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Area code 442

Area code 442 serves California, including Victorville, Palm Springs and Indio (Pacific time). It has been in service since November 21, 2009 and shares its area with 760.

Numbers starting with 442 drew 580 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 274 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 442 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
CaliforniaBakersfield-Delano, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
November 21, 2009Created from 760
Overlay
Same area as 760
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
356 of 792held by 44 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2046NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 442 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 442. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

580

FCC complaints since November 2023

274

Different 442 numbers reported

772

FCC complaints naming a 442 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20237
December 20234
January 202413
February 20248
March 20248
April 202418
May 202410
June 20248
July 20245
August 20247
September 20246
October 20244
November 20245
December 202410
January 20254
February 20254
March 20254
April 20258
May 20257
June 20258
July 20259
August 202510
September 202513
October 20252
November 20252
December 202513
January 20269
February 20268
March 202612
April 20262
May 20267
June 20263
July 20264
August 20266
September 20268
October 202614

What people said 442 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 381 of 580 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other263
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)149
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends55
Dropped call or no message34
Vacation and timeshares10
Home improvement and cleaning5

Most reported 442 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 442

NANPA lists 78 rate centers for 442. 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.
  • Victorville29
  • Palm Springs27
  • Indio24
  • Escondido22
  • El Centro21
  • Brawley19
  • Victorville/Hesperia14
  • Palm Desert12
  • Vista12
  • Oceanside: Carlsbad DA11
  • Oceanside: Oceanside DA11
  • Barstow8
  • Calexico7
  • California City7
  • Victorville/Apple Valley7
  • Encinitas6
  • San Marcos6
  • Fallbrook5
  • Victorville/Adelanto5
  • Desert Hot Springs4
  • Valley Center4
  • Calipatria3
  • Homestead Valley3
  • Inyokern3
Show all 78 rate centers

Lake Isabella, Lenwood, Oceanside: Pendleton DA, Ridgecrest, Twentynine Palms, Yucca Valley, Benton, Bishop, Blythe, Bridgeport, Desert Center, Imperial, Independence, Joshua Tree, June Lake, Lee Vining, Morongo Valley, Newberry, Ocotillo, Pauma Valley, Pinyon, Ramona, Sandy Valley, Shoshone, Summit Valley, Trona, Baker, Barstow Yermo DA, Big Pine, Boron, Borrego, Crowley Lake, Death Valley, Eagle Mountain, Earp: Lost Lake DA, El Mirage, Fort Irwin, Havasu Lake, Holtville, Kernville, Lone Pine, Lucerne Valley, Mountain Pass, Needles, Olancha, Palo Verde, Parker Dam, Pine Creek, Salton, Warner Springs, Weldon, Winterhaven, Wrightwood, Wrightwood/Phelan.

Phone companies holding 442 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 99% 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
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC57
T-Mobile USA, Inc.54
Fractel, LLC51
Onvoy, LLC - CA45
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA26
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA17
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC8
Metropcs, Inc.7

When today's 442 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20112
20121
20136
201418
201523
201625
201710
201811
201911
202057
202138
202230
202329
202434
202511
202610

Check a 442 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 California

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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