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Area code 479

Area code 479 serves Arkansas, including Fort Smith, Bentonville and Fayetteville (Central time). It has been in service since January 19, 2002.

Numbers starting with 479 drew 1,714 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 358 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 479 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
ArkansasFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
January 19, 2002Created from 501
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
569 of 792held by 44 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2037NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 479 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 479. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,714

FCC complaints since November 2023

358

Different 479 numbers reported

1,927

FCC complaints naming a 479 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202311
December 202313
January 20249
February 20247
March 20242
April 20244
May 20249
June 20248
July 20249
August 202412
September 20245
October 202411
November 202417
December 20244
January 202515
February 202528
March 202510
April 20256
May 20255
June 202511
July 202519
August 202531
September 20256
October 20250
November 20253
December 20255
January 202612
February 20265
March 202612
April 20266
May 20264
June 20268
July 202616
August 20269
September 202616
October 20266

What people said 479 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,355 of 1,714 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other699
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends385
Medical and prescriptions132
Dropped call or no message102
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)99
Warranties and protection plans39

Most reported 479 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 479

NANPA lists 74 rate centers for 479. 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.
  • Fort Smith90
  • Bentonville68
  • Fayetteville61
  • Rogers61
  • Springdale31
  • Russellville24
  • Alma12
  • Mena12
  • Van Buren12
  • Siloam Springs11
  • Clarksville9
  • Eureka Springs7
  • Greenwood6
  • Ozark6
  • Centerton5
  • Elm Springs5
  • Garfield5
  • Waldron5
  • Booneville4
  • Charleston4
  • Danville4
  • Dardanelle4
  • Gravette4
  • Mulberry4
Show all 74 rate centers

Paris, Atkins, Boles, Decatur, Dover, Elkins, Farmington, Gateway, Gentry, Hackett, Hindsville, Huntsville, Lamar, London, Mansfield, Maysville, Midland, Mountainburg, Natural Dam, Pea Ridge, Sulphur Springs, West Fork, Winslow, Altus, Aurora, Belleville, Centerville, Drakes Creek, Forum, Hartman, Hector, Lavaca, Lincoln, Morrow, Prairie Grove, Ratcliff, Saint Paul, Salus, Scranton, Strickler, Subiaco, Blue Mountain, Bluffton, Havana, Kingston, Lake Hinkle, Magazine, Ola, Plainview, South West City.

Phone companies holding 479 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 77% 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, LLC - IL118
Southwestern Bell88
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - AR52
Onvoy, LLC - AR52
Brightspeed of Northwest Arkansas, LLC51
T-Mobile USA, Inc.27
Comcast IP Phone, LLC25
Level 3 Communications, LLC - AR22

When today's 479 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200120
200228
200314
20046
200511
20064
20077
20086
20094
20103
20117
20121
20131
20146
20156
20164
201711
201819
201912
202033
202124
202211
202324
202418
202524
202618

Check a 479 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 Arkansas

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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