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Area code 469

Area code 469 serves Texas, including Grand Prairie, Dallas and Plano (Central time). It has been in service since July 1, 1999 and shares its area with 214, 945 and 972.

Numbers starting with 469 drew 2,969 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,444 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 469 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
TexasDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
July 1, 1999Created from 214
Overlay
Same area as 214, 945, 972
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
786 of 792held by 48 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2036NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 469 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 469. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,969

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,444

Different 469 numbers reported

3,833

FCC complaints naming a 469 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202343
December 202323
January 202439
February 202457
March 202431
April 202427
May 202431
June 202442
July 202453
August 202459
September 202459
October 202443
November 202443
December 202429
January 202536
February 202524
March 202536
April 202538
May 202529
June 202545
July 202538
August 202522
September 202534
October 20251
November 202512
December 202524
January 202624
February 202643
March 202642
April 202634
May 202638
June 202628
July 202646
August 202656
September 202663
October 2026118

What people said 469 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,809 of 2,969 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,338
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends431
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)423
Medical and prescriptions236
Dropped call or no message187
Home improvement and cleaning61

Most reported 469 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 469

NANPA lists 42 rate centers for 469. 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.
  • Grand Prairie178
  • Dallas139
  • Plano69
  • Frisco60
  • Mckinney56
  • Irving35
  • Lewisville30
  • Carrollton18
  • Rockwall18
  • Forney17
  • Allen15
  • Waxahachie15
  • De Soto14
  • Ennis12
  • Dallas Fort Worth Airport10
  • Red Oak9
  • Cedar Hill8
  • Midlothian8
  • Terrell8
  • Royse City6
  • Kaufman5
  • Prosper5
  • Seagoville5
  • Bardwell4
Show all 42 rate centers

Princeton, Anna, Celina, Crandall, Farmersville, Ferris, Italy, Maypearl, Nevada, Venus, Combine, Josephine, Palmer, Blue Ridge (collin), Bristol, Milford, Scurry, Wilmer.

Phone companies holding 469 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 89% 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 48 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
T-Mobile USA, Inc.117
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL86
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX72
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TX71
Onvoy, LLC - TX66
Southwestern Bell50
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - TX49
Teleport Communications America, LLC - TX49

When today's 469 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200115
20029
20031
20046
20055
20068
200712
20089
20092
20107
201136
201236
201350
201446
201567
201647
201715
201849
201950
202064
202111
20221

Check a 469 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 Texas

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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