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Area code 229

Area code 229 serves Georgia, including Albany, Valdosta and Thomasville (Eastern time). It has been in service since August 1, 2000.

Numbers starting with 229 drew 1,032 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 522 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 229 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
GeorgiaChattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
August 1, 2000Created from 912
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
685 of 792held by 50 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2030NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 229 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 229. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,032

FCC complaints since November 2023

522

Different 229 numbers reported

1,453

FCC complaints naming a 229 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202333
December 202311
January 202415
February 20245
March 202413
April 202414
May 202420
June 202424
July 202413
August 202412
September 202412
October 202425
November 202423
December 20249
January 20256
February 20259
March 202516
April 202517
May 202519
June 20259
July 20259
August 202512
September 202514
October 20250
November 202510
December 20257
January 202610
February 202612
March 20268
April 202642
May 20266
June 202617
July 202617
August 202617
September 202612
October 202618

What people said 229 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 665 of 1,032 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other534
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)120
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends94
Dropped call or no message88
Medical and prescriptions77
Warranties and protection plans25

Most reported 229 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 229

NANPA lists 86 rate centers for 229. 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.
  • Albany85
  • Valdosta65
  • Thomasville48
  • Bainbridge40
  • Fitzgerald35
  • Cuthbert25
  • Moultrie24
  • Tifton22
  • Americus19
  • Cordele17
  • Georgetown11
  • Sylvester9
  • Ashburn8
  • Cairo8
  • Camilla8
  • Lakeland8
  • Nashville8
  • Quitman8
  • Adel7
  • Buena Vista7
  • Dawson6
  • Donalsonville6
  • Meigs6
  • Alapaha5
Show all 86 rate centers

Blakely, Hahira, Mcrae, Pelham, Shellman, Baconton, Bluffton, Colquitt, Coolidge, Doerun, Enigma, Fort Gaines, Funston, Leesburg, Norman Park, Ocilla, Pineview, Ray City, Rhine, Richland, Rochelle, Abbeville, Arlington, Barwick, Berlin, Boston, Calvary-Reno, Cedar Springs, Edison, Ellaville, Iron City, Irwinville, Jakin, Lake Park, Lenox, Lumpkin, Milan, Morgan, Morven, Newton, Ochlocknee, Omega, Parrott, Pavo, Pitts, Preston, Rebecca, Reynoldsville, Sasser, Sparks, Vienna, Whigham, Jacksonville, Lake Blackshear, Leary, Leslie, Pinehurst, Plains, Smithville, Warwick, Attapulgus, Chattahoochee.

Phone companies holding 229 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 50 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA139
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel76
Onvoy, LLC - GA75
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - GA70
Windstream Georgia Communications Corp.68
Mcc Telephony LLC49
Powertel Atlanta Licenses, Inc.27
Level 3 Communications, LLC - GA25

When today's 229 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200112
200224
200319
200426
20054
20069
200713
200819
20097
201030
20117
20124
20134
20143
201529
20163
20175
20189
201914
202014
202135
202224
202336
202425
202537
202625

Check a 229 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 Georgia

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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