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Area code 434

Area code 434 serves Virginia, including Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Danville (Eastern time). It has been in service since June 1, 2001.

Numbers starting with 434 drew 2,724 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 839 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 434 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Virginia(richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area) and (virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, Vc-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
June 1, 2001Created from 804
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
509 of 792held by 45 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2042NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 434 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 434. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,724

FCC complaints since November 2023

839

Different 434 numbers reported

3,278

FCC complaints naming a 434 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202316
December 20238
January 202413
February 20247
March 20248
April 202422
May 202434
June 202411
July 202414
August 202411
September 202418
October 202417
November 202414
December 202413
January 202525
February 202521
March 202510
April 20259
May 202511
June 202513
July 202511
August 202517
September 202517
October 20250
November 202510
December 202517
January 202622
February 202624
March 2026155
April 202655
May 202622
June 202652
July 202641
August 202640
September 202627
October 202627

What people said 434 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 2,222 of 2,724 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,141
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)954
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends222
Dropped call or no message113
Medical and prescriptions68
Home improvement and cleaning17

Most reported 434 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 434

NANPA lists 66 rate centers for 434. 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.
  • Charlottesville92
  • Lynchburg81
  • Danville56
  • Emporia19
  • Farmville14
  • South Boston13
  • South Hill13
  • Blackstone8
  • Boydton7
  • Palmyra7
  • Fork Union6
  • Lovingston6
  • Stanardsville6
  • Altavista5
  • Amherst5
  • Appomattox5
  • Chase City5
  • Clarksville5
  • Crozet5
  • Lawrenceville5
  • Alberta4
  • Bachelors Hall4
  • Brookneal4
  • Capron4
Show all 66 rate centers

Chatham, Concord, Crewe, Drakes Branch, Gladys, Jarratt, Kenbridge, Keysville, Stony Creek, Victoria, Volens, Whitmell, Arvonia, Barnesville, Beechwood, Big Island, Blackridge, Brodnax, Buckingham, Burkeville, Charlotte Court House, Clover, Dillwyn, Gladstone, Halifax, La Crosse, Pamplin, Piney River, Prospect, Rustburg, Schuyler, Scottsville, South Brunswick, Virgilina, Allwood, Eppes Fork, Gretna, Hampden-Sydney, Hurt, Renan, Sandy Level, Turbeville.

Phone companies holding 434 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 83% 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 45 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Brightspeed of Virginia, LLC76
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC44
Verizon Virginia, Inc.41
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - VA32
Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, LLC28
Onvoy, LLC - VA28
Level 3 Communications, LLC - VA27
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - VA24

When today's 434 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200115
200224
20037
20044
20053
20061
20074
20084
200910
20108
20119
20127
20133
20145
20154
20165
20179
201811
201917
202034
202126
202218
202317
202415
202519
20266

Check a 434 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 Virginia

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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