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Area code 409

Area code 409 serves Texas, including Beaumont, Galveston and Texas City LA Marque (Central time). It has been in service since November 1, 1982.

Numbers starting with 409 drew 1,876 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 326 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 409 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
TexasHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
November 1, 1982Created from 713
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
434 of 792held by 42 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2054NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 409 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 409. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,876

FCC complaints since November 2023

326

Different 409 numbers reported

2,027

FCC complaints naming a 409 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202336
December 20237
January 20246
February 20244
March 20242
April 202410
May 20248
June 20244
July 20248
August 20247
September 20247
October 20244
November 20248
December 20248
January 20254
February 20256
March 20257
April 20254
May 20256
June 20259
July 20259
August 202511
September 20256
October 20250
November 202511
December 20259
January 20267
February 20269
March 20268
April 202613
May 202618
June 20266
July 20269
August 20269
September 202616
October 202617

What people said 409 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,294 of 1,876 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other574
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends503
Medical and prescriptions451
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)115
Dropped call or no message83
Warranties and protection plans30

Most reported 409 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 409

NANPA lists 48 rate centers for 409. 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.
  • Beaumont103
  • Galveston67
  • Texas City LA Marque30
  • Port Arthur28
  • Nederland Port Neches26
  • Orange15
  • Jasper14
  • Hitchcock Santa Fe13
  • Bridge City8
  • Vidor8
  • Silsbee6
  • Woodville6
  • Buna5
  • Kirbyville5
  • Kountze5
  • Lumberton5
  • Mauriceville5
  • Anahuac4
  • China4
  • Fannett4
  • Hemphill4
  • Pineland4
  • Port Bolivar4
  • Sabine Pass4
Show all 48 rate centers

Spurger, Bronson, Burkeville, Colmesneil, Deweyville, Evadale, Fairmount, La Belle, Newton, Sour Lake, South Vidor, Warren, Winnie, Bon Wier, Hamshire, Milam, Nome, Westbury, Wildwood, Double Bayou, Hankamer, High Island, Smith Point, Wallisville.

Phone companies holding 409 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 82% 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
Southwestern Bell138
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL50
Onvoy, LLC - TX39
Aerial Communications, Inc.28
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TX26
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX22
Valor Telecomm TX, Ld-TX #2 dba Windstream Comm SW15
Fractel, LLC13

When today's 409 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200117
200213
20036
20049
20057
20072
20084
20091
20105
20113
20135
20141
201510
20163
20174
20184
201911
202013
202121
202214
202319
20248
202516
20266

Check a 409 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 Texas

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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