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Area code 805

Area code 805 serves California, including Santa Barbara, Oxnard and San Luis Obispo (Pacific time). It has been in service since January 1, 1957 and shares its area with 820.

Numbers starting with 805 drew 2,405 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 756 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 805 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
CaliforniaBakersfield-Delano, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
January 1, 1957Created from 213
Overlay
Same area as 820
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
786 of 792held by 43 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2082NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 805 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 805. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,405

FCC complaints since November 2023

756

Different 805 numbers reported

2,806

FCC complaints naming an 805 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202320
December 202316
January 202424
February 202415
March 202418
April 202419
May 202424
June 202420
July 202419
August 202410
September 202419
October 202425
November 202417
December 20247
January 202517
February 202520
March 202519
April 202521
May 202525
June 202521
July 202525
August 202527
September 202514
October 20251
November 202512
December 202516
January 202623
February 202617
March 202617
April 202621
May 202618
June 202628
July 202636
August 202631
September 202640
October 202640

What people said 805 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,400 of 2,405 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other801
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)550
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends436
Dropped call or no message264
Home improvement and cleaning50
Medical and prescriptions28

Most reported 805 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 805

NANPA lists 41 rate centers for 805. 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.
  • Santa Barbara86
  • Oxnard75
  • San Luis Obispo71
  • Thousand Oaks64
  • Santa Maria45
  • Simi Valley43
  • Camarillo36
  • Ventura East36
  • Paso Robles30
  • Ventura Central28
  • Lompoc25
  • Newbury Park24
  • Moorpark23
  • Saticoy18
  • Arroyo Grande16
  • El Rio15
  • Atascadero14
  • Conejo11
  • Santa Paula10
  • Santa Ynez10
  • Carpinteria9
  • Ojai9
  • Point Mugu9
  • Bakersfield: Main DA8
Show all 41 rate centers

Fillmore, Cambria, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, Nipomo, Guadalupe, Oak View, Santa Margarita, Somis, Carrisa Plains, Los Alamos, Piru, San Miguel, Bradley, Cayucos, Gaviota, Parkfield.

Phone companies holding 805 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 69% 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 43 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier California Inc.140
Pacific Bell115
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA100
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC84
T-Mobile USA, Inc.54
Onvoy, LLC - CA34
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA32
Level 3 Telecom of California, LP - CA29

When today's 805 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200136
200220
20032
20045
20058
200611
20078
20088
20099
20107
20114
20128
20134
20149
201530
201615
20172
201811
20193
20203
20213
202214
20237
20246

Check an 805 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 California

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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