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Area code 704

Area code 704 serves North Carolina, including Charlotte, Gastonia and Concord (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947 and shares its area with 980.

Numbers starting with 704 drew 2,197 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 694 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 704 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
North CarolinaCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
Same area as 980
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
782 of 792held by 26 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2040NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 704 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 704. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,197

FCC complaints since November 2023

694

Different 704 numbers reported

2,670

FCC complaints naming a 704 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202315
December 202316
January 202412
February 202416
March 202417
April 202413
May 202418
June 202414
July 202412
August 202414
September 202426
October 202423
November 202424
December 202418
January 202519
February 202513
March 202511
April 202532
May 202528
June 202522
July 202525
August 202527
September 202529
October 20251
November 202514
December 202519
January 20268
February 20269
March 202622
April 202622
May 202612
June 202617
July 202629
August 202626
September 202625
October 202627

What people said 704 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,402 of 2,197 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,106
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends256
Medical and prescriptions253
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)217
Dropped call or no message93
Vacation and timeshares29

Most reported 704 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 704

NANPA lists 57 rate centers for 704. 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.
  • Charlotte345
  • Gastonia51
  • Concord37
  • Salisbury33
  • Statesville33
  • Monroe31
  • Shelby25
  • Davidson16
  • Huntersville16
  • Lincolnton15
  • Matthews14
  • Kannapolis12
  • Mooresville12
  • Albemarle11
  • Belmont9
  • Wadesboro7
  • Cherryville6
  • Harrisburg6
  • Kings Mountain6
  • Mount Holly6
  • Denver5
  • Locust5
  • Lowell5
  • China Grove Landis4
Show all 57 rate centers

Indian Trail, Norwood, Waxhaw, Bessemer City, Hemby Bridge, Lawndale, Lilesville, New London, Pineville, Stanley, Troutman, Alton, Cleveland, Goose Creek, Granite Quarry Rockwell, Grover, Lattimore, Marshville, Newton, Oakboro, Peachland Polkton, South Crowders Creek, Stony Point, Wingate, Xxxxxxxxxx, Ansonville, Badin, Harmony, Morven, Mount Pleasant, New Hope, New Salem, Union Grove.

Phone companies holding 704 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 64% 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 26 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 & Tel243
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NC95
Suncom dba T-Mobile USA60
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA55
Windstream Concord Telephone, LLC46
Paetec Itel, LLC45
Windstream North Carolina, Inc.39
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NC36

When today's 704 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200123
200215
20039
20044
200512
200635
200711
20083
20094
20102
20112
20171
20182
20191
20202
20234

Check a 704 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 North Carolina

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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