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Area code 714

Area code 714 serves California, including Anaheim, Santa Ana and Orange (Pacific time). It has been in service since January 1, 1951 and shares its area with 657.

Numbers starting with 714 drew 1,425 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 638 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 714 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 1, 1951Created from 213
Overlay
Same area as 657
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
785 of 792held by 29 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2028NANPA forecast 2026.2, relief planning under way

Complaints about 714 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 714. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,425

FCC complaints since November 2023

638

Different 714 numbers reported

1,822

FCC complaints naming a 714 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202311
December 202315
January 202412
February 202417
March 202420
April 202426
May 202427
June 202420
July 202417
August 202431
September 202419
October 202416
November 202421
December 202415
January 202515
February 202514
March 20257
April 202533
May 202510
June 202529
July 202519
August 202522
September 202519
October 20255
November 202511
December 202518
January 202611
February 202614
March 202618
April 202612
May 202610
June 202615
July 202620
August 202623
September 202616
October 202619

What people said 714 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 694 of 1,425 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other571
Dropped call or no message341
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends124
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)123
Home improvement and cleaning59
Medical and prescriptions48

Most reported 714 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 714

NANPA lists 15 rate centers for 714. 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.
  • Anaheim243
  • Santa Ana194
  • Orange53
  • Huntington Beach50
  • Westminster45
  • Fullerton37
  • Garden Grove34
  • Cypress30
  • Placentia26
  • Buena Park23
  • Brea21
  • Yorba Linda19
  • Silverado8
  • Capistrano Valley1
  • Laguna Beach1

Phone companies holding 714 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 53% 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 29 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Pacific Bell266
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA78
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC72
Metropcs Networks, LLC62
T-Mobile USA, Inc.56
Frontier California Inc.39
U.S. Telepacific Corp. dba Tpx Communications29
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC23

When today's 714 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200151
200214
20041
200513
200619
200725
20089
20097
20102
20112
20126
20137
20141
20154
20235
20243
20253

Check a 714 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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