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Area code 817

Area code 817 serves Texas, including Arlington, Fort Worth and Glendale (Central time). It has been in service since January 1, 1953 and shares its area with 682.

Numbers starting with 817 drew 3,102 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 989 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 817 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Texas(fort Worth--Arlington, TX Pmsa) and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
January 1, 1953
Overlay
Same area as 682
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
781 of 792held by 34 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2039NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 817 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 817. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

3,102

FCC complaints since November 2023

989

Different 817 numbers reported

3,681

FCC complaints naming an 817 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202329
December 202320
January 202423
February 202418
March 202410
April 202423
May 202422
June 202420
July 202420
August 202420
September 202436
October 202424
November 202426
December 202414
January 202529
February 202529
March 202525
April 202522
May 202533
June 202529
July 202521
August 202526
September 202521
October 20251
November 202513
December 202515
January 202626
February 202618
March 202633
April 202627
May 202642
June 202631
July 202643
August 202645
September 202639
October 202694

What people said 817 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 2,051 of 3,102 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,630
Medical and prescriptions422
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends265
Dropped call or no message244
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)176
Home improvement and cleaning89

Most reported 817 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 817

NANPA lists 26 rate centers for 817. 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.
  • Arlington229
  • Fort Worth192
  • Glendale64
  • Euless47
  • Grapevine36
  • North Richland Hills33
  • Roanoke22
  • Weatherford21
  • Cleburne18
  • Kennedale18
  • Atlas17
  • Keller17
  • Granbury14
  • Mansfield12
  • Alvarado6
  • Azle6
  • Reno6
  • Springtown5
  • Acton3
  • Cresson3
  • Godley3
  • Rhome3
  • Denton2
  • Xxxxxxxxxx2
Show all 26 rate centers

Grandview, Rio Vista.

Phone companies holding 817 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 60% 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 34 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell300
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL88
T-Mobile USA, Inc.54
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX45
Onvoy, LLC - TX43
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC30
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TX27
Frontier Southwest Inc dba Frontier Comm of Texas26

When today's 817 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200119
200220
20032
200410
20054
200615
20078
20086
20094
20104
20112
20122
20141
20171
20181
20211
20223
20239
20243
20253
20265

Check an 817 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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