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Area code 843

Area code 843 serves South Carolina, including Charleston, Florence and Myrtle Beach (Eastern time). It has been in service since March 22, 1998 and shares its area with 854.

Numbers starting with 843 drew 1,430 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 791 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 843 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
South CarolinaCharleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area and Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
March 22, 1998Created from 803
Overlay
Same area as 854
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
783 of 792held by 49 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2055NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 843 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 843. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,430

FCC complaints since November 2023

791

Different 843 numbers reported

2,029

FCC complaints naming an 843 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202323
December 202316
January 20246
February 202418
March 20244
April 202421
May 202410
June 202412
July 202422
August 202415
September 20249
October 202432
November 202416
December 202412
January 202512
February 202523
March 202532
April 202515
May 202513
June 202516
July 202527
August 202541
September 202518
October 20257
November 20259
December 20259
January 202625
February 202619
March 202623
April 202631
May 202654
June 202636
July 202638
August 202632
September 202623
October 202656

What people said 843 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 953 of 1,430 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other556
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends239
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)225
Medical and prescriptions133
Dropped call or no message93
Warranties and protection plans39

Most reported 843 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 843

NANPA lists 93 rate centers for 843. 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.
  • Charleston186
  • Florence57
  • Myrtle Beach56
  • Beaufort31
  • Hilton Head28
  • Mount Pleasant19
  • West Myrtle Beach17
  • Georgetown16
  • Summerville16
  • Bluffton13
  • Hartsville13
  • Moncks Corner13
  • Conway12
  • East Conway11
  • Cheraw10
  • Marion10
  • North Myrtle Beach10
  • Bennettsville8
  • Dillon8
  • Walterboro8
  • Collins Creek7
  • Darlington6
  • Johnsonville6
  • Kingstree6
Show all 93 rate centers

North Walterboro, Ridgeland, Saint George, Chesterfield, Hemingway, Hollywood, Isle of Palms, Lake City, Laurel Bay, Low Country, Murrells Inlet, Pawleys Island, Saint Helena Island, Wampee, Andrews, Blenheim, Clio, Edisto Island, Folly Beach, Hardeeville, Harleyville, Lakewood, Latta, Loris, Mccoll, Nichols, North Conway, Pageland, Scranton, Society Hill, South Conway, Sullivans Island, Timmonsville, Greeleyville, Lake View, Mullins, Newtonville, North Kingstree, Rowland, Turbeville, Aynor, Cottageville, Floyds, Hendersonville, Huger, Jefferson, Lane, Lebanon, Lodge, Olanta, Pamplico, Ruby, Saint Stephen, South Walterboro, West Andrews, Xxxxxxxxxx, Yemassee, Awendaw, Bethune, Bonneau, Cross, Jamestown, Lamar, Macedonia, Mcbee, Mcclellanville, Patrick, Pineville, Williams.

Phone companies holding 843 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 49 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel139
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - SC103
Suncom dba T-Mobile USA65
Paetec Itel, LLC58
Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Inc. - SC57
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA53
Level 3 Communications, LLC - SC40
Twc IP Enabled Services, LLC26

When today's 843 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200128
200231
200326
200423
20059
20069
200730
200817
20096
201010
20116
20123
20139
20148
20158
20168
201716
201824
20194
20224
20234
20241

Check an 843 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 South Carolina

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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