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Area code 740

Area code 740 serves Ohio, including Newark, Lancaster and Portsmouth (Eastern time). It has been in service since December 6, 1997 and shares its area with 220.

Numbers starting with 740 drew 1,520 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 480 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 740 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Ohio(columbus, OH Msa) and Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
December 6, 1997Created from 614
Overlay
Same area as 220
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
786 of 792held by 41 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2064NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 740 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 740. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,520

FCC complaints since November 2023

480

Different 740 numbers reported

1,879

FCC complaints naming a 740 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202318
December 202315
January 202416
February 20249
March 202416
April 202412
May 202416
June 202410
July 202413
August 202412
September 20246
October 202412
November 202420
December 20246
January 20255
February 202511
March 202513
April 202515
May 202517
June 202510
July 202513
August 202510
September 20258
October 20252
November 202515
December 202517
January 202610
February 202618
March 202617
April 202615
May 202612
June 202612
July 202623
August 202616
September 202612
October 202621

What people said 740 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 914 of 1,520 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other527
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)302
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends190
Dropped call or no message179
Medical and prescriptions130
Home improvement and cleaning53

Places served by 740

NANPA lists 187 rate centers for 740. 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.
  • Newark33
  • Lancaster29
  • Portsmouth28
  • Zanesville25
  • Athens23
  • Marion21
  • Chillicothe20
  • Delaware19
  • Steubenville19
  • Mount Vernon17
  • Saint Clairsville17
  • Marietta16
  • Cambridge14
  • Ironton14
  • Coshocton13
  • Circleville12
  • Gallipolis12
  • Washington Court House12
  • Cheshire Center10
  • Jackson10
  • London10
  • Pataskala10
  • Logan8
  • New Lexington8
Show all 187 rate centers

Waverly, Chesapeake, Pomeroy, Bellaire, Cadiz, Caldwell, Belpre, Carroll, Dresden, Martins Ferry-Bridgeport, Piketon, Woodsfield, Bethesda, Bloomingburg, Bowerston, Coolville, Dexter City, Granville, Hebron, Johnstown, Thornville, Uhrichsville, Arabia, Ashley, Ashville, Baltimore, Barlow, Barnesville, Bartlett, Beverly, Byesville, Centerburg, Cheshire (gallia), Clarington, Conesville, Corning, Cumberland, Duffy, Fairview, Fredericktown, Gambier, Glenford, Gnadenhutten, Gratiot, Junction City, Kilbourne, Little Hocking, Mcarthur, Mcconnelsville, Nelsonville, Nevada, New Matamoras, Newcomerstown, Norwich, Philo, Rathbone, Richwood, Rio Grande, Shawnee, Somerset, Stockport, Sunbury, Toronto, Adamsville, Albany, Amanda, Amesville, Beallsville, Beaver, Bloomingdale, Bremen, Centerville (belmont), Chester, Crooksville, Danville (knox), Frankfort, Fultonham, Glouster, Graysville, Guyan, Hanover, Hopedale, Jeffersonville, Laurelville, Lewisville, Lowell, Martinsburg, Massieville, Milledgeville, Millersport, Minford Stockdale, Mingo Junction, Mount Sterling, Murray City, New Concord, New Holland, Newport, Oak Hill, Ostrander, Powhatan Point, Quaker City, Radnor, Roseville, Rushville, Saint Louisville, Sedalia, Somerton, Sugar Grove, Summerfield, The Plains, Utica Homer, Vinton, Walnut, Wellston, West Lafayette, Williamsport, Adena, Alexandria, Amsterdam, Bainbridge (ross), Bergholz, Bourneville, Brilliant, Chesterhill, Clarksburg, Cooperdale, Croton, Dillonvale Mount Pleasant, Flushing, Frazeysburg, Freeport, Green Camp, Guysville, Hallsville, Harpster, Idaho, Jewett, Kingston, Knoxville, La Rue, Letart Falls, Londonderry, Lower Salem, Morral, Morristown, New Marshfield, Old Washington, Pennsville, Pleasantville, Portland, Prospect, Reinersville Hackney, Resaca, Richmond, Richmondale, Scio, Shade, Smithfield, Tiltonsville, Waldo, Warsaw, Watertown, Wilkesville.

Phone companies holding 740 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 83% 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 41 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier North, Inc. - OH123
Ohio Bell Tel CO104
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - OH82
Aerial Communications, Inc.66
Level 3 Communications, LLC - OH63
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL62
Onvoy, LLC - OH57
Brightspeed of Northwest Ohio, Inc.31

When today's 740 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200139
2002107
20036
200423
20058
200613
200711
200810
20094
20107
20115
201215
201311
20141
201510
201617
20175
20182
20193
20205
20213
20221
202316
20243
20252

Check a 740 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 Ohio

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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