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Area code 813

Area code 813 serves Florida, including Tampa Central, Tampa and Tampa East (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 1, 1953 and shares its area with 656.

Numbers starting with 813 drew 5,780 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,209 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 813 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
FloridaTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 1, 1953
Overlay
Same area as 656
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
782 of 792held by 45 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2060NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 813 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 813. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

5,780

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,209

Different 813 numbers reported

6,180

FCC complaints naming an 813 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202328
December 202318
January 202428
February 202415
March 202422
April 202425
May 202428
June 202424
July 202427
August 202438
September 202426
October 202436
November 202442
December 202425
January 202520
February 202546
March 202529
April 202535
May 202533
June 202536
July 202519
August 202555
September 202533
October 20250
November 202511
December 202525
January 202635
February 202628
March 202624
April 202634
May 202632
June 202639
July 202653
August 202679
September 202658
October 202675

What people said 813 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 4,803 of 5,780 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends3,028
Other1,509
Medical and prescriptions348
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)337
Dropped call or no message179
Home improvement and cleaning47

Most reported 813 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 813

NANPA lists 8 rate centers for 813. 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.
  • Tampa Central352
  • Tampa168
  • Tampa East52
  • Tampa North52
  • Plant City44
  • Tampa West44
  • Zephyrhills37
  • Tampa South33

Phone companies holding 813 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 66% 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 45 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier Florida LLC dba Frontier Comm of Florida233
Aerial Communications, Inc.96
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - FL73
Metropcs, Inc.53
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA47
MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc. - FL35
Paetec Itel, LLC35
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - FL28

When today's 813 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200138
200213
20031
20047
200522
200621
20079
200815
20098
201015
201112
20129
201315
201421
201516
201615
201718
201818
201918
202025
202129
20222
20238

Check an 813 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 Florida

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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