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Area code 272

Area code 272 serves Pennsylvania, including Williamsport, Pittston and Pleasant Mount (Eastern time). It has been in service since October 21, 2013 and shares its area with 570.

Numbers starting with 272 drew 689 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 178 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 272 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Pennsylvania(new York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area) and (scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
October 21, 2013Created from 570
Overlay
Same area as 570
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
337 of 792held by 42 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2038NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 272 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 272. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

689

FCC complaints since November 2023

178

Different 272 numbers reported

795

FCC complaints naming a 272 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20233
December 20230
January 20249
February 20244
March 20242
April 20242
May 20244
June 20243
July 202410
August 202413
September 20248
October 20244
November 20242
December 20243
January 20255
February 20253
March 20257
April 20258
May 20254
June 20253
July 20253
August 202510
September 20256
October 20250
November 20253
December 20253
January 20262
February 20264
March 20263
April 20264
May 20263
June 20262
July 20263
August 20268
September 202611
October 202611

What people said 272 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 537 of 689 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other272
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)255
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends48
Dropped call or no message39
Medical and prescriptions8
Energy, solar, and utilities7

Places served by 272

NANPA lists 131 rate centers for 272. 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.
  • Williamsport21
  • Pittston19
  • Pleasant Mount19
  • New Milford18
  • Scranton16
  • Carbondale15
  • Stroudsburg9
  • Wilkes-Barre8
  • Hazleton6
  • Pottsville6
  • Berwick4
  • Bloomsburg4
  • Selinsgrove4
  • Thompson4
  • Ashland3
  • Beaver Springs3
  • Clarks Summit3
  • Dingmans Ferry3
  • Frackville3
  • Galilee3
  • Honesdale3
  • Kingston3
  • Lansford3
  • Mantzville3
Show all 131 rate centers

Middleburg, Milton, Mount Pocono, Saylorsburg, Shamokin, Tamaqua, Auburn, Beach Lake, Bushkill, Catawissa, Chapman Lake, Conyngham Drums, Danville, Elysburg, Friedensburg (schuylkill), Girardville, Hamlin (wayne), Hawley, Jermyn, Jim Thorpe, Kulpmont, Lake Ariel, Lewisburg, Little Meadows, Lock Haven, Matamoras (pike), Mckeansburg, Milford, Millville, Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Olyphant, Pocono Lake, Schuylkill Haven, Sunbury, Towanda, Trucksville, Tunkhannock, Watsontown, Weatherly, Woolrich, Avis, Brooklyn, Brookside (lycoming), Canton, Center Moreland, Cresco, Dalton, Freeland, Hallstead, Harding, Harveys Lake, Huntington Mills, Jersey Shore, Lake Como, Lake Winola, Laporte, Leroy, Loganton, Lords Valley, Loyalsock, Mahanoy City, Mansfield, Mcadoo, Middlebury Center, Mill Hall, Millerton, Minersville, Montgomery, Montrose, Moosic, Moscow, Mount Pleasant Mills, Mountaintop, Muhlenburg, Nanticoke, Nesquehoning, New Philadelphia, Newfoundland, Nicholson, Noxen, Nuangola, Numidia, Nuremberg, Orangeville, Orwigsburg, Pine Grove, Plymouth, Renovo, Rome, Roseville, Saint Clair, Sayre, Shenandoah, Shickshinny, Shohola, Susquehanna, Sweet Valley, Taylor, Trout Run, Troy, Turbotville, Wallenpaupack, Wapwallopen, Washingtonville, Wellsboro, White Haven.

Phone companies holding 272 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 42 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC86
Onvoy, LLC - PA58
Ton80 Communications, LLC35
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC21
IP Horizon LLC17
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - PA11
Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, LP11
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - PA9

When today's 272 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20142
201615
201711
201814
20199
202027
202150
202250
202368
202422
202532
202623

Check a 272 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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