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Area code 386

Area code 386 serves Florida, including Daytona Beach, Lake City and Flagler Beach (Eastern time). It has been in service since February 15, 2001.

Numbers starting with 386 drew 2,353 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 551 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 386 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
FloridaDeltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area and Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
February 15, 2001Created from 904
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
461 of 792held by 51 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2049NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 386 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 386. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,353

FCC complaints since November 2023

551

Different 386 numbers reported

2,696

FCC complaints naming a 386 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202313
December 202313
January 202415
February 20248
March 20249
April 202413
May 202413
June 202410
July 202412
August 202417
September 202419
October 202419
November 202412
December 20249
January 202514
February 20259
March 202510
April 202518
May 202514
June 202515
July 202520
August 202514
September 202520
October 20252
November 20254
December 20257
January 20269
February 20265
March 202616
April 202615
May 202621
June 202626
July 202618
August 202629
September 202632
October 202633

What people said 386 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,587 of 2,353 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,076
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)466
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends216
Medical and prescriptions158
Dropped call or no message102
Warranties and protection plans43

Most reported 386 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 386

NANPA lists 33 rate centers for 386. 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.
  • Daytona Beach115
  • Lake City36
  • Flagler Beach30
  • Deland29
  • Palm Coast25
  • New Smyrna Beach24
  • Palatka24
  • Orange City23
  • Debary20
  • Live Oak14
  • Alachua13
  • Bunnell9
  • Pomona Park9
  • High Springs6
  • Interlachen6
  • Jasper6
  • Welaka6
  • White Springs6
  • Branford5
  • Jennings5
  • Lake Butler5
  • Pierson5
  • Crescent City4
  • De Leon Springs4
Show all 33 rate centers

Dowling Park, Florahome, Fort White, Oak Hill, Wellborn, Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch, Luraville, Mayo, Raiford.

Phone companies holding 386 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 77% 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 51 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel78
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA54
Onvoy, LLC - FL35
Windstream Florida, Inc.34
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - FL29
Fractel, LLC23
Level 3 Communications, LLC - FL21
Paetec Itel, LLC21

When today's 386 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200126
20026
20039
20045
20054
20067
200710
20086
20094
20102
201110
20121
20133
20146
20157
20166
20174
20185
201912
202022
202130
202210
202317
202415
202516
202610

Check a 386 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 Florida

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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