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Area code 534

Area code 534 serves Wisconsin, including Rhinelander, Eau Claire and Rice Lake (Central time). It has been in service since August 14, 2010 and shares its area with 715.

Numbers starting with 534 drew 221 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 79 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 534 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
WisconsinMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
August 14, 2010Created from 715
Overlay
Same area as 715
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
98 of 792held by 23 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2071NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 534 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 534. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

221

FCC complaints since November 2023

79

Different 534 numbers reported

277

FCC complaints naming a 534 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20232
December 20231
January 20244
February 20240
March 20240
April 20243
May 20240
June 20242
July 20242
August 20244
September 20242
October 20245
November 20241
December 20241
January 20252
February 20256
March 20252
April 20251
May 20256
June 20253
July 20253
August 20253
September 20251
October 20250
November 20250
December 20253
January 20263
February 20261
March 20261
April 20260
May 20262
June 20260
July 20261
August 20264
September 20262
October 20267

What people said 534 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 152 of 221 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other95
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)57
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends26
Dropped call or no message17
Vacation and timeshares2
Medical and prescriptions2

Places served by 534

NANPA lists 63 rate centers for 534. 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.
  • Rhinelander13
  • Eau Claire8
  • Rice Lake5
  • Wausau5
  • Waupaca4
  • River Falls3
  • Hudson2
  • Scandinavia2
  • Stevens Point2
  • Amberg1
  • Amherst1
  • Arkansaw1
  • Auburndale1
  • Barnes1
  • Bay City1
  • Benoit1
  • Birchwood1
  • Black River Falls1
  • Cable1
  • Cameron1
  • Canton1
  • Chili1
  • Chippewa Falls1
  • Clintonville1
Show all 63 rate centers

Colby, Cornucopia, Crandon, Dorchester, Drummond, Eau Galle, Elderon, Eleva, Elk Lake, Fox Creek, Grandview, Granton, Greenwood, Iron River, Junction City, La Pointe, Ladysmith, Lakewood, Long Lake, Marathon, Marengo, Marshfield, Mattoon, Menomonie, Merrill, Merrillan, Mill Creek, Mosinee, New Auburn, Pickerel, Shawano, Somerset, Spring Lake, Stetsonville, Superior, Three Lakes, Vesper, Webster, Whitehall.

Phone companies holding 534 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 100% 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 23 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL19
Level 3 Communications, LLC - WI18
Fractel, LLC14
Onvoy, LLC - WI14
Ton80 Communications, LLC10
Boost Subscriberco L.L.C.3
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - WI2
Nuso, LLC2

When today's 534 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20111
20141
20155
201711
20184
20191
20209
202113
202213
202315
20246
202511
20268

Check a 534 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 Wisconsin

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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