Skip to content
Before You Call Back

Area code 731

Area code 731 serves Tennessee, including Jackson, Paris and Dyersburg (Central time). It has been in service since February 12, 2001.

Numbers starting with 731 drew 998 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 483 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 731 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Tennessee
Time zone
Central
In service since
February 12, 2001Created from 901
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
395 of 792held by 37 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2111NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 731 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 731. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

998

FCC complaints since November 2023

483

Different 731 numbers reported

1,406

FCC complaints naming a 731 number, by month

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

Show as a table
MonthComplaints
November 202319
December 20235
January 202412
February 202410
March 202420
April 202414
May 202426
June 202414
July 202417
August 202425
September 202419
October 202421
November 202423
December 202424
January 202519
February 202518
March 20254
April 20258
May 202516
June 202514
July 202512
August 202519
September 20256
October 20250
November 20250
December 20251
January 20269
February 20267
March 202613
April 20268
May 20265
June 20268
July 202611
August 202612
September 202614
October 202615

What people said 731 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 727 of 998 reports were robocalls.

Show as a table
SubjectReports
Other371
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)266
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends145
Medical and prescriptions98
Dropped call or no message31
Warranties and protection plans18

Places served by 731

NANPA lists 70 rate centers for 731. 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.
  • Jackson57
  • Paris23
  • Dyersburg18
  • Union City14
  • Brownsville13
  • Humboldt13
  • Lexington12
  • Bolivar10
  • Huntingdon10
  • Martin10
  • Ripley10
  • Savannah10
  • Selmer10
  • Camden9
  • Henderson9
  • Bells8
  • Milan7
  • Greenfield6
  • Mckenzie6
  • Bethel Springs5
  • Big Sandy5
  • Parsons5
  • South Fulton5
  • Trenton5
Show all 70 rate centers

Cedar Grove, Decaturville, Gibson, Grand Junction, Halls, Kenton, Medina, Michie, Newbern, Tiptonville, Adamsville, Dresden, Dyer, Gleason, Henning, Hornbeak, Latham, Middleton, Milledgeville, Palmersville, Ridgely, Scotts Hill, Sidonia, Troy, Whiteville, Alamo, Bradford, Bruceton, Cottagegrove, Cypress, Rutherford, Sharon, Shiloh, Trimble, Atwood, Brazil, Friendship, Henry, Mason Hall, Maury City, Puryear, Sardis, South Hazel, Stanton, Trezevant, Yorkville.

Phone companies holding 731 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 68% 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 37 carriers

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

Show as a table
Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba South Central Bell Tel80
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA53
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TN42
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TN36
Onvoy, LLC - TN36
Paetec Itel, LLC21
Aeneas Communications, LLC - TN18
Charter IP Enabled Services, LLC14

When today's 731 exchanges were assigned

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

Show as a table
YearExchanges
20019
200219
200322
200415
20058
20066
20072
20083
20103
20113
20121
20132
20141
20151
201617
20179
20182
20193
20205
20217
20228
202310
20246
20253
20263

Check a 731 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 Tennessee

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.

Official sources (7)Show