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Area code 406

Area code 406 serves Montana, including Billings, Missoula and Helena (Mountain time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947.

Numbers starting with 406 drew 1,480 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 670 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 406 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Montana
Time zone
Mountain
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
754 of 792held by 63 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2034NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 406 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 406. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,480

FCC complaints since November 2023

670

Different 406 numbers reported

1,966

FCC complaints naming a 406 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202312
December 20235
January 202410
February 202425
March 20246
April 202417
May 202415
June 202429
July 202422
August 202426
September 202416
October 202439
November 202416
December 20249
January 202511
February 202532
March 202519
April 202513
May 202556
June 202522
July 202541
August 202513
September 202510
October 20250
November 202517
December 20257
January 202615
February 20267
March 202611
April 20267
May 202612
June 202610
July 202616
August 202628
September 202624
October 202648

What people said 406 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 932 of 1,480 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other762
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)179
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends139
Medical and prescriptions112
Dropped call or no message89
Warranties and protection plans23

Most reported 406 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 406

NANPA lists 260 rate centers for 406. 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.
  • Billings72
  • Missoula47
  • Helena38
  • Great Falls37
  • Bozeman32
  • Kalispell25
  • Butte17
  • Miles City10
  • Sidney9
  • Hamilton8
  • Lewistown8
  • Livingston8
  • Dillon7
  • Hardin7
  • Havre7
  • Shelby7
  • Columbus6
  • Glendive6
  • Laurel6
  • Libby6
  • Red Lodge6
  • Anaconda5
  • Colstrip5
  • Conrad5
Show all 260 rate centers

Forsyth, Baker, Belgrade, Boulder, Cut Bank, Glasgow, Manhattan, Polson, Roundup, Townsend, West Glendive, Whitefish, Big Sky, Big Timber, Bigfork, Columbia Falls, Culbertson, Deer Lodge, Eureka Rural, Fromberg, Malta, Pablo, Ronan, Saint Ignatius, Saint Regis, Seeley Lake, South Havre, Superior, Terry, Thompson Falls, West Yellowstone, Absarokee, Alzada, Ashland, Bridger, Broadus, Browning, Canyon Creek, Cascade, Circle, Clinton, Clyde Park, Cooke City, Darby, Divide, East Glacier Park, Ekalaka, Elmo, Ennis, Fairfield, Fairview, Finley Point, Fort Benton, Frenchtown, Gallatin Gateway, Gardiner, Grass Range, Hays, Hungry Horse, Joliet, Jordan, Lakeside, Lambert, Lame Deer, Lima, Marion, Molt, North Havre, North Parkman, Olney, Plevna, Richey, Roy, Scobey, Sheridan, Silvertip, Somers, South Miles City, South Wolf Point, Stevensville, Swan Lake, Three Forks, Victor, White Sulphur Springs, Whitehall, Wibaux, Wilsall, Wolf Creek, Wolf Point, Yellow Bay, Alberton, Alta, Arlee, Augusta, Avon, Bainville, Belfry, Belt, Big Sandy, Birney, Bloomfield, Box Elder, Brady, Broadview, Brockton, Busby, Carlyle, Carter, Charlo, Chester, Chinook, Choteau, Condon, Crooked Creek, Custer, Dagmar, Decker, Denton, Devon, Dixon, Dodson, Drummond, Dupuyer, Dutton, East Conrad, Ethridge, Eureka, Fallon, Flaxville, Flaxville Rural, Fort Peck, Fort Shaw, Fort Smith, Frazer, Froid, Froid Rural, Geraldine, Geyser, Gildford, Glentana, Grant, Harlem, Harlowton, Harrison, Haugan, Highwood, Hingham, Hinsdale, Hobson, Hopp Illiad, Hot Springs, Huntley, Hysham, Jackson, Joplin, Judith Gap, Kevin Oilmont, Kremlin, Larslan, Lavina, Lincoln, Lindsay, Lodge Grass, Loma, Martinsdale, Medicine Lake, Melrose, Melstone, Melville, Moore, Musselshell, Nashua, Neihart, North Broadus, North Cut Bank, North Frannie, North Glasgow, North Hinsdale, North Nashua, North Poplar, North Ryegate, North Wolf Point, Noxon, Opheim, Outlook, Ovando, Peerless, Pendroy, Philipsburg, Plains, Plentywood, Pompeys Pillar, Poplar, Potomac, Power, Rapelje, Raynesford, Reedpoint, Reserve, Ridge, Rock Springs, Rosebud, Rudyard, Ryegate, Saco, Saint Mary, Savage, Scobey Rural, South Alberton, South Broadus, South Chester, South Malta, Stanford, Stockett, Sunburst, Sweet Grass, Troy, Turner, Twin Bridges, Valier, Valley Industrial Park, Virginia City, Warm Springs, West Beach, West Camp Crook, West Glacier, West Sidney, West Squaw Gap, Westby, Whitewater, Winifred, Winnett, Wisdom, Wise River, Worden, Wyola.

Phone companies holding 406 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 70% 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 63 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Qwest Corporation132
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - MT119
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC74
Onvoy, LLC - MT43
Triangle Tel. Coop. Assn., Inc.39
Nemont Tel Coop Inc33
Level 3 Communications, LLC - MT27
Mid-Rivers Tel. Coop., Inc.27

When today's 406 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20017
20027
200318
20048
200512
200610
200711
20086
20093
20109
201113
20129
20139
20143
20153
20164
201710
20183
201910
20205
20217
20222
20236
20245
20253
20262

Check a 406 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.

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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