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Area code 530

Area code 530 serves California, including Chico, Redding and Marysville (Pacific time). It has been in service since November 1, 1997 and shares its area with 837.

Numbers starting with 530 drew 1,781 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 524 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 530 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
California(sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area) and Sacramento--Roseville--Folsom, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
November 1, 1997Created from 916
Overlay
Same area as 837
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
782 of 792held by 56 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2099NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 530 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 530. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,781

FCC complaints since November 2023

524

Different 530 numbers reported

2,166

FCC complaints naming a 530 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202323
December 202326
January 202421
February 202413
March 202419
April 202424
May 202416
June 202424
July 202412
August 202410
September 202419
October 20247
November 20249
December 202419
January 202516
February 202512
March 202511
April 202516
May 202513
June 202518
July 20255
August 20257
September 202516
October 20251
November 20259
December 202512
January 20268
February 202612
March 202610
April 20267
May 202613
June 20265
July 20269
August 20268
September 202619
October 202634

What people said 530 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,085 of 1,781 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other603
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)497
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends245
Dropped call or no message184
Medical and prescriptions38
Energy, solar, and utilities15

Places served by 530

NANPA lists 131 rate centers for 530. 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.
  • Chico64
  • Redding60
  • Marysville53
  • Auburn: Main DA38
  • Davis33
  • Woodland26
  • Placerville: West DA25
  • Grass Valley: Main DA23
  • Oroville22
  • South Tahoe19
  • Red Bluff14
  • Truckee13
  • Shingle Springs12
  • Anderson11
  • Yreka10
  • Nevada City9
  • Paradise9
  • Mount Shasta8
  • North Tahoe: Tahoe City DA8
  • Susanville8
  • Corning7
  • Alleghany6
  • Biggs6
  • Colfax6
Show all 131 rate centers

Georgetown, Live Oak (sutter), Orland, Placerville: Kyburz DA, Quincy, Willows, Auburn: North DA, Cottonwood, Grass Valley: South DA, Gridley, North San Juan, North Tahoe: Brockway DA, North Yuba, Placerville: South DA, Weaverville, Winters, Alta, Bangor, Blairsden, Butte City, Camptonville, Challenge, Downieville, Dunnigan, Homewood, Los Molinos, Loyalton, Meridian, Soda Springs, Weed, Wheatland, Williams, Alturas, Chester, Colfax: Weimar DA, Colusa, Dunsmuir, Elk Creek, Esparto, Gazelle, Gerber, Hayfork, Hoopa, Knights Landing, Lewiston, Millville, Nicolaus, Paskenta, Portola, Richvale, Robbins, Shasta Lake, Sierraville, Stonyford, Verdi, Vina, Willow Creek, Arbuckle, Cedarville, French Gulch, Grenada, Guinda, Hornbrook, Janesville, Mccloud, Montague, Oak Run, Olinda, Orleans, Princeton, Rancho Tehama, Shingletown, Smartsville, Westwood, Adin, Alpine, Bieber, Burney, Coleville, Dorris, Eagle Lake, Etna, Fall River Mills, Foresthill, Fort Jones, Greenville, Grimes, Hamburg, Happy Camp, Herlong, Keddie, Lake Almanor, Macdoel, Maxwell, Mineral, Minersville, Montgomery Creek, New Pine Creek, Newell, Oak Knoll, Paynes Creek, Platina, Ravendale, Sawyers Bar, Somes Bar, Trinity Center, Tulelake.

Phone companies holding 530 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 82% 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 56 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Pacific Bell181
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC67
Onvoy, LLC - CA66
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA53
Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA50
T-Mobile USA, Inc.49
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA43
IP Horizon LLC25

When today's 530 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200122
200213
20031
20043
20058
20063
20074
20085
20096
20106
20117
20123
20136
201412
201513
20166
20178
20189
20195
202010
202113
202227
202323
202412
20255
20267

Check a 530 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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