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Area code 727

Area code 727 serves Florida, including Clearwater, Saint Petersburg and New Port Richey (Eastern time). It has been in service since July 1, 1998.

Numbers starting with 727 drew 2,360 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 931 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 727 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
FloridaTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
July 1, 1998Created from 813
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
629 of 792held by 35 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2044NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 727 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 727. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,360

FCC complaints since November 2023

931

Different 727 numbers reported

2,960

FCC complaints naming a 727 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202318
December 202312
January 202423
February 20246
March 202412
April 202427
May 202420
June 202422
July 202435
August 202430
September 202421
October 202440
November 202423
December 202419
January 202510
February 202525
March 202521
April 202527
May 202527
June 202529
July 202519
August 202526
September 202531
October 20251
November 202518
December 202522
January 202621
February 202614
March 202637
April 202629
May 202630
June 202627
July 202625
August 202638
September 202647
October 202671

What people said 727 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,358 of 2,360 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other994
Medical and prescriptions256
Dropped call or no message204
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)198
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends195
Warranties and protection plans36

Most reported 727 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 727

NANPA lists 5 rate centers for 727. 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.
  • Clearwater307
  • Saint Petersburg167
  • New Port Richey86
  • Tarpon Springs36
  • Hudson33

Phone companies holding 727 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 67% 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 35 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier Florida LLC dba Frontier Comm of Florida207
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - FL79
Aerial Communications, Inc.55
Onvoy, LLC - FL42
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA37
MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc. - FL27
Level 3 Communications, LLC - FL23
Metropcs, Inc.22

When today's 727 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200128
200213
20031
200512
20062
20083
20093
20108
20112
20124
20136
201419
201513
20169
20179
201810
201910
202017
202122
202224
202312
20249
202510
20269

Check a 727 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 Florida

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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