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Area code 806

Area code 806 serves Texas, including Lubbock, Amarillo and Plainview (Central time). It has been in service since January 1, 1957.

Numbers starting with 806 drew 2,337 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 657 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 806 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Texas
Time zone
Central
In service since
January 1, 1957
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
734 of 792held by 63 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2033NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 806 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 806. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,337

FCC complaints since November 2023

657

Different 806 numbers reported

2,780

FCC complaints naming an 806 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202313
December 20238
January 20242
February 20247
March 20245
April 202411
May 202424
June 20248
July 202410
August 202412
September 202411
October 202428
November 202410
December 202413
January 20259
February 202512
March 202513
April 202518
May 20258
June 202535
July 202523
August 202514
September 202514
October 20254
November 20257
December 202516
January 202620
February 202613
March 202626
April 202648
May 202635
June 202641
July 202624
August 202628
September 202631
October 202650

What people said 806 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,896 of 2,337 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Medical and prescriptions849
Other564
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)349
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends242
Dropped call or no message70
Warranties and protection plans22

Most reported 806 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 806

NANPA lists 182 rate centers for 806. 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.
  • Lubbock127
  • Amarillo121
  • Plainview22
  • Pampa17
  • Hereford11
  • Canyon10
  • Levelland10
  • Borger9
  • Brownfield9
  • Dumas9
  • Slaton7
  • Tahoka7
  • Dalhart6
  • Lamesa6
  • Perryton6
  • Skellytown6
  • Bovina5
  • Canadian5
  • Clarendon5
  • Dimmitt5
  • Floydada5
  • Gruver5
  • Higgins5
  • Hurlwood5
Show all 182 rate centers

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Phone companies holding 806 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 61% 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 63 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell117
Valor Telecomm TX, LP-TX #1 dba Windstream Comm SW89
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL71
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TX48
Onvoy, LLC - TX41
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX28
Ama Comm., LLC dba Ama*techtel Communications-TX26
Vexus23

When today's 806 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200119
200221
200326
200418
200510
200616
20079
200824
20098
201015
201111
20123
20137
20142
201512
20168
201735
201816
201912
202012
202120
20228
202310
20249
20256
20265

Check an 806 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 Texas

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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