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Area code 774

Area code 774 serves Massachusetts, including Worcester, Framingham and Brockton (Eastern time). It has been in service since May 2, 2001 and shares its area with 508.

Numbers starting with 774 drew 2,860 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 429 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 774 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
MassachusettsBoston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
May 2, 2001Created from 508
Overlay
Same area as 508
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
523 of 792held by 29 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2047NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 774 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 774. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,860

FCC complaints since November 2023

429

Different 774 numbers reported

2,993

FCC complaints naming a 774 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202325
December 20231
January 202411
February 202411
March 202411
April 20244
May 202412
June 20247
July 20245
August 20248
September 20247
October 20245
November 202410
December 20245
January 20259
February 20257
March 20258
April 20256
May 202517
June 202515
July 202512
August 202510
September 202510
October 20251
November 20252
December 20256
January 20266
February 20264
March 20269
April 202632
May 202615
June 202619
July 202619
August 202631
September 202630
October 202626

What people said 774 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 2,423 of 2,860 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)1,426
Other917
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends200
Dropped call or no message100
Warranties and protection plans20
Medical and prescriptions12

Most reported 774 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 774

NANPA lists 85 rate centers for 774. 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.
  • Worcester40
  • Framingham31
  • Brockton28
  • Fall River22
  • New Bedford17
  • Barnstable16
  • Marlborough13
  • Taunton11
  • Rochester10
  • Attleboro9
  • Auburn9
  • Bridgewater9
  • Osterville9
  • Foxboro8
  • Milford8
  • Plymouth8
  • Holden7
  • Natick7
  • Sagamore7
  • Shrewsbury7
  • Southbridge7
  • Brewster6
  • Falmouth6
  • Grafton6
Show all 85 rate centers

Hopkinton, Hyannis, Mansfield, Middleboro, Orleans, Sturbridge, Dennis, Dover, Harwich, Medway, Millbury, Nantucket, North Brookfield, Seekonk, Walpole, Westborough, Westport, Whitinsville, Bellingham, Buzzards Bay, Carver, East Douglas, Franklin, Holliston, Mattapoisett, North Attleboro, Norton, Wareham, West Boylston, Wrentham, Assonet, Blackstone, Boylston, Dighton, Easton, Edgartown, Leicester, Medfield, Northborough, Oxford, Rehoboth, Rutland, Siasconset, Spencer, Vineyard Haven, Wayland, Webster, Cataumet, Charlton, Chatham, Chilmark, Marion, Millis, North Swansea, Oakham, Provincetown, Southgate, Upton, Uxbridge, Wellfleet, East Bridgewater.

Phone companies holding 774 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 99% 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
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - MA116
Onvoy, LLC - MA57
Metropcs, Inc.55
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC44
Omnipoint Miami E License, LLC44
Paetec Itel, LLC42
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - MA23
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC23

When today's 774 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
2001100
200273
20031
20043
20051
200613
20079
200815
20097
20108
201112
20129
201325
201418
201510
201624
201712
20189
201912
202020
202157
202219
20238
202411
20257
20266

Check a 774 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 Massachusetts

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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