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Area code 818

Area code 818 serves California, including Van Nuys, Canoga Park and Burbank (Pacific time). It has been in service since January 7, 1984 and shares its area with 747.

Numbers starting with 818 drew 1,764 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 786 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 818 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
CaliforniaLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
January 7, 1984Created from 213
Overlay
Same area as 747
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
781 of 792held by 34 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2064NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 818 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 818. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,764

FCC complaints since November 2023

786

Different 818 numbers reported

2,316

FCC complaints naming an 818 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202329
December 202315
January 202420
February 202420
March 202423
April 202419
May 202425
June 202428
July 202427
August 202424
September 202416
October 202423
November 202429
December 202421
January 202536
February 202518
March 202523
April 202520
May 202524
June 202525
July 202529
August 202519
September 202521
October 20250
November 202515
December 202518
January 202617
February 202622
March 202627
April 202621
May 202617
June 202613
July 202621
August 202624
September 202624
October 202622

What people said 818 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 860 of 1,764 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other656
Dropped call or no message396
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)206
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends181
Home improvement and cleaning76
Medical and prescriptions39

Most reported 818 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 818

NANPA lists 17 rate centers for 818. 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.
  • Van Nuys236
  • Canoga Park92
  • Burbank: Burbank DA88
  • North Hollywood63
  • Glendale57
  • Northridge38
  • Reseda33
  • San Fernando: San Fernando DA33
  • Agoura29
  • San Fernando: Granada Hills DA21
  • La Crescenta17
  • Burbank: Sun Valley DA16
  • San Fernando: Pacoima DA16
  • San Fernando: Sepulveda DA15
  • Pasadena: La Canada DA10
  • Sunland Tujunga9
  • Los Angeles: DA 018

Phone companies holding 818 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 53% 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
Pacific Bell265
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC73
T-Mobile USA, Inc.71
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA63
Frontier California Inc.37
Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA29
Spok, Inc.23
U.S. Telepacific Corp. dba Tpx Communications23

When today's 818 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200150
200212
20041
200624
200721
20088
20094
201015
20115
20123
20138
201420
20155
20161
20172
20201
20232
20244
20252

Check an 818 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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