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 377
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 427
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 457
  • North Wales6
  • Philadelphia Suburban Zone 326
  • Souderton6
  • Line Lexington5
  • Quakertown5
Show all 36 rate centers

Harleysville, Yardley, Perkasie, Bedminster, New Hope, Pennsburg, Buckingham, Carversville, Dublin, Green Lane, Plumsteadville, Wycombe.

Phone companies holding 215 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 47% 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 25 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc.421
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC74
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - PA48
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC41
Spok, Inc.36
Teleport Communications America, LLC - PA28
Level 3 Communications, LLC - PA24
Metropcs, Inc.20

When today's 215 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20018
20026
200411
20056
20063
20072
20083
20094
20101
20115
20121
20143
20153
20171
20183
20192
20212
20238
20242
20261

Check a 215 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 Pennsylvania

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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