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Area code 463

Area code 463 serves Indiana, including Indianapolis, Carmel and Greenwood (Eastern time). It has been in service since November 15, 2016 and shares its area with 317.

Numbers starting with 463 drew 511 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 215 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 463 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Indiana(indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Staistical Area) and Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
November 15, 2016Created from 317
Overlay
Same area as 317
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
189 of 792held by 32 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2061NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 463 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 463. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

511

FCC complaints since November 2023

215

Different 463 numbers reported

646

FCC complaints naming a 463 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20235
December 20235
January 20241
February 20241
March 20242
April 20247
May 20247
June 20249
July 20245
August 20248
September 20247
October 20247
November 20243
December 20241
January 20257
February 202510
March 20257
April 20255
May 20255
June 20253
July 20253
August 20254
September 20251
October 20250
November 20255
December 20252
January 202610
February 20265
March 20267
April 20268
May 20265
June 20264
July 20266
August 202611
September 202612
October 202622

What people said 463 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 330 of 511 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other189
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)145
Dropped call or no message53
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends53
Medical and prescriptions21
Warranties and protection plans18

Most reported 463 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 463

NANPA lists 32 rate centers for 463. 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.
  • Indianapolis65
  • Carmel12
  • Greenwood11
  • Fishers8
  • Noblesville7
  • Brownsburg6
  • Cicero6
  • Greenfield6
  • Shelbyville5
  • Acton4
  • Cumberland4
  • Franklin4
  • Oaklandon4
  • Plainfield4
  • West Newton4
  • Zionsville4
  • Bargersville3
  • Clayton3
  • Danville3
  • Fairland3
  • Fortville3
  • Sheridan3
  • Westfield3
  • Charlottesville2
Show all 32 rate centers

Marietta, Mooresville, New Palestine, Pittsboro, Nineveh, Trafalgar, Whiteland, Whitestown.

Phone companies holding 463 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 32 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Onvoy, LLC - IN51
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL22
Fractel, LLC17
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - IN15
Omnipoint Communications Midwest Operations, LLC13
Ton80 Communications, LLC11
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - IN9
Level 3 Communications, LLC - IN8

When today's 463 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20162
201713
201811
20199
202032
202131
202222
202315
202427
202513
202610

Check a 463 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 Indiana

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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