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Area code 812

Area code 812 serves Indiana, including Evansville, Bloomington and Terre Haute (Eastern and Central time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947 and shares its area with 930.

Numbers starting with 812 drew 1,340 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 358 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 812 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Indiana(indianapolis-Carmel, IN Msa) and (indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Staistical Area)
Time zone
Eastern and Central
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
Same area as 930
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
785 of 792held by 52 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2079NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 812 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 812. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,340

FCC complaints since November 2023

358

Different 812 numbers reported

1,611

FCC complaints naming an 812 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202311
December 20235
January 202411
February 20244
March 202413
April 20245
May 20248
June 20245
July 202413
August 202413
September 202414
October 202416
November 202412
December 20247
January 20259
February 20259
March 20257
April 202514
May 20258
June 202510
July 20259
August 20257
September 20255
October 20250
November 20256
December 20254
January 20266
February 202610
March 20267
April 20268
May 20268
June 202616
July 202620
August 202616
September 202612
October 202621

What people said 812 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 890 of 1,340 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other593
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends211
Medical and prescriptions199
Dropped call or no message97
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)86
Home improvement and cleaning31

Most reported 812 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 812

NANPA lists 172 rate centers for 812. 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.
  • Evansville86
  • Bloomington50
  • Terre Haute49
  • New Albany32
  • Columbus28
  • Seymour23
  • Vincennes18
  • Jasper17
  • Bedford15
  • Greensburg11
  • Lawrenceburg10
  • Madison10
  • Newburgh10
  • Corydon9
  • Petersburg9
  • Princeton9
  • Batesville8
  • Boonville8
  • Salem8
  • Scottsburg8
  • Tell City8
  • Washington8
  • Brazil7
  • North Vernon7
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Spencer, Crane, Dale, Galena, Hanover, Mount Vernon, Bloomfield, Chandler, Charlestown, Georgetown, Linton, Mccutchanville, Oaktown, Sullivan, Versailles, Bicknell, Ellettsville, Fairbanks, Fort Branch, Haysville, Nashville, New Harmony, New Washington, Orleans, West Harrison, Aurora, Chrisney, Cynthiana, Edinburgh, Elberfeld, English, Farmersburg, Flat Rock, Freelandville, French Lick, Hazleton, Heltonville, Henryville, Loogootee, Lyons, Monroe City, Montgomery, Morgantown, Owensville, Rising Sun, Rockport, Saint Joseph, Saint Philip, Sandridge, Sellersburg, Smithville, Stanford, Tennyson, Vevay, Wheatland, Worthington, Austin, Brownstown, Bruceville, Clay City, Cross Plains, Ferdinand, Gosport, Graysville, Hope, Huntingburg, Jasonville, Lewis, Lynnville, Merom, Milan, Mitchell, Moores Hill, Oakland City, Owensburg, Paoli, Patoka, Peoria, Prairie Creek, Reddington, Riley, Shoals, Solitude, Sunman, Westport, Xxxxxxxxxx, Alfordsville Glendale, Bandon, Birdseye, Butlerville, Campbellsburg, Canaan, Center Point, Central, Clearspring, Cory, Crandall, Crothersville, Decker, Dillsboro, Dubois, Dugger, East Enterprise, Elizabeth, Elizabethtown, Elnora, Francisco, Fredericksburg, Freetown, Fritchton, Griffin, Guilford, Holland, Hymera, Laconia, Lake Monroe, Lamar, Lanesville, Leavenworth, Lexington, Mackey, Marengo, Medora, Milltown, Napoleon, New Middletown, Odon, Palmyra, Patricksburg, Patriot, Pekin, Plainville, Poland, Poseyville, Ramsey, Saint Anthony, Saint Marks, Saint Meinrad, San Jacinto, Sandborn, Santa Claus, Scipio, Shelburn, Spurgeon, St Leon, Trinity Williams, Wadesville, Wickliffe.

Phone companies holding 812 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 52 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Indiana Bell Tel CO Inc130
Frontier North, Inc. - IN102
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - IN80
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL50
Level 3 Communications, LLC - IN49
Paetec Itel, LLC39
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA36
Frontier North, Inc.. - IN35

When today's 812 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200150
2002104
200320
20049
20056
200611
20074
20086
20098
201010
20119
20126
20134
20142
201510
201612
20176
20184
20191
20211
20233
20243
20261

Check an 812 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 Indiana

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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