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Area code 425

Area code 425 serves Washington, including Bellevue, Everett and Kirkland (Pacific time). It has been in service since April 27, 1997.

Numbers starting with 425 drew 2,393 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 674 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 425 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
WashingtonSeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
April 27, 1997Created from 206
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
628 of 792held by 34 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2046NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 425 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 425. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,393

FCC complaints since November 2023

674

Different 425 numbers reported

2,849

FCC complaints naming a 425 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202312
December 202310
January 202415
February 202412
March 20249
April 202418
May 202421
June 202425
July 202423
August 202420
September 202423
October 202421
November 202425
December 202415
January 202522
February 202526
March 202513
April 202523
May 202515
June 202511
July 202520
August 202529
September 202532
October 20250
November 202510
December 202520
January 202616
February 202613
March 202619
April 202617
May 202619
June 202626
July 202617
August 202621
September 202624
October 202620

What people said 425 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,715 of 2,393 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,382
Dropped call or no message234
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)191
Home improvement and cleaning170
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends119
Medical and prescriptions49

Most reported 425 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 425

NANPA lists 14 rate centers for 425. 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.
  • Bellevue181
  • Everett121
  • Kirkland80
  • Bothell59
  • Halls Lake53
  • Renton53
  • Issaquah34
  • Silverlake17
  • Maple Valley11
  • North Bend6
  • Ames Lake4
  • Fall City4
  • Carnation3
  • Snoqualmie Pass2

Phone companies holding 425 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 65% 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 34 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Ziply Fiber Northwest, LLC dba Ziply Fiber122
T-Mobile USA, Inc.91
Qwest Corporation69
Level 3 Communications, LLC - WA49
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC44
Onvoy, LLC - WA41
Electric Lightwave LLC dba Allstream40
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - WA38

When today's 425 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200133
20026
20041
20055
20063
20073
20084
20091
20103
20115
20124
20132
201410
20156
201613
20174
201813
20198
202011
202120
202218
20236
20246
20259
20263

Check a 425 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 Washington

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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