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Area code 785

Area code 785 serves Kansas, including Topeka, Lawrence and Manhattan (Central and Mountain time). It has been in service since July 20, 1997.

Numbers starting with 785 drew 2,075 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 317 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 785 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Kansas(kansas City, MO--KS Msa) and Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central and Mountain
In service since
July 20, 1997Created from 913
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
726 of 792held by 73 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2033NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 785 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 785. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,075

FCC complaints since November 2023

317

Different 785 numbers reported

2,232

FCC complaints naming a 785 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20236
December 20236
January 20246
February 20243
March 20248
April 20241
May 202411
June 20249
July 20245
August 20248
September 20247
October 20248
November 202415
December 20247
January 20253
February 20259
March 20256
April 20257
May 202516
June 20258
July 20257
August 202510
September 202513
October 20250
November 20258
December 20253
January 20269
February 20263
March 202611
April 20269
May 20263
June 20264
July 20263
August 202615
September 202626
October 202633

What people said 785 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,629 of 2,075 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other808
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)222
Medical and prescriptions171
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends121
Dropped call or no message81
Warranties and protection plans25

Places served by 785

NANPA lists 269 rate centers for 785. 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.
  • Topeka98
  • Lawrence35
  • Manhattan27
  • Salina26
  • Junction City19
  • Hays16
  • Ottawa11
  • Abilene8
  • Colby7
  • Garnett6
  • Marysville6
  • Phillipsburg6
  • Clay Center5
  • Concordia5
  • Goodland5
  • Hiawatha5
  • Holton5
  • Norton5
  • Russell5
  • Sabetha5
  • Seneca5
  • Belleville4
  • Beloit4
  • Circleville4
Show all 269 rate centers

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Phone companies holding 785 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 73% 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 73 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell141
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - KS56
Rural Tel. Service CO., Inc. dba Nex-Tech42
Level 3 Communications, LLC - KS41
Onvoy, LLC - KS39
Aerial Communications, Inc.35
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL33
United Tel. CO. of Kansas dba Centurylink33

When today's 785 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200116
200227
200322
200415
200525
200611
20074
200820
200910
20106
20113
20121
20133
201410
20152
20161
20174
201812
20198
202013
202123
202210
20239
202417
20258
20262

Check a 785 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 Kansas

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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