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Area code 562

Area code 562 serves California, including Long Beach, Alamitos and Norwalk (Pacific time). It has been in service since January 25, 1997.

Numbers starting with 562 drew 1,701 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,013 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 562 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
CaliforniaLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
January 25, 1997Created from 310
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
702 of 792held by 36 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2032NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 562 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 562. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,701

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,013

Different 562 numbers reported

2,299

FCC complaints naming a 562 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202331
December 202320
January 202420
February 202417
March 202424
April 202444
May 202426
June 202442
July 202429
August 202451
September 202452
October 202451
November 202440
December 202419
January 202541
February 202538
March 202551
April 202534
May 20258
June 202519
July 202517
August 202527
September 202518
October 20250
November 20257
December 20258
January 202615
February 202635
March 202633
April 202621
May 202617
June 202627
July 202617
August 202624
September 202641
October 202633

What people said 562 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 844 of 1,701 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other678
Dropped call or no message385
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)191
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends154
Home improvement and cleaning82
Medical and prescriptions29

Most reported 562 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 562

NANPA lists 10 rate centers for 562. 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.
  • Long Beach186
  • Alamitos101
  • Norwalk100
  • Downey77
  • Whittier63
  • Compton: Compton DA45
  • Lakewood42
  • La Habra39
  • Pico Rivera34
  • Compton: Gardena DA15

Phone companies holding 562 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 71% 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 36 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier California Inc.158
T-Mobile USA, Inc.99
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC78
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA45
Onvoy, LLC - CA45
U.S. Telepacific Corp. dba Tpx Communications39
Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA27
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC25

When today's 562 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200130
200215
20041
20054
20065
20074
20084
20091
20111
20122
20133
20144
201515
20169
20175
20187
20196
202018
202118
202219
202319
202424
202511
20267

Check a 562 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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