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Area code 571

Area code 571 serves Virginia, including Washington Zone 8, Washington Zone 17 and Herndon (Eastern time). It has been in service since March 1, 2000 and shares its area with 703.

Numbers starting with 571 drew 2,269 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 2,288 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 571 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
VirginiaWashington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
March 1, 2000Created from 703
Overlay
Same area as 703
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
645 of 792held by 39 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2031NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 571 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 571. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,269

FCC complaints since November 2023

2,288

Different 571 numbers reported

3,966

FCC complaints naming a 571 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202335
December 202348
January 202497
February 2024102
March 2024106
April 2024152
May 2024109
June 202445
July 2024157
August 202475
September 2024100
October 2024156
November 202442
December 202426
January 202539
February 202532
March 202527
April 202530
May 202537
June 202530
July 202544
August 202542
September 202555
October 202510
November 202538
December 202530
January 202631
February 202645
March 202643
April 202650
May 202644
June 202635
July 202655
August 202657
September 2026118
October 2026107

What people said 571 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,427 of 2,269 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other973
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)386
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends354
Dropped call or no message138
Medical and prescriptions118
Home improvement and cleaning43

Most reported 571 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 571

NANPA lists 19 rate centers for 571. 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.
  • Washington Zone 8130
  • Washington Zone 17114
  • Herndon75
  • Washington Zone 1969
  • Leesburg48
  • Manassas41
  • Dale City30
  • Engleside27
  • Occoquan22
  • Braddock16
  • Triangle15
  • Haymarket13
  • Arcola11
  • Dulles7
  • Independent Hill7
  • Lorton7
  • Nokesville5
  • Dulles Metro4
  • Lorton Metro4

Phone companies holding 571 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 96% 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 39 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, LLC101
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC93
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - VA75
Onvoy, LLC - VA70
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC40
Verizon Virginia, Inc.32
Metropcs, Inc.29
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - VA25

When today's 571 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200131
200216
20032
20043
20058
200621
200717
200825
200926
201024
201122
201217
201313
201418
201519
201612
201717
201827
201924
202034
202133
202231
202342
202439
202525
202636

Check a 571 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 Virginia

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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