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Area code 440

Area code 440 serves Ohio, including Willoughby, Hillcrest and Elyria (Eastern time). It has been in service since August 16, 1997 and shares its area with 436.

Numbers starting with 440 drew 2,533 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 860 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 440 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Ohio(youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area) and Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
August 16, 1997Created from 216
Overlay
Same area as 436
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
758 of 792held by 44 carriers

Complaints about 440 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 440. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,533

FCC complaints since November 2023

860

Different 440 numbers reported

3,072

FCC complaints naming a 440 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202316
December 202316
January 202416
February 202419
March 202429
April 202412
May 202421
June 202422
July 202418
August 202413
September 202423
October 202420
November 202419
December 202425
January 202533
February 202540
March 202542
April 202533
May 202547
June 202524
July 202529
August 202533
September 202545
October 20250
November 202511
December 202513
January 202612
February 202621
March 202619
April 202632
May 20269
June 202619
July 202621
August 202627
September 202628
October 202633

What people said 440 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,284 of 2,533 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other974
Dropped call or no message459
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends306
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)225
Medical and prescriptions221
Home improvement and cleaning67

Most reported 440 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 440

NANPA lists 62 rate centers for 440. 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.
  • Willoughby68
  • Hillcrest51
  • Elyria45
  • Berea44
  • Chagrin Falls43
  • Victory41
  • Trinity39
  • Brecksville35
  • Cleveland35
  • Lorain35
  • Ashtabula30
  • Painesville27
  • Strongsville17
  • Wickliffe17
  • Bedford16
  • Mentor15
  • North Royalton11
  • Burton10
  • Olmsted Falls10
  • Amherst9
  • Chardon9
  • Kirtland9
  • Gates Mills8
  • Bainbridge7
Show all 62 rate centers

Oberlin, Chesterland, Madison, Avon, Avon Lake, Conneaut, East Claridon, Geneva, Leroy, Austinburg, Middlefield, Newbury, Parkman, Perry, Vermilion, Columbia Station, Dorset, Kingsville, North Eaton, Rock Creek, Russell, Trumbull, Wellington, Andover, Birmingham, Colebrook, Grafton, Huntsburg, Jefferson (ashtabula), Mesopotamia, Montville, New Lyme, North Bloomfield, Orwell, Pierpont, Thompson, Wakeman, Windsor.

Phone companies holding 440 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 74% 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 44 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Ohio Bell Tel CO124
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - OH115
Level 3 Communications, LLC - OH68
T-Mobile USA, Inc.62
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - OH52
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL45
Windstream Western Reserve, Inc.39
Onvoy, LLC - OH37

When today's 440 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200122
200235
20031
20042
20051
20065
20076
20089
20094
20104
20117
201220
201337
201418
201517
201613
201716
20186
20193
20209
202130
202218
20235
202412
20256
20262

Check a 440 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 Ohio

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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