Skip to content
Before You Call Back

Area code 223

Area code 223 serves Pennsylvania, including Harrisburg City Zone-1, Lancaster and Columbia (Eastern time). It has been in service since September 26, 2017 and shares its area with 717.

Numbers starting with 223 drew 673 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 345 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 223 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Pennsylvania(harrisburg--Lebanon--Carlisle, PA Msa) and (harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
September 26, 2017Created from 717
Overlay
Same area as 717
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
253 of 792held by 34 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2055NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 223 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 223. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

673

FCC complaints since November 2023

345

Different 223 numbers reported

928

FCC complaints naming a 223 number, by month

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

Show as a table
MonthComplaints
November 202311
December 20239
January 20248
February 20248
March 20244
April 20245
May 202412
June 20248
July 202410
August 20246
September 202426
October 202430
November 202423
December 20247
January 202523
February 202515
March 20258
April 20254
May 20259
June 20256
July 20256
August 20258
September 20259
October 20250
November 20255
December 20254
January 20264
February 20266
March 202610
April 202622
May 20262
June 20262
July 20265
August 20269
September 20264
October 202612

What people said 223 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 456 of 673 reports were robocalls.

Show as a table
SubjectReports
Other270
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)195
Dropped call or no message61
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends51
Medical and prescriptions12
Energy, solar, and utilities7

Most reported 223 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 223

NANPA lists 107 rate centers for 223. 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.
  • Harrisburg City Zone-122
  • Lancaster13
  • Columbia12
  • York12
  • Lebanon9
  • Carlisle6
  • Chambersburg6
  • Hanover (york)5
  • Harrisburg City Zone-24
  • Landisville4
  • Red Lion4
  • Airville3
  • Biglerville3
  • Dillsburg3
  • Elizabethtown3
  • Ephrata3
  • Gettysburg3
  • Hershey3
  • Lewistown (mifflin)3
  • Mechanicsburg3
  • Mount Joy3
  • Palmyra3
  • Waynesboro3
  • Annville2
Show all 107 rate centers

Brogue, Denver, Dover, East Berlin, Elizabethville, Fayetteville, Frystown, Glen Rock, Halifax, Hummelstown, Ickesburg, Jonestown, Leola, Lititz, Littlestown, Loganville, Manchester, Manheim, Marietta, Marion, Mcconnellsburg, Mcveytown, Mercersburg, Millersville, Mount Holly Springs, Myerstown, New Bloomfield, New Oxford, Newville, Reedsville, Shellsville, Shippensburg, Spring Grove, Strasburg, Terre Hill, Adamstown, Akron, Allensville, Belleville, Blain, Blue Ridge Summit, Dauphin, Delta, Dry Run, Duncannon, East Waterford, Fairfield, Fawn Grove, Gap, Gratz, Greencastle, Hensel, Intercourse, Jefferson (york), Kirkwood, Lewisberry, Liverpool, Loysville, Lykens, Marysville, Mcalisterville, Middletown, Mifflintown, Millersburg, Millerstown, Mount Gretna, Mountville, Needmore, New Holland, Newburg (cumberland), Newport, Port Royal, Quarryville, Rawlinsville, Richfield, Saint Thomas, Schaefferstown, Stewartstown, Thompsontown, Tower City, Warfordsburg, Wrightsville, York Springs.

Phone companies holding 223 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 100% 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.

Show as a table
Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Onvoy, LLC - PA78
D&e/Omnipoint Wirel Joint Vent LP dba PCS One27
Fractel, LLC24
Ton80 Communications, LLC16
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - PA11
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC11
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - PA10
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC10

When today's 223 exchanges were assigned

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

Show as a table
YearExchanges
20175
201820
201916
202036
202156
202239
202334
202413
202513
202612

Check a 223 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.

Official sources (7)Show