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Area code 626

Area code 626 serves California, including Alhambra, Pasadena and Covina (Pacific time). It has been in service since June 14, 1997.

Numbers starting with 626 drew 2,126 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 775 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 626 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
California(los Angeles--Long Beach, CA Pmsa) and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
June 14, 1997Created from 818
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
739 of 792held by 39 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2030NANPA forecast 2026.2, relief planning under way

Complaints about 626 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 626. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,126

FCC complaints since November 2023

775

Different 626 numbers reported

2,419

FCC complaints naming a 626 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202337
December 202339
January 202433
February 202411
March 202428
April 202429
May 202424
June 202418
July 202431
August 202430
September 202439
October 202421
November 202418
December 202413
January 202520
February 20259
March 202518
April 202518
May 202513
June 202518
July 202519
August 20257
September 202518
October 20250
November 20258
December 202511
January 202614
February 202616
March 202614
April 20266
May 202611
June 202616
July 202619
August 202630
September 202633
October 202665

What people said 626 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,283 of 2,126 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other820
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)473
Dropped call or no message288
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends201
Home improvement and cleaning68
Work from home and business opportunities53

Most reported 626 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 626

NANPA lists 10 rate centers for 626. 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.
  • Alhambra172
  • Pasadena: Pasadena DA128
  • Covina127
  • El Monte88
  • La Puente64
  • Azusa-Glendora50
  • Arcadia47
  • Monrovia34
  • Sierra Madre17
  • San Gabriel Canyon12

Phone companies holding 626 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 39 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Pacific Bell115
T-Mobile USA, Inc.106
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC84
Frontier California Inc.75
Onvoy, LLC - CA46
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA39
U.S. Telepacific Corp. dba Tpx Communications39
Fractel, LLC35

When today's 626 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200123
200210
20052
20062
20076
20081
20092
20102
20114
20123
20134
201414
201519
201614
201710
20188
201912
202017
202126
202218
202317
202424
20259
20269

Check a 626 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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