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Area code 561

Area code 561 serves Florida, including West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Delray Beach (Eastern time). It has been in service since May 13, 1996 and shares its area with 728.

Numbers starting with 561 drew 3,256 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,500 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 561 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
FloridaMiami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
May 13, 1996Created from 407
Overlay
Same area as 728
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
786 of 792held by 40 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2055NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 561 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 561. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

3,256

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,500

Different 561 numbers reported

4,269

FCC complaints naming a 561 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202318
December 202330
January 202441
February 202436
March 2024122
April 2024103
May 202454
June 202444
July 202493
August 202455
September 202482
October 202488
November 202446
December 202421
January 202528
February 202519
March 202529
April 202520
May 202529
June 202529
July 202535
August 202524
September 202530
October 20250
November 202514
December 202515
January 202628
February 202628
March 202615
April 202626
May 202629
June 202636
July 202639
August 202638
September 202652
October 202664

What people said 561 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 2,049 of 3,256 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,450
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends322
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)316
Medical and prescriptions307
Dropped call or no message290
Home improvement and cleaning87

Most reported 561 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 561

NANPA lists 8 rate centers for 561. 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.
  • West Palm Beach361
  • Boca Raton183
  • Delray Beach98
  • Boynton Beach55
  • Jupiter42
  • Belle Glade32
  • Pahokee14
  • Xxxxxxxxxx1

Phone companies holding 561 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 70% 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 40 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel198
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - FL101
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA84
Omnipoint Miami E License, LLC74
Onvoy, LLC - FL48
Paetec Itel, LLC41
Metropcs, Inc.39
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - FL28

When today's 561 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200135
200210
20033
20045
200521
200612
20074
20084
20098
20106
201111
201213
201312
201416
201514
201615
20176
201818
201924
202032
202140
202230
202333
20241
20253
20261

Check a 561 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 Florida

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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