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Area code 848

Area code 848 serves New Jersey, including New Brunswick, Metuchen and Toms River (Eastern time). It has been in service since December 29, 2001 and shares its area with 732.

Numbers starting with 848 drew 631 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 278 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 848 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New JerseyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
December 29, 2001Created from 732
Overlay
Same area as 732
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
291 of 792held by 28 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2052NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 848 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 848. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

631

FCC complaints since November 2023

278

Different 848 numbers reported

786

FCC complaints naming an 848 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202312
December 20237
January 20246
February 20244
March 20246
April 20244
May 202418
June 20247
July 202415
August 202412
September 202410
October 20247
November 20246
December 20245
January 20258
February 20256
March 20255
April 20255
May 202510
June 20254
July 20259
August 202510
September 202514
October 20250
November 20250
December 20251
January 20266
February 20262
March 20266
April 20265
May 20263
June 20268
July 20267
August 20269
September 202618
October 202616

What people said 848 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 393 of 631 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other246
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)164
Dropped call or no message67
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends63
Energy, solar, and utilities26
Warranties and protection plans11

Most reported 848 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 848

NANPA lists 37 rate centers for 848. 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.
  • New Brunswick27
  • Metuchen24
  • Toms River24
  • Perth Amboy21
  • Dunellen17
  • Freehold15
  • Lakewood14
  • Rahway13
  • Point Pleasant8
  • Woodbridge8
  • Belmar (monmouth)7
  • Long Branch7
  • Middletown7
  • Spring Lake7
  • Asbury Park6
  • Bound Brook6
  • Eatontown6
  • Monmouth Junction6
  • South River6
  • Atlantic Highlands5
  • Franklin Park5
  • Matawan5
  • Red Bank5
  • Carteret4
Show all 37 rate centers

Deal, East Millstone, Englishtown, Lakehurst, Farmingdale, Holmdel, Jamesburg, Keansburg, Seaside Park, South Amboy, Keyport, Manasquan, Xxxxxxxxxx.

Phone companies holding 848 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 98% 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 28 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Onvoy, LLC - NJ78
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NJ51
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC37
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NJ30
Cablevision Lightpath, Inc. - NJ12
Metropcs, Inc.10
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NJ9
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC8

When today's 848 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200111
200213
20072
20083
20091
20103
20117
20129
20136
20143
201518
20167
20179
20187
201920
202031
202134
202219
202321
202422
202514
202622

Check an 848 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 New Jersey

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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