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Area code 732

Area code 732 serves New Jersey, including New Brunswick, Toms River and Metuchen (Eastern time). It has been in service since June 1, 1997 and shares its area with 848.

Numbers starting with 732 drew 2,452 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 653 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 732 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New JerseyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
June 1, 1997Created from 908
Overlay
Same area as 848
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
780 of 792held by 30 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2052NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 732 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 732. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,452

FCC complaints since November 2023

653

Different 732 numbers reported

2,859

FCC complaints naming a 732 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202328
December 202313
January 202423
February 202425
March 20248
April 202416
May 202413
June 202418
July 202420
August 202445
September 202420
October 202427
November 202418
December 202412
January 202516
February 202524
March 202521
April 202519
May 202514
June 202531
July 202513
August 202524
September 202516
October 20252
November 20257
December 202514
January 202613
February 202614
March 202615
April 202610
May 20265
June 202614
July 202619
August 202615
September 202618
October 202632

What people said 732 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,240 of 2,452 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,393
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends198
Dropped call or no message146
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)142
Medical and prescriptions104
Home improvement and cleaning57

Most reported 732 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 732

NANPA lists 36 rate centers for 732. 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.
  • New Brunswick98
  • Toms River60
  • Metuchen57
  • Freehold55
  • Bound Brook36
  • Perth Amboy34
  • Dunellen33
  • Rahway30
  • Middletown29
  • Woodbridge28
  • Red Bank24
  • South River24
  • Lakewood21
  • Long Branch21
  • Point Pleasant20
  • South Amboy18
  • Matawan16
  • Asbury Park15
  • Eatontown15
  • Monmouth Junction15
  • Holmdel13
  • Franklin Park12
  • Keyport12
  • Englishtown11
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Belmar (monmouth), Carteret, Deal, Jamesburg, Manasquan, East Millstone, Farmingdale, Lakehurst, Spring Lake, Keansburg, Seaside Park, Atlantic Highlands.

Phone companies holding 732 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 65% 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 30 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.331
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ87
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC65
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NJ61
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC44
Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ34
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NJ29
Paetec Itel, LLC24

When today's 732 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200139
20023
20032
20047
20058
20069
20075
200810
20091
201013
20112
20125
20142
20153
20161
20173
20183
20193
20223
20237
20244
20261

Check a 732 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 New Jersey

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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