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Area code 585

Area code 585 serves New York, including Rochester, East Rochester and Batavia (Eastern time). It has been in service since November 15, 2001.

Numbers starting with 585 drew 754 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 814 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 585 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New York(rochester, NY Metropoilitan Statistical Area) and Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
November 15, 2001Created from 716
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
676 of 792held by 53 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2037NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 585 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 585. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

754

FCC complaints since November 2023

814

Different 585 numbers reported

1,392

FCC complaints naming a 585 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202310
December 20234
January 20248
February 20246
March 20246
April 202415
May 202415
June 202414
July 202414
August 202420
September 202410
October 202415
November 202417
December 202422
January 202510
February 202518
March 202516
April 202519
May 202541
June 202534
July 202582
August 202558
September 2025110
October 20256
November 20256
December 20254
January 202621
February 202661
March 202660
April 202611
May 20265
June 202610
July 202617
August 20268
September 202619
October 202619

What people said 585 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 391 of 754 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other346
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)134
Dropped call or no message60
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends58
Medical and prescriptions29
Lotteries, prizes, and sweepstakes22

Most reported 585 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 585

NANPA lists 78 rate centers for 585. 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.
  • Rochester296
  • East Rochester29
  • Batavia25
  • Webster14
  • Fairport13
  • Olean13
  • Henrietta12
  • Wellsville12
  • Canandaigua9
  • Albion8
  • Geneseo8
  • Victor8
  • Spencerport7
  • West Webster7
  • Brockport6
  • Attica5
  • Bliss5
  • Caledonia5
  • Dansville5
  • East Aurora5
  • Honeoye Falls5
  • Middleport5
  • Warsaw5
  • Angelica4
Show all 78 rate centers

Arcade, Belmont, Bergen, Byron, Churchville, Cuba, Fillmore, Hilton, Holley, Le Roy, Medina, Naples, Oakfield, Perry, Scottsville, Waterport, Wyoming, Akron, Atlanta, Avon, Belfast, Bolivar, Castile, Chaffee, Corfu, Elba, Holcomb, Java, Kendall, Leicester, Livonia, Lyndonville, Mount Morris, Nunda, Pavilion, Rush, Rushville, Shortsville, Wayland, Xxxxxxxxxx, Alden, Cohocton, Dalton, Darien, East Pembroke, Franklinville, Friendship, Hamlin, Hemlock, Honeoye, Rushford, Springwater, Stanley, Varysburg.

Phone companies holding 585 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 75% 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 53 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.183
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NY69
Onvoy, LLC- NY56
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC47
Verizon New York, Inc.39
Paetec Itel, LLC34
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NY33
Twc IP Enabled Services, LLC22

When today's 585 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200110
200210
20034
200411
200512
200618
200717
20086
200910
201010
201111
20127
20136
201413
201513
201610
20177
201815
20198
202020
202150
202213
202315
202418
20256
20263

Check a 585 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 New York

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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